Navigating the Wilderness of Depression

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In this episode:
We take a deep dive into the experience of depression and explore how a grasp of symbolic material can enrich our understanding of this difficult and all-too-human experience.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. "Hidden in the neurosis is a bit of still undeveloped personality, a precious fragment of the psyche lacking which a person is condemned to resignation, bitterness, and everything else that is hostile to life." ~ C.G. Jung in The State of Psychotherapy Today in 'Collected Works, vol. 10.'
2.  Episode 23: Approaching the Unconscious
3. 'Complex/Archetype/Symbol.' by Jolande Jacobi
4. Dante's Divine Comedy, translated by Mark Musa.
5. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.
6. The I Ching, Richard Wilhelm translation.
7. The Symbolic Life by C.G. Jung from 'Collected Works, vol. 18.' 
8. Religion mitigates feelