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In 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.substack.com/) For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: The Aims of PsychotherapyThe Iron StoveS3, Ep. 14: The Life of the Spirit -- The Iron Stove, pt. 1S3, Ep. 15: Resisting Change -- The Iron Stove, pt. 2S3, Ep. 16: Embodying the Spirit -- The Iron Stove, pt. 3Frontiers of Knowledge For text and narration of The Iron Stove, visit: https://digitaljung.substack.com/p/the-iron-stove Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In 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 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, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: Man and His Environment Just as the Winged Energy of DelightThe Iron StoveS3, Ep. 14: The Life of the Spirit -- The Iron Stove, pt. 1S3, Ep. 15: Resisting Change -- The Iron Stove, pt. 2Symbola aureae mensaeMysterium Coniunctionis For text and narration of The Iron Stove, visit: https://digitaljung.substack.com/p/the-iron-stove Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In 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 (https://digitaljung.substack.com/) For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: Mysterium ConiunctionisThe Iron StoveS3, Ep. 14: The Life of the Spirit: The Iron Stove, pt. 1The Relations Between the Ego and the Unconscious Answer to Job For text and narration of The Iron Stove, visit: https://digitaljung.substack.com/p/the-iron-stove Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In 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 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, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: Spirit and LifeThe Iron Stove CirclesSong of a Man Who Has Come ThroughFor text and narration of The Iron Stove, visit: https://digitaljung.substack.com/p/the-iron-stove Enjoy the birdsong in the background! Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In 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 (https://digitaljung.substack.com/) For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: Concerning Rebirth The Romance of Tristan and IseultTao Te ChingThe Psychology of the Transference Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In 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://digitaljung.substack.com/) For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: The State of Psychotherapy Today A Review of the Complex TheoryThe Meaning of Psychology for Modern Man I Am Not IPsychology and a Philosophy of LifeThe State of Psychotherapy TodayTransformation Symbolism in the MassThe Philosophical Tree Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In 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 (https://digitaljung.substack.com/) For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: Psychology and Religion 'Alchemical StudiesAionMysterium ConiunctionisS3, Ep. 8: Alchemy: Mirror of the SoulS3, Ep. 9: The Heart of the Matter: Alchemy and the Prima MateriaS3, Ep. 10: The Stages of the Alchemical Opus Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In 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 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, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: Psychology and AlchemyAion S3, Ep. 8: Alchemy: Mirror of the SoulThe Psychology of the Transference Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In 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 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, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: Psychology and AlchemyThe Golden TractAion The GnomeMysterium Coniunctionis Who Does the Work: Cultivating an Alchemical Attitude Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In this episode: I begin a series on the strange world of alchemy — exploring what it is and how it is relevant to 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 Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith) Or: 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, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: Rosarium Philosophorum, English translationThe Practical Use of Dream-Analysis Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In this episode: An audio Christmas card from me to you. 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.substack.com/) For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days" and "The Return" by Ketsa, and "Hibernation" by Axletree are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In this episode: I discuss how times of struggle, and even suffering, can open us up to an experience that Jung calls “an affirmation of things as they 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 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.substack.com/) For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: The GateThe Soul and Death ' Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In this episode: I explore the idea of everyday asceticism, the art of setting limits for ourselves in order to stand more firmly and authentically 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 (https://digitaljung.substack.com/) For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: Americans Must Say 'No' S2, Ep. 17: Recovering The Spirit: The Seven Ravens, pt. 2 S3, Ep. 3: Receiving One's True Name S3, Ep. 4: Imagining Our Proper Life-Task The Fisherman and His Wife Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In this episode: I discuss the idea of vocation -- what Jung calls “our proper life-task” -- and explore the challenges that come with taking up such a task in our own 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 (https://digitaljung.substack.com/) For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: Mysterium Coniunctionis The Holy Men of IndiaPsychology and Alchemy The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog The Development of the PersonalityIs Analytical Psychology a Religion? Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In this episode: We explore the symbolism of “one’s true name” and the challenges that we meet in learning how to hear it. 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.substack.com/) For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: Symbols of TransformationThe New NamePsychological TypesThe Development of the PersonalityThe JourneyThe Symbolic LifeThe Odyssey, Names Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In this episode: We discuss one of the dangers inherent in the symbolic life — the ever-present specter of inflation. 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.substack.com/) For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: S3, Ep. 1: Invoking the ImaginationThe Relations Between the Ego and the UnconsciousThe Swan Maidens Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In this episode: We look at the question of how to begin -- that is, what preparations are needed to begin 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 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, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: Individual Dream Symbolism in Relation to Alchemy The Swan, The Aims of Psychotherapy Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In this episode: I announce the start of Season 3 of Digital Jung For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications. Subscribe to the Digital Jung Newsletter (https://digitaljung.substack.com/) Sources for quotes and more: The Soul and Death Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser ...or support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days" by Ketsa is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In this episode: We explore the work of becoming what one is and the fears we often feel when we begin it. 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). For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: The Houston FilmsA Talk With Students at the InstituteThe Joseph Campbell CompanionS2, Ep. 14: Thresholds of CreativityThe Development of the PersonalityHave a great summer! See you in September, 2022! Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser ...or support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show

In this episode: I present some highlights and excerpts from a recent talk that I gave titled, 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 address in a future episode? Please contact me on Instagram (@digital.jung), Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst), or Twitter (@Jason_E_Smith). For more on living a symbolic life: Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications. Sources for quotes and more: Psychological Types (Definitions) Like this podcast? Please consider leaving a review at one of the following sites: Apple Podcasts Spotify Podchaser ...or support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below) Music: "Dreaming Days" and "Slow Vibing" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Support the show