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Howl in the Wilderness
Brian James
108 episodes
4 days ago

Depth counselor, writer and cultural activist Brian James has deep and insightful conversations with renegade artists, philosophers, psychologists and spiritual teachers who are working on the edge of dominant culture to recover and revive soul in people and the planet.


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Depth counselor, writer and cultural activist Brian James has deep and insightful conversations with renegade artists, philosophers, psychologists and spiritual teachers who are working on the edge of dominant culture to recover and revive soul in people and the planet.


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• early release of new episodes

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Howl in the Wilderness
Pilgrimage, Poseidon & The Healing Sanctuary of Poros | Edward Tick PhD | HITW 198

Howling about the Greek island of Poros, Shirley Valentine, Poseidon, pilgrimage, healing and archetypes with Edward Tick Phd


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Transformational psychotherapist Edward Tick, Ph.D., takes us on a journey of healing, transformation, community, myth, and divine presence to the sacred Greek island of Poros, a site of pilgrimage and healing for more than 3,000 years.


In this book, Tick rediscovers asylia, the original practice of sanctuary that provides safety and inspiration while facilitating healing and connection to divinity. Drawing on ancient traditions, Tick explains how we know ourselves, our destinies, and our connection to the divine through dreams, visions, oracles, and synchronistic events. He shows us how Poseidon’s fierce and unpredictable power can rescue as well as destroy, and that we must express humility and balance in order to receive his gifts. Tick continues his decades-long revival of Asklepian dream incubation and other modern versions of ancient rituals while providing a deep dive into the sacred history of Poros and how it can bring transformation and serenity today. He also reveals life-changing mystical experiences his travelers and he have had over 40 years of pilgrimages, including encounters with animal guides, higher powers, and oracles, as well as examining the physical and spiritual restoration of Poseidon’s sanctuary and contributing to its literary and mythological legacy.


https://www.edwardtick.com



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4 days ago
1 hour 29 minutes 58 seconds

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The Psychedelic Body, Ancestral Movement & Original Mind | Simon Thakur | HITW 197

Howling about the ancestral body, original mind, soft bellies, open hearts and the deep satisfaction of embodiment with Simon Thakur, founder of Ancestral Movement


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Simon Thakur is a lifelong explorer of human evolution and mind-body practice in nature. He has studied and practiced yoga, meditation, martial arts and combat sports, dance, physical training and therapy from traditions around the world. Over the years he has taught yoga (primarily through the lineage of T. Krishnamacharya via his students AG and Indra Mohan), capoeira angola, qigong and internal martial arts, Butoh, rehabilitative exercise, and worked as a therapist and bodyworker for over a decade using Chinese medicine, tuina, shiatsu, Thai massage, remedial massage and myotherapy.


In 2012 he began facilitating training groups using the concept of “natural movement”, exploring physical culture within the context of evolutionary biology, pioneering the natural movement community in Australia, and publicly “coming out” with ideas and training methods that he’d been working on for decades, under the title Ancestral Movement. Simon has been teaching this work to dancers, trainers, athletes, physical therapists, martial artists, yoga practitioners, meditators, psychologists, artists, environmental educators, people with injuries and chronic health conditions and many others in classes and workshops around Australia and in regular seasonal wilderness retreats since 2012.


https://www.ancestralmovement.com


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1 week ago
2 hours 17 minutes 9 seconds

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Thai Tattoo Magick & Shamanism | Sheer Zed | HITW 196

Howling about Thailand, shamanism, Buddhism, magick and Sak Yant tattoo with author and Buddhist shaman Sheer Zed


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Sheer Zed is a writer, Buddhist shaman, musician, and artist. He has contributed to Hadean Press, Indie Shaman, Rituals & Declarations, and many other publications. A countercultural activist, underground music artist, and magickal practitioner for more than 30 years, he lives in Bristol, United Kingdom.


