Latest Symbolism Podcast Episodes
The Dramatic Structure of Dreams
Digital Jung - June 10, 2021 06:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We discover how a recognition of the dramatic structure of dreams can help us in our understanding and interpretation of them. 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 epi...
Dobrynia Nikitich and the Dragon
In a Certain Kingdom - June 03, 2021 08:39 ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIn the court of Kiev, there are three famous warriors. We've already met Ilya Muromets. We haven't yet met Dobrynia Nikitich or Alyosha Popovich. It's time for Dobrynia's story, a mythic tale of a dragon who likes to steal princesses, a young warrior out to clear his name, and a battle that will...
Embracing Limits: Old Sultan, pt. 2
Digital Jung - June 03, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We finish our reading of the tale, Old Sultan, and discuss the importance of limits in the discovery and expression of our true selves. 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 fu...
Embracing Change: Old Sultan, pt. 1
Digital Jung - May 27, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We begin to read through the tale, Old Sultan and to explore our need to learn to face the inevitable changes of life with creativity and courage. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to addr...
The Story of Volga Vseslav’evich
In a Certain Kingdom - May 27, 2021 01:38 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsAfter Ilya Muromets was healed by the three wanderers, they warned him against ever picking a fight with several famous fellow-warriors. One of those was Volga Vseslav'evich, renowned for his strength, but even more for his cunning. This is his story, a tale filled with deep magic, deeds of renow...
The Story of Volga Vseslav'evich
In a Certain Kingdom - May 26, 2021 13:38 ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsAfter Ilya Muromets was healed by the three wanderers, they warned him against ever picking a fight with several famous fellow-warriors. One of those was Volga Vseslav'evich, renowned for his strength, but even more for his cunning. This is his story, a tale filled with deep magic, deeds of renow...
Ilya Muromets and Nightingale the Outlaw
In a Certain Kingdom - May 20, 2021 11:08 ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIlya Muromets comes home after his harrowing encounter with Svyatogor in the mountains. After receiving a blessing from his parents, he goes out into the world for the first time. Immediately, he saves a city from an army, to the acclaim of everyone. But a sinister force lies between him and Kiev...
Remembering Wisdom
Digital Jung - May 20, 2021 06:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We look at the importance of having an adequate connection with the great treasures of human wisdom. 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 ...
Ilya Muromets: Part 2
In a Certain Kingdom - May 13, 2021 16:41 ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsIlya Muromets, fresh from his healing at the hands of the mysterious wanderers, goes to Krasnoiar the great smith to receive his first set of arms and armor. But no matter how much Krasnoiar tries, he's unable to make Ilya a sword. So Ilya travels into the holy mountains to encounter Svyatogor, ...
Knowing and Not-Knowing
Digital Jung - May 13, 2021 02:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We look at the limits of a merely rational approach to life and the need to make place in our lives for mystery. 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 co...
The Childhood of Ilya Muromets
In a Certain Kingdom - May 06, 2021 08:28 ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsA peasant couple, though happily married, have a hidden grief. They haven't been given any children. So when their first son is finally born, they expect great things from him. But what they get instead is a cripple, a child unable to walk or do anything for himself. So how did this sickly child ...
The Art of Reflection
Digital Jung - May 06, 2021 06:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We explore Jung's thoughts about the capacity for reflection and why he sees it as an essential component of our humanity. 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?...
Season 2 Trailer
In a Certain Kingdom - April 23, 2021 07:04 ★★★★★ - 111 ratingsNicholas Kotar presents a teaser for the new season In a Certain Kingdom, which will begin on Thursday, May 6.
Religious but Not Religious (Highlights)
Digital Jung - April 15, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I present some highlights and excerpts from a recording of a recent talk that I gave on my book, Religious but Not Religious: 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 a...
Working With Your Dreams
Digital Jung - April 08, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I discuss some of Jung's advice for working with dreams, and suggest some questions you can ask when working with your own. 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...
The Wisdom of Play
Digital Jung - April 01, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I discuss the importance of play and creativity in 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 future episode? Please contact me on Facebook (faceb...
Preparing to Work With Your Dreams
Digital Jung - March 25, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: I respond to a listener’s questions by discussing the importance of examining our intentions and motivations when preparing to work with our dreams. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to ad...
Wandering Off the Path
Digital Jung - March 18, 2021 06:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We take a deep dive into the experience of depression and explore how a grasp of symbolic material can enrich our understanding of this difficult and all-too-human experience. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about someth...
Approaching the Numinous
Digital Jung - March 11, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We pick up on the previous episode’s exploration of the idea of the numinous and consider its effect on our psychological and spiritual health. 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 Idea of the Holy
Digital Jung - March 04, 2021 07:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We discuss the concept of the numinous and how we can begin to attune our awareness to these depths of life experience. 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? Pl...
Dreams and the Sacred
Digital Jung - February 25, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We explore the ways that our dreams can sensitize us to the sacred dimensions of the life both within us and around us. 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? Pl...
Taking Dreams Seriously
Digital Jung - February 18, 2021 07:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We confront the dismissive attitudes that many people have about dreams and explore recent research that confirms the meaning and value of dreams. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me to addr...
Dreaming and Reality
Digital Jung - February 11, 2021 07:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We explore how paying attention to our dreams can help us to expand our experience of the depth and meaningfulness of 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...
The Power of the Unconscious
Digital Jung - February 04, 2021 07:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We confront the undeniable influence of the unconscious on our psychological life and what it reveals about the complexity of who we 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 a ...
The Inner World and the Outer World
Digital Jung - January 28, 2021 07:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We explore Jung’s notion of the reality of the psyche and look at the ways in which our inner world shapes and colors our experiences in the outer world. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a fut...
Serving the Inner Life, pt. 3
Digital Jung - January 21, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We complete our read through of the story, The White Snake, and uncover the stages involved in the work of bringing our creative potential to 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 add...
Serving the Inner Life, pt. 2
Digital Jung - January 14, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We continue to read through the Grimms' fairy tale, The White Snake, and discovering what it can tell us about what it means to take up a right relationship with our own creative depths. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or a...
Serving the Inner Life
Digital Jung - January 07, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We begin to read through the Grimms' fairy tale, The White Snake, and to explore what it has to say about the creative challenges of doing our inner work. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me...
Serving the Inner Life, pt. 1
Digital Jung - January 07, 2021 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We begin to read through the Grimms' fairy tale, The White Snake, and to explore what it has to say about the creative challenges of doing our inner work. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a comment or question about this episode, or about something you would like me...
Bonus Episode: New Year's Message
Digital Jung - December 31, 2020 07:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsIn this episode: We reflect on the New Year, letting go of what is past and turning toward what is to come. Let's make this a conversation: Do you have a question about this episode, or one that you would like me to address in a future episode? Contact me on Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalys...