The Inevitability of the Inner Life

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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.

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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:

1. Mysterium Coniunctionis in ‘Collected Works, vol. 14 by C.G. Jung
2. 'Heraclitus' by Philip Wheelwright
3. The Iron Stove, Grimm's Fairy Tales 
4. S3, Ep. 14: The Life of the Spirit: The Iron Stove, pt. 1
5.  The Relations Between the Ego and the Unconscious in ‘Collected Works, vol. 7’ by C.G. Jung
6. 'Creation Myths' by Marie-Louise von Franz
7.  Answer to Job in ‘Collected Works, vol. 11’ by C.G. Jung

For text and narration of The Iron Stove, visit: https://digitaljung.substack.com/p/the-iron-stove

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For more on living a symbolic life:
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