Thai Tattoo Magick is a magickal vision quest for enlightenment and personal redemption in Thailand. Sharing his encounters with Thai magick during four pilgrimages to Thailand, the author details the ritual process of receiving multiple Sak Yant tattoos and other powerful magickal rituals and initiations he experienced. His initiatory experiences with Thai Buddhist magicians helped him destroy his destructive former selves and discover profound healing for his mind and soul.


https://linktr.ee/SheerZed


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2 weeks ago
1 hour 58 minutes 6 seconds

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Carl Jung & The Alchemy of Transformation | Murray Stein | HITW 195

Howling about Jung, alchemy, individuation and depth psychology with Jungian analyst Dr. Murray Stein


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Dr. Murray Stein’s latest book JUNG AND ALCHEMY: A PATH TO INDIVIDUATION consists of a series of six lectures on C.G. Jung’s work with alchemy. It is introductory, and it is interpretive. Why did Jung regard the study of alchemy as an essential piece of his life’s work? What does alchemy add to his psychological understanding of the human being and the individuation process? These are questions addressed in this work for the purpose of opening for the general student of analytical psychology the treasures of Jung’s insights as developed in his alchemical writings.


Dr. Stein is a graduate of Yale University (B.A. and M.Div.), the University of Chicago (Ph.D.), and the C.G. Jung Institut-Zurich (Diploma). He is a founding member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts and of the Chicago Society of Jungian Analysts. He has been the president of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (2001-4), and the President of The International School of Analytical Psychology-Zurich (2008-2012).


He is a training analyst at the International School for Analytical Psychology in Zurich, Switzerland. His most recent publications include The Principle of Individuation, Jung’s Map of the Soul and Jungian Psychoanalysis (editor). He lectures internationally on topics related to Analytical Psychology and its applications in the contemporary world.


https://www.murraystein.com


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3 weeks ago
1 hour 8 seconds

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Healing Through Trance States & Depth Hypnosis | Isa Gucciardi | HITW 194

Howling about depth hypnosis, trance states, shamanism & Buddhist psychology with Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D.


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Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D., holds advanced degrees in cultural and linguistic anthropology, comparative religion, and transpersonal psychology. She has studied spiritual, therapeutic, and meditative techniques from around the world and was an early pioneer in integrating shamanic and Buddhist perspectives into clinical practice. Isa is the Founding Director of the Sacred Stream, where she developed the transformative therapeutic model Depth Hypnosis™ and the innovative conflict resolution process Coming to Peace™. 


A recognized expert, she is the author of three books and speaks six languages. Isa teaches and lectures both nationally and internationally, sharing her profound knowledge of spiritual and psychological healing. Her work has positively impacted thousands of individuals, guiding them toward greater self-awareness, healing, and personal transformation. Isa’s ongoing contributions continue to inspire and empower people on their journeys of growth and inner change.


 http://www.sacredstream.org 


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1 month ago
1 hour 30 minutes 50 seconds

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Confronting the Dark Shadow of Whiteness | Mary Watkins | HITW 201

*Early release in honour of National Day of Truth and Reconciliation (Canada)


Howling about reparative genealogy, reckoning with ancestral debt, the origins of whiteness and recovering soul with depth psychologist, author, activist and teacher Mary Watkins


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Mary Watkins PhD is chair of the Depth Psychology Program, Co-Chair of the Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Eco- Psychologies Specialization (CLIE), and Coordinator of Community and Ecological Fieldwork and Research in CLIE. She was trained as a clinical and developmental psychologist and was an early member of the archetypal/imaginal psychology movement. She has worked in a wide variety of clinical settings and with groups on issues of peace, diversity, social justice, reconciliation, immigration, and the envisioning of community and cultural transformation. 


Mary is the author of Waking Dreams, Invisible Guests: The Development of Imaginal Dialogues, Mutual Accompaniment and the Creation of the Commons, co-author of Toward Psychologies of Liberation, Talking with Young Children about Adoption, and Up Against the Wall: Re-Imagining the U.S.-Mexico Border, and co-editor of Psychology and the Promotion of Peace. Her new book is White Work and Reparative Geneology: Reckoning with Ancestral Debt as a Path to Racial Reparations.


https://mary-watkins.net


Interlude music by William Johnson, “While You Were Sleeping”

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1 month ago
1 hour 32 minutes 30 seconds

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Psyche’s Knife: Archetypal Explorations of Love and Power | Elizabeth Éowyn Nelson | HITW 193

Howling about Eros and Psyche, feminine power and the missing knife


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Elizabeth Éowyn Nelson, faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute since 2003, has been a professional writer and editor for four decades. Dr. Nelson’s books include Psyche’s Knife (Chiron, 2012), The Art of Inquiry (Spring, 2005 & 2017), coauthored with Joseph Coppin, and The Art of Jungian Couple Therapy, coauthored with Anthony Delmedico (Routledge, 2025). 


