by Lisa Marchiano | Jun 25, 2026 | Archetypal, Metaphysical
In every culture and every religion, we find the concept of the underworld: sometimes located underground, and usually understood as a final destination after death. This week, Jungian analysts Lisa Marchiano and Deborah Stewart circumambulate...
by Lisa Marchiano | May 7, 2026 | Core Jungian Concepts, Cultural Currents, Guests
AUDIO In his new book, The End of the World, author JON MILLS considers the question of why humanity seems bent on self-destruction. Jon, who is also a philosopher, psychoanalyst, and attorney, has appeared in courts across the U.S. on issues related to...
by Lisa Marchiano | Apr 30, 2026 | Core Jungian Concepts, History & Development of Analytical Psychology, Personal Issues
AUDIO Why is it that we sometimes fail to rise to life’s most important challenges? Why do we instead procrastinate, withdraw, self-sabotage, or feel unable to move toward the life we want? This week, at a listener’s suggestion, Jungian analysts Lisa Marchiano and...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 1, 2022 | Personal Issues, Therapy Related
Photo Credit: Elti Meshau via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_242-Melancholy.mp3 Melancholy evokes images of poets and artists for whom suffering and giftedness go hand in hand. Creative ability as compensation for affliction is depicted in...
by Naomi Adams | Apr 16, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Personal Issues
The alchemical term nigredo means black or blackening, and is associated with decomposition and putrefaction. As a psychological state, nigredo is “the great suffering and grief” which the detached forces of nature inflict on the soul. We realize in...