The Importance of the Imagination

Tom Cheetham is an author, teacher, biologist, and poet. Throughout his life, he has navigated various fields from philosophy, to systematic entomology, complexity sciences, and eventually depth psychology. Today his work explores the ideas of Henry Corbin, Carl Jung, James Hillman, and creative imagination in human life and culture. He writes and lectures on these topics internationally. His books include Boundary Violations, All the World an Icon, and Imaginal Love among others. In this episode, we speak about Imagination in James Hillman, Carl Jung, & Henry Corbin, the pathology of literalism, distinguishing feelings from emotions, integrating the central insights from psychedelics, Buddhism & the Imaginal as well as aliveness, eros, and death.