by Joseph Lee | Dec 17, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
Madonna and Child by an anonymous Northern Italian Artist https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_142-Divine_Child.mp3 Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be unto all people. Luke 2:10 The divine child appears when...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 5, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_BONUS2_-_Jung_Society_2-v3.mp3 Marie-Louise von Franz, Jung’s close collaborator, capped her public work in a 1986 lecture that summarized Jung’s signal contributions to understanding the human experience. Jung was...
by Lisa Marchiano | Sep 24, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical, Therapy Related
Jung states “the main interest of my work is not concerned with the treatment of neurosis but rather with the approach to the numinous…the real therapy. In as much as you attain to the numinous experiences you are released from the curse of pathology.” Jung defines...
by Lisa Marchiano | Sep 10, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
We all have intuitive experiences, from an occasional hunch to powerful gut feelings. Unconscious intelligence is a storehouse of instincts and wisdom humankind has accumulated over millennia. We would be lost without intuition and give importance to warnings and...
by Naomi Adams | Jul 9, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
The religious instinct is as basic as the need for food or shelter. Psyche seeks and selects a central, organizing life principle whether consciously or unconsciously chosen. Secular deities range from food, money, or even science, to the gods of addiction; false...
by Naomi Adams | Jun 25, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
The transcendent function comes in all sizes, from “aha” moments to epiphanies. A new orientation to a dilemma arrives unthought, recognized, and right. Perhaps there is a moment where loneliness gives way to solitude, or heartbreak yields to a larger...