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Digital Jung

Jason E. Smith

86 episodes

3 months ago

In this episode: I return to the relationship between Ahab and Starbuck, focusing on a pivotal scene from Chapter 132, 'The Symphony'. I explore the ways our ideas of psychological change often involve a hidden quality of inflation. Sources for quotes and more: 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 132: The Symphony) S4 Ep. 9: The Gorgon's Eye'The Interpretation of Fairy Tales' by Marie-Louise von FranzMatthew 18:3 (NIV)'The Psychology of Child Archetype' by C.G. Jung in Collected Wor...

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In this episode: I return to the relationship between Ahab and Starbuck, focusing on a pivotal scene from Chapter 132, 'The Symphony'. I explore the ways our ideas of psychological change often involve a hidden quality of inflation. Sources for quotes and more: 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 132: The Symphony) S4 Ep. 9: The Gorgon's Eye'The Interpretation of Fairy Tales' by Marie-Louise von FranzMatthew 18:3 (NIV)'The Psychology of Child Archetype' by C.G. Jung in Collected Wor...

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Religion & Spirituality,

Society & Culture,

Health & Fitness

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Digital Jung

Becoming (Merely) Human

Send us a text In this episode: I return to the relationship between Ahab and Starbuck, focusing on a pivotal scene from Chapter 132, 'The Symphony'. I explore the ways our ideas of psychological change often involve a hidden quality of inflation. Sources for quotes and more: 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 132: The Symphony) S4 Ep. 9: The Gorgon's Eye'The Interpretation of Fairy Tales' by Marie-Louise von FranzMatthew 18:3 (NIV)'The Psychology of Child Archetype' by C.G. Jung i...

3 months ago

43 minutes

Digital Jung

The Gorgon's Eye

Send us a text In this episode: I explore the tension between Captain Ahab and his first mate, Starbuck. Through this dynamic we examine themes of the relationship to nature and the nature of inner work. Sources for quotes and more: 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 16: The Ship; Chapter 26: Knights and Squires; Chapter 28: Ahab; Chapter 29: Enter Ahab; To Him Stubb; Chapter 36: The Quarter-Deck; Chapter 38: Dusk; Chapter 41: Moby-Dick) S4 Ep. 8: A Collision Course With Life'...

4 months ago

29 minutes

Digital Jung

A Collision Course With Life

In this episode: I delve into the character of Captain Ahab. Ahab is a tragic figure who draws his whole crew into the orbit of his psychological atmosphere. I go on to look at the tension between the will of the ego and the will of fate and discuss the hard work involved in becoming conscious. Sources for quotes and more: 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 16: The Ship; Chapter 20: All Astir; Chapter 28: Ahab; Chapter 51: The Spirit-Spout) S4, Ep. 2: Outcasts of the Spirit1 Kings 1...

5 months ago

32 minutes

Digital Jung

Moby-Dick: An American Myth, Part 2

In this episode: I explore the search for meaning, the alienation from nature, and the role of art in healing and connection. The contrasting paths of Ishmael and Ahab are presented and the need to understand the interconnectedness of all existence is discussed. Sources for quotes and more: 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 1: Loomings; Chapter 10: A Bosom Friend; Chapter 28: Ahab; Chapter 36: The Quarter-Deck; Chapter 72: The Monkey-rope; Chapter 135: The Chase - The Third Day) S4...

6 months ago

33 minutes

Digital Jung

Moby-Dick: An American Myth, Part 1

In this episode: I explore the creative process, the nature of art, and the psychological depths of the human experience through the lens of Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick.' Sources for quotes and more: 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 1: Loomings; Chapter 87: The Grand Armada; Chapter 104: The Fossil Whale) 'Melville's Moby-Dick: A Jungian Commentary' by Edward Edinger'Psychology and Literature' by C.G. Jung (CW15)'On the Relation of Analytical Psychology and Poetry' by C.G. Jung (...

6 months ago

29 minutes

Digital Jung

The Call of the Shoreless Sea

Send me a note In this episode: I explore one of the more challenging aspects of the symbolic life: the call to leave behind the comfort of the known, the safe, and the familiar. Sources for quotes and more: 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 3: The Spouter-Inn; Chapter 16: The Ship; Chapter 22: Merry Christmas; Chapter 23: The Lee Shore) 'The Development of the Personality' by C.G. Jung (CW17)The Bible -- Matthew 8:18 - 27'New Seeds of Contemplation' by Thomas Merton'Religious but...

9 months ago

31 minutes

Digital Jung

Healing the Splintered Heart

Send me a textIn this episode:I discuss the psychic split brought on by the experience of the modern world and the need for a connection with the soul and the mythic dimension of life.Sources for quotes and more:'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 3: The Spouter-Inn; Chapter 10: A Bosom Friend; Chapter 12: Biographical; Chapter 110: Queequeg in His Coffin) 'The Secret of the Golden Flower' by Richard Wilhelm & C.G. Jung'Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious' by C.G. Jung (CW9i...

9 months ago

33 minutes

Digital Jung

Tending the Spiritual Imagination

Send me a textIn this episode:I explore the role of suffering and darkness as factors that awaken us to the need for what Jung calls a religious outlook. We look at ways that we can cultivate that outlook in an authentic way.Sources for quotes and more:'Man and His Symbols' by C.G. Jung'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 2: The Carpet-Bag; Chapter 3: The Spouter-Inn; Chapter 7: The Chapel; Chapter 8: The Pulpit) S3, Ep. 9: The Heart of the Matter: Alchemy and the Prima Materia'Psycho...

11 months ago

30 minutes

Digital Jung

Outcasts of the Spirit

Send me a textIn this episode:I examine the figure of Ishmael from Moby-Dick as a symbol of the human experience of alienation. I explore the question of how this experience comes about and what we can do to respond to it.Sources for quotes and more:'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 1: Loomings) 'A Credit to His Country,' review of Moby-Dick (Norton Edition)'Melville’s Use of the Bible' by Nathalia Wright'Commentary on the Secret of the Golden Flower' by C.G. Jung (CW13)‘On the Rel...

11 months ago

30 minutes

Digital Jung

Unfathomable Depths: Jung Aboard the Pequod

Send me a textIn this episode:I introduce the theme for this fourth season: Jung Aboard the Pequod -- a Jungian appreciation of Moby-Dick. I then explore the need for stories that are expansive enough to meet the call for meaning and purpose.Sources for quotes and more:'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 104: The Fossil Whale & Chapter 55: Monstrous Pictures of Whales) 'Psychology and Literature' by C.G. Jung (CW15)'Melville’s Moby-Dick: A Jungian Commentary' by Edward Edinger'Me...

1 year ago

30 minutes

Digital Jung

In Search of a Song: Season 4 Announcement

Send me a textIn this episode:The podcast returns after an extended hiatus to begin a new season.Connect with me:Instagram(@digital.jung)Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst) Twitter(@DigitalJungPod)Subscribe to the Digital Jung Newsletter (https://digitaljung.substack.com/)For more on living a symbolic life:Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.Sources for quotes and more:A Man Lost By a River, poem by Michael Blumenthal S1, Ep. 24: Wandering Off...

1 year ago

17 minutes

Digital Jung

The Goal of the Symbolic Life

Send me a textIn 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 episode? Please contact me on Instagram(@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter(@Jason_E_Smith)Or: Subscribe to the Digital Jung Newsletter (https://digitaljung....

2 years ago

35 minutes

Digital Jung

Embodying the Spirit

Send me a textIn 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 would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith)Or: Subscribe to the Digit...

2 years ago

25 minutes

Digital Jung

Resisting Change

Send me a textIn 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 in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook(facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith)Or: Subscribe to the Digital Jung Newsletter (http...

2 years ago

32 minutes

Digital Jung

The Life of the Spirit

Send me a textIn 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 like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook(facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith)Or: Subscribe to the Digital Jun...

2 years ago

27 minutes

Digital Jung

When the Soul Retreats

Send me a textIn 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 address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook(facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith)Or: Subscribe to the Digital Jung Newsletter (...

2 years ago

30 minutes

Digital Jung

Healing and the Unconscious

Send me a textIn 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 a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook(facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith)Or: Subscribe to the Digital Jung Newsletter (https:/...

2 years ago

27 minutes

Digital Jung

The Philosophers' Stone: Solid Ground of Wisdom

Send me a textIn 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 address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook(facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith)Or: Subscribe to the Digital Jung Newsletter...

2 years ago

28 minutes

Digital Jung

The Stages of the Alchemical Opus

Send me a textIn 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 you would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook(facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith)Or: Subscribe to the ...

2 years ago

29 minutes

Digital Jung

The Heart of the Matter: Alchemy and the Prima Materia

Send me a textIn 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 would like me to address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook(facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith)Or: Subscribe to the Digita...

2 years ago

30 minutes