Psyche's Knife examines the myth of Eros and Psyche as a metaphor for the development of soul in the psychology of women, explicating the tropes of love and power as depicted by Psyche's use of a knife in attempting to learn the identity of her lover. Elizabeth Eowyn Nelson examines the metaphor of the knife from all angles — alchemical, sacrificial, lunar, phallic — and delves into the mythology and imagery of women and knives, connecting our deep past to our present lives and our possibilities for the future with archetypal explorations of love and power.


http://www.elizabethnelson-phd.com


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1 month ago
1 hour 51 minutes 44 seconds

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Reclaiming Our Indigenous Soul | Francis Weller | HITW 192

Howling about animism, soul, trauma, true adulthood and becoming an elder with psychotherapist and author Francis Weller.


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Francis Weller, MFT, is a psychotherapist, writer, and soul activist. A master of synthesizing diverse streams of thought from psychology, anthropology, mythology, alchemy, indigenous cultures, and poetic traditions, he has introduced the healing work of ritual to thousands of people. The core of his work is creating pathways to reclaiming our indigenous soul, what psychologist Carl Jung called the “unforgotten wisdom” that resides in the heart of the psyche. He is the author of the bestselling The Wild Edge of Sorrow (2015) and the upcoming In the Absence of the Ordinary (August 2025).


https://www.francisweller.net



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1 month ago
1 hour 15 minutes 17 seconds

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The Way Of The Spiritual Artist | Kim Krans | HITW 191

Howling about art, spiritual practice, depth psychology and music with multi-disciplinary artist Kim Krans


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Kim Krans is a visionary artist, author, and creator of The New York Times bestseller THE WILD UNKNOWN TAROT.

Kim received her BFA in drawing at Cooper Union in NYC, MFA in mixed media at Hunter College, and an MA in Jungian depth psychology and creativity at Pacifica Graduate Institute in California. 


Her seeker's heart has brought her to study in-depth practices of Classical Hatha and classical shamanism in India, Africa, Europe, and the UK. Kim teaches events and workshops that activate the forces of creativity and radical transformation through art, meditation, mysticism, dreamwork, and movement. 


Though revered for her drawings and publications, Krans is also a multi-media artist, filmmaker, and musician.


https://kimkrans.com



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1 month ago
56 minutes 18 seconds

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Nazis, Cathars & The Quest For The Holy Grail | Richard Stanley | HITW 190

Howling about Otto Rahn, Cathars and the Grail Mysteries with filmmaker and rogue anthropologist Richard Stanley


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Richard Stanley is a filmmaker and anthropologist whose films include Dust Devil, Hardware, and Color Out of Space. As a journalist and documentarian, he has covered events in Afghanistan, Rwanda, and Haiti. A frequent contributor to publications including Fortean Times and the Sauniére Society Journal, he lives in Occitanie, France.

In his upcoming book Otto Rahn, Grail Hunter, Richard Stanley traces the journey of Otto Rahn, occultist and one-time SS member who sought the Holy Grail and scoured Europe until his mysterious death in 1939. The author shares his investigations into the location of the Grail, the Cathar sect, and Rahn’s legacy, taking readers on an uncanny journey through occult Europe.

https://theofficialrichardstanley.com


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2 months ago
1 hour 39 minutes 18 seconds

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Re-Visioning Addiction Recovery | Corey Gamberg | HITW 188

Howling about James Hillman, addiction, archetypes, recovery and post-recovery with Licensed Addictions Counsellor Corey Gamberg


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Corey Gamberg is a certified Spiritual Director and is currently in a two-year training in Jungian Dreamwork. His work seeks to integrate Jungian psychology and contemplative practice into a holistic model of addiction treatment.

