Latest Symbolism Podcast Episodes
The Goal of the Symbolic Life
Digital Jung - June 30, 2023 11:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I conclude this series on the fairytale The Iron Stove with a discussion of just what constitutes the goal of the symbolic life. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future ep...
Embodying the Spirit
Digital Jung - June 16, 2023 11:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: In this third part of my series on the fairytale The Iron Stove, I explore the importance of bringing together the mind and the body in the work of the symbolic life. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you w...
Resisting Change
Digital Jung - June 08, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I continue to explore the riches of the fairytale The Iron Stove, this time looking at the ways we resist the necessity of change in our lives. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address...
The Life of the Spirit
Digital Jung - June 01, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I begin an exploration of the fairytale 'The Iron Stove' and explore what it means to be called beyond the limitations of the ego to an experience of the spirit. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would ...
The Life of the Spirit: The Iron Stove, pt. 1
Digital Jung - June 01, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I begin an exploration of the fairytale 'The Iron Stove' and explore what it means to be called beyond the limitations of the ego to an experience of the spirit. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would ...
When the Soul Retreats
Digital Jung - May 11, 2023 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I look at one of the more difficult experiences of the symbolic life, an experience best known by its religious name: the "dark night of the soul." Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to add...
Healing and the Unconscious
Digital Jung - April 27, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I explore Jung’s concept of the unconscious — what it is, how it is experienced, and what it suggests about the idea of healing in analysis. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in...
The Philosophers' Stone: Solid Ground of Wisdom
Digital Jung - March 02, 2023 06:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I conclude this series on the symbolism of alchemy by looking at the all-important image of the goal of the alchemical opus: The Philosophers’ Stone. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to a...
The Stages of the Alchemical Opus
Digital Jung - February 09, 2023 06:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I continue with the third part of a four-part series on alchemy, this time looking at the stages of the alchemical opus and their meaning for the work of the symbolic life. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something...
The Heart of the Matter: Alchemy and the Prima Materia
Digital Jung - January 26, 2023 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I continue with the second part of a four-part series on alchemy, looking at the symbol and the psychological meaning of what the alchemists called the prima materia. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you w...
Alchemy: Mirror of the Soul
Digital Jung - January 12, 2023 06:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I begin a series on the strange world of alchemy — exploring what it is and how it is relevant to the practice of the symbolic life. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a futur...
Bonus Episode: A Christmas Card
Digital Jung - December 22, 2022 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: An audio Christmas card from me to you. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananal...
Learning To Say 'Yes'
Digital Jung - December 15, 2022 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I discuss how times of struggle, and even suffering, can open us up to an experience that Jung calls “an affirmation of things as they are.” Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in...
Learning To Say 'No'
Digital Jung - December 01, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I explore the idea of everyday asceticism, the art of setting limits for ourselves in order to stand more firmly and authentically in our lives. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to addre...
Imagining Our Proper Life-Task
Digital Jung - November 17, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I discuss the idea of vocation -- what Jung calls “our proper life-task” -- and explore the challenges that come with taking up such a task in our own lives. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like...
A Special Announcement!
In a Certain Kingdom - November 14, 2022 19:56 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsDn. Nicholas will be taking a brief hiatus from his podcast. Click here to find out what he is working on in the meantime!
Receiving One's True Name
Digital Jung - November 03, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We explore the symbolism of “one’s true name” and the challenges that we meet in learning how to hear it. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact m...
The Wooden Eagle
In a Certain Kingdom - October 20, 2022 11:57 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsA certain Tsar collects artisans like trinkets. And what do you think? Of course they all compete for his attention. But once a goldsmith and a carpenter argue so much they nearly come to blows. The Tsar, never one to avoid an exciting opportunity, orders them to create the greatest work of art e...
The Temptation of Inflation
Digital Jung - October 20, 2022 06:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We discuss one of the dangers inherent in the symbolic life — the ever-present specter of inflation. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on ...
Invoking the Imagination
Digital Jung - October 07, 2022 14:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We look at the question of how to begin -- that is, what preparations are needed to begin the work of the symbolic life? Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? P...
Season 3 Announcement
Digital Jung - September 29, 2022 06:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I announce the start of Season 3 of Digital Jung For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications. Subscribe to the Digital Jung Newsletter (https://digitaljung.substack.com/) ...
Prince Ivan, the Firebird, and Koschei the Deathless
In a Certain Kingdom - September 29, 2022 05:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIn a variation on a familiar story, Prince Ivan is the only one of his three brothers with the vigilance to find the thief of his father's golden apples. But when he tries to catch the thief - a firebird - he catches nothing but a tail feather. His father, overcome by the feather's beauty, promis...
Prince Ivan, the Witch Baby, and the Little Prince of the Sun
In a Certain Kingdom - August 13, 2022 17:20 ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsLittle Prince Ivan was born dumb, and his parents couldn't wait to have another child. Anything was better than a voiceless future Tsar! But you should be careful what you wish for. They did have another child. A girl. But she had iron teeth. And an unfortunate taste for... well, everything! This...
Just Like Salt and Baba Yaga
In a Certain Kingdom - July 20, 2022 17:15 ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsToday we're happy to share two shorter stories, one called "Just Like Salt" and the other the return of everyone's favorite villain: Baba Yaga. In the analysis section, Deacon Nicholas recommends a wonderful new book that has some fascinating things to say about early Christian poetry and imagin...
The Tale of Vasilisa Mikulishna
In a Certain Kingdom - July 07, 2022 13:13 ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsThis week we return to the world of mythical Kiev for another tale of the bogatyrs and... their wives? The Tale of Vasilisa Mikulishna is a wonderfully fun gender-swapping tale that puts masculine and feminine tropes on their head... only to put them all back in glorious order by the end. In th...
The Proud Bride
In a Certain Kingdom - June 23, 2022 06:30 ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIn "The Proud Bride," we see the classic trope of the shrewish bride who is impossible to marry off (think King Thrushbeard and the Taming of the Shrew) being tamed by a trickster figure of a groom. But this time, it's the Russian fairy tale version. In the analysis, Deacon Nicholas reflects on...
To Become What One Is
Digital Jung - June 23, 2022 06:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We explore the work of becoming what one is and the fears we often feel when we begin it. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (...
The Three Sons Serbian
In a Certain Kingdom - June 09, 2022 11:55 ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsWhen a mysterious old woman visits the house of three brothers, unexpected gifts begin to abound. But the greatest gift is sometimes the smallest, least expected thing... In the analysis section, Deacon Nicholas continues his examination of the poetry of St Gregory the Theologian and finds some ...
Living a Symbolic Life (Highlights)
Digital Jung - June 09, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I present some highlights and excerpts from a recent talk that I gave titled, Living a Symbolic Life. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me o...
Ivan the Peasant’s Son
In a Certain Kingdom - May 26, 2022 18:38 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIvan, the third son of a peasant family, refuses to be left behind when his brothers go to war against a dragonish monster. And a good thing, too! For his brothers prefer snoring to swordplay. After coming into a land scorched by the attacks of the monster, Ivan becomes the last man standing betw...