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Digital Jung

Digital Jung

De: Jason E. Smith
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Living a Symbolic Life in a Technological Age. Our digital age presents unique challenges for the practice of the inner life. What can the insights of Jungian Psychology offer for dealing with these challenges? In this series, we explore Carl Jung's idea of "the symbolic life" through the lenses of depth psychology, mythology, fairy tales, poetry, religion, and more. We focus on three core questions: 1. What is the symbolic life? 2. Why do we need a symbolic life? and 3. How can we cultivate and live a symbolic life? This is a companion podcast to the book 'Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life' by Jungian analyst Jason E. Smith.© 2025 Digital Jung Ciencias Sociales Espiritualidad Higiene y Vida Saludable Psicología Psicología y Salud Mental
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  • Becoming (Merely) Human

    Becoming (Merely) Human
    Jul 31 2025

    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:

    1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 132: The Symphony)
    2. S4 Ep. 9: The Gorgon's Eye
    3. 'The Interpretation of Fairy Tales' by Marie-Louise von Franz
    4. Matthew 18:3 (NIV)
    5. 'The Psychology of Child Archetype' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 9i
    6. 'The Development of the Personality' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 17
    7. 'Individuation in Fairy Tales' by Marie-Louise von Franz
    8. 'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
    9. 'Tao Te Ching' (Translated by Red Pine)
    10. 'The Dhammapada' (Translated by Gil Fronsdal)
    11. 'Mysterium Coniunctionis' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 14
    12. 'The King and the Corpse' by Heinrich Zimmer
    13. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 117: The Whale Watch)

    Music:
    "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0


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    For more on living a symbolic life:
    Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.
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    44 m
  • The Gorgon's Eye

    The Gorgon's Eye
    Jun 26 2025

    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:

    1. '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)
    2. S4 Ep. 8: A Collision Course With Life
    3. 'After the Catastrophe' by C.G. Jung (CW10)
    4. 'Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology' by Marie-Louise von Franz
    5. 'The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga' by C.G. Jung
    6. 'Man is Not Alone' by Abraham Joshua Heschel

    Music:
    "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0


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    For more on living a symbolic life:
    Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.
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    30 m
  • A Collision Course With Life

    A Collision Course With Life
    May 11 2025

    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:

    1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 16: The Ship; Chapter 20: All Astir; Chapter 28: Ahab; Chapter 51: The Spirit-Spout)
    2. S4, Ep. 2: Outcasts of the Spirit
    3. 1 Kings 16:30 (NIV)
    4. 'A Pregnant Allegory,' Review of Moby-Dick by George Ripley (Norton Edition)
    5. 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' by William Shakespeare
    6. 'Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles
    7. 'Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self' by C.G. Jung (CW9ii)
    8. S4, Ep. 6 - Moby-Dick: An American Myth, part 1
    9. 'Two Essays on Analytical Psychology' by C.G. Jung (CW7)
    10. 'Psychology and Alchemy' by C.G. Jung (CW12)

    Music:
    "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0


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    Please consider leaving a review:
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    Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below)

    Support the show


    Connect with me:
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    Bluesky (@digitaljung.bsky.social)

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    For more on living a symbolic life:
    Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.
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    33 m
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The pace of the delivery is perfect: word, soul and heart are spoken as one ancestral voice of Jung come of age. This is essential Jung made available to one and all.

True Imagination

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The depth and brilliance of Jung makes studying his work challenging. I’m very impressed with this podcast. Smith gives significant glimpses into Jung’s ideas and his essential wisdom. I don’t think there is anyone who can’t appreciate and gain from the thoughtful insights and explorations here.

Even those who know nothing or little of Jung will find much to consider and ponder. The universal appeal of Jung’s approach to human life is apparent in these essays which are approachable yet not made vulgar or simplistic. I can thoroughly recommend this for anyone interested in the human journey we are all on, yet too often avoid in the hustle and bustle of existing.

Wonderful Portals to Jung

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I have not yet heard every episode of this podcast. However, if you could only hear just ONE episode, this would be it. Dr.Smith could not have spoken any better on the subject, but, I look forward to the rest of the series. And, I'll bet he DOES speak better on this in future episodes!

Essential Episode!

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