Corey has been in recovery for over a decade and has worked in the treatment field for most of that time. As a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor, he is concerned that his clients find a meaningful approach to recovery that is tailored towards the individual’s needs. Corey has helped found several organizations including the Addict In The Family Support Group, the Family Restored, and Silent Spark Counseling. He has owned and/or managed several sober living facilities as well.

https://depthrecovery.org/


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2 months ago
1 hour 22 minutes 14 seconds

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My Occult Journey On The Pagan Path | Christopher McIntosh | HITW 187

Howling about the occult boom of 1960s London, paganism and polytheism with writer and historian Christopher McIntosh


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Christopher McIntosh is a British-born writer and historian, specializing in the esoteric traditions of the West. He has a doctorate in history from Oxford University, a degree in German from London University, and a diploma in Russian from the United Nations Language School. The author of many books, most recently The Call of the Old Gods, he lives in Lower Saxony, North Germany.

https://www.innertraditions.com/the-call-of-the-old-gods


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2 months ago
1 hour 8 minutes 48 seconds

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How To Live a Soulful Life | Thomas Moore | HITW 186

Howling about James Hillman, polytheistic psychology, imagination, spirit and soul with Thomas Moore


Previous episodes with Tom:

  • HITW 118 | What Makes a Depth Psychologist? https://www.patreon.com/posts/hitw118-thomas-86652154
  • MPP 109 | A Refreshing Conversation on Silence & Emptiness https://www.patreon.com/posts/mpp109-on-with-81002834
  • MPP 100 | Jesus and the Soul of the Gospels https://www.patreon.com/posts/mpp100-thomas-of-74957032
  • MPP 75 | The Art of Caring Conversations https://www.patreon.com/posts/mpp75-thomas-art-52962656
  • MPP S03 E03 Care of the Soul (Part One) https://www.patreon.com/posts/03-03-thomas-of-34039664
  • MPP S03 E04 Care of the Soul (Part Two) https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-thomas-of-34039727


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Thomas Moore is the author of the number one New York Times bestseller Care of the Soul. He has written thirty other books about bringing soul to personal life and culture, deepening spirituality, humanizing medicine, finding meaningful work, imagining sexuality with soul and doing religion in a fresh way. In his youth he was a Catholic monk and studied music composition. 


He has a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Syracuse University and was a university professor for a number of years. He is also a psychotherapist influenced mainly by C. G. Jung and James Hillman. In his work he brings together spirituality, mythology, depth psychology and the arts, emphasizing the importance of images and imagination. 


He often travels and lectures, hoping to help create a more soulful society. His family members are also deeply involved in spiritual approaches to the arts: His wife, Joan Hanley, is an accomplished painter and teaches a course she has created on Yoga and Art; his daughter Ajeet (Siobhán) is a musician and recording artist and spiritual teacher; his stepson Abraham is an architect focusing on design related to the social aspects of building. Thomas also writes fiction, arranges music and plays golf in New Hampshire, where he has lived for thirty years.


Thomas’ course on Imaginal Psychology: https://www.thomasmooresoul.com/courses


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2 months ago
1 hour 29 minutes 37 seconds

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New Language, Old Beauty & Hollow Bones | Cliff Taylor | HITW 185

Howling about indigenosity, reconciliation and making breadcrumbs of beauty with Ponca poet, writer and storyteller Cliff Taylor


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“Cool is a code word for holy.”


Cliff Taylor is an enrolled member of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska. He is a writer, poet, speaker, and storyteller. His essays and poems have been published both online with lastrealindians.com, where he is a regular contributor, and in print with The Yellow Medicine Review, Jelly Bucket, Oakwood Magazine, and Hipfish Monthly. He is the author of The Memory of Souls, a memoir of the Sundance and his walk/life with the little people, and the recent poetry collection The Native Who Never Left. A Nebraskan through and through, he currently resides on the Oregon Coast with his sweetheart of many years.


https://www.cliffponca.com


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2 months ago
2 hours 1 minute 31 seconds

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Recovering Dreams & Imagination in the Age of Reason | Toko-pa Turner | HITW 184

Howling about dreams, imagination and being a good steward of your inner ecology with Toko-pa Turner


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Toko-pa Turner is an award-winning Canadian writer, teacher, and dreamworker known for blending the mystical tradition of Sufism with a Jungian approach to dreams. She founded the Dream School in 2001 and has guided thousands of students in cultivating a deep relationship with dreams, belonging, and the sacred.


Her latest book, The Dreaming Way, received the 2025 Gold Nautilus Award for Personal Growth. Her debut, Belonging: Remembering Ourselves Home, is an international bestseller translated into ten languages and winner of multiple awards, including the 2018 Gold Nautilus Award and the Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal.


She lives in the Ottawa Valley, where she tends to a quiet life of dreaming, writing, and teaching.

http://toko-pa.com


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3 months ago
1 hour 5 minutes 30 seconds

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James Hillman & Re-visioning Psychology (Part Two) | Glen Slater | HITW 183

Howling about James Hillman’s magnum opus Re-Visioning Psychology (1975) with Prof. Glen Slater


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Be sure to check out part one of our conversation: https://www.patreon.com/posts/james-hillman-re-123036113


Episode Description

In this episode we explore the topics:

* Hillman’s post-Jungian archetypal psychology

* Psychologizing or Seeing Through

* What is psychologizing?

* Alienation of the soul

* There are Gods in our ideas

* Dehumanizing or Soul-making

* Polytheistic psychology


Glen Slater studied psychology and comparative religion at The University of Sydney before coming to the United States in 1992 for doctoral work in clinical psychology. He has been teaching at Pacifica for over twenty years and is currently the Associate Chair of the Jungian and Archetypal Studies specialization. He also teaches in the Mythological Studies program. His publications have appeared in a number of Jungian journals and essay collections, and he edited and introduced the third volume of James Hillman’s Uniform Edition, Senex and Puer, as well as a collection of faculty writings, Varieties of Mythic Experience: Essays on Religion, Psyche and Culture. Beyond his work in Jungian and Archetypal Psychology, he writes on psyche and film as well as the psychology of technology. He lectures internationally in these areas of interest.


Previous episodes with Glen:

James Hillman & Re-visioning Psychology (Part One): https://www.patreon.com/posts/james-hillman-re-123036113

James Hillman & Archetypal Psychology 101: https://www.patreon.com/posts/122064134

On Ridley Scott’s Alien: https://www.patreon.com/posts/alien-1979-glen-114902105

On his book Jung vs. Borg: https://www.patreon.com/posts/hitw-133-jung-vs-98191973

Glen’s course at Kosmos Institute: https://www.kosmosinstitute.org/james-hillman-archetypal-psychology-ii-early-writings



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3 months ago
1 hour 17 minutes 5 seconds

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Finding Your Mythic Mojo | Dr. Catherine Svehla | HITW 182

Howling about myth, storytelling, dreams, creativity and looking at your life through a mythic lens


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“I suspected that myth had a meaning which I was sure to miss if I lived outside it in the haze of my own speculations. I was driven to ask myself in all seriousness: “What is the myth you are living?”

I found no answer to this question, and had to admit that I was not living with a myth, or even in a myth, but rather in an uncertain cloud of theoretical possibilities which I was beginning to regard with increasing distrust. I did not know that I was living a myth, and even if I had known it, I would not have known what sort of myth was ordering my life without my knowledge. So, in the most natural way, I took it upon myself to get to know “my” myth, and I regarded this as the task of tasks…”  

— C.G. Jung


Dr. Catherine Svehla is a storytelling scholar and consultant in the field of mythology/depth psychology, artist, creativity coach, outdoorswoman, lover of the Mysteries and mentor in the mythic life.


She partners with artists and other creative individuals to realize the visions they hold for their projects and their life, and hosts the Myth Matters podcast.


Catherine’s website: https://mythicmojo.com

Myth Matters podcast: https://mythicmojo.com/myth-matters-podcast-blog


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3 months ago
1 hour 59 minutes 42 seconds

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The Warrior as a Cultural and Psychological Necessity | Dylan Francisco PhD | HITW 181

Howling about the Warrior archetype as a psychological and cultural necessity from spiritual, mythological and depth psychological perspectives


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“The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness.”

― Carlos Castaneda


The world is increasingly at war—literally and metaphorically. To cope, many seek personal methods of gaining peace—through meditation, yoga, time in nature, exercise, even therapy. But these methods are often utilized to escape difficult emotions like fear and anger. Even developing emotional intelligence can be motivated by a desire to think about emotions rather than feel them. Because the world is engulfed by fear and anger, conscientious people are doing everything possible to eliminate them, which is not helping because it just enacts another kind of war. We are caught between the guru and the soldier and paradoxically enough, both must often kill their emotions to complete their mission, which can leave behind a trail of massacred lives in one form or another.


We are suffering from the cultural and psychological absence of the Warrior. Indigenous cultures have always recognized the importance of the Warrior for the human community because the Warrior is experientially trained to honor fear and anger. Without the Warrior we lose what fear and anger can teach us. When we oppose these emotions, we put ourselves in conflict with the psyche itself and no one at war with themselves can live peacefully with others or the earth.


DYLAN FRANCISCO, PhD, is co-chair and a core faculty member of the Jungian and Archetypal Studies MA/PhD program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California. Dylan grounds his teaching in the depth psychology of C. G. Jung, decolonialism, and Mestizo/Mexican/Indigenous traditions that provide a primordial, holistic, and sacred worldview within which to understand the psyche, to embody its wholeness individually, and to live it relationally through honoring Spirit, the ancestors, and the land.


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Redeeming The Archetype Of The King | John Lee | HITW 189

Howling about No Kings Day, the King archetype, mature masculinity and healing the father wound with therapist, author and men’s work pioneer John Lee


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John Lee is a pioneer in the fields of self-help, anger management, co-dependency, emotional regression, recovery, emotional intelligence, relationships, and men’s issues. His highly innovative work in these fields has made him an in-demand consultant, teacher, trainer, life coach, and speaker. His contributions in these fields have put him in the national spotlight for over 35 years.


John has been featured on Oprah, 20/20, Barbara Walters' The View, CNN, PBS, and NPR. He has been interviewed by Newsweek, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and dozens of other national and international magazines and radio talk shows.

https://johnleebooks.com


Books mentioned:

  • King, Warrior, Magician, Lover by Robert Moore & Douglas Gillette
  • The Flying Boy, John Lee
  • Breaking The Mother-Son Dynamic, John Lee
  • At My Father’s Wedding, John Lee
  • Iron John, Robert Bly
  • Fire In The Belly, Sam Keen
  • The Sibling Society, Robert Bly


From Vacillation, WB Yeats


My fiftieth year had come and gone,

I sat, a solitary man,

In a crowded London shop,

An open book and empty cup

On the marble table-top.


While on the shop and street I gazed

My body of a sudden blazed;

And twenty minutes more or less

It seemed, so great my happiness,

That I was blessed and could bless.


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De-Decolonizing Spiritual Practice | Joshua Schrei | HITW 180

Howling about animism, what decolonization really means, when appropriation is appropriate and the beauty of syncretism with Josh Schrei of the Emerald Podcast.


Hosted by depth counselor, writer and cultural activist Brian James: http://brianjames.ca

Check out my new book Traumadelic: Re-Visioning Psychedelic Therapy http://traumadelicbook.com


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Listen to my first podcast on episode 120 with Josh here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/hitw120-josh-88158681


Joshua Michael Schrei is a podcaster, mythteller, teacher, and a lifelong student of the cosmologies and mythologies of the world — in particular the Indian subcontinent. Throughout a lifetime of teaching, study, meditation and yogic practice, wilderness immersion, art, music, and public speaking, Josh has sought to navigate the living, animate space of the imagination and advocate for a world that prioritizes imaginative vision. Josh has taught intensive courses in mythology and somatic disciplines for over 20 years. He is the founder of The Emerald Podcast, which combines evocative narrative, soul-stirring music, and interviews with award-winning authors and luminaries to explore the human experience through a vibrant lens of myth, story, and imagination.

https://www.themythicbody.com


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4 months ago
1 hour 45 minutes 14 seconds

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Depth counselor, writer and cultural activist Brian James has deep and insightful conversations with renegade artists, philosophers, psychologists and spiritual teachers who are working on the edge of dominant culture to recover and revive soul in people and the planet.


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