The Transformative Power of Active Imagination

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In this episode:
We continue to consider the importance of letting things unfold in the psyche, particularly in connection with the practice of active imagination.

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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. Commentary on the Secret of the Golden Flower from 'Collected Works, vol. 13' by C.G. Jung.
2. Season 2, Episode 10: Letting Ourselves Be
3. 'Inner Work' by Robert Johnson.
4. Mysterium Coniunctionis from 'Collected Works, vol. 14' by C.G. Jung.
5. 'Encounters with the Soul' by Barbara Hannah.
6. 'Jung on Active Imagination,' edited by Joan Chodorow.
7. 'Religious but Not Religious' by Jason E. Smith.
8. Season 2, Episode 4: The Fact of Fantasy
9. The Practice of Psychotherapy from 'Collected Works, vol. 16' by C.G. Jung.
10. The Old Woman in the Woods, Grimm's Fairy Tales.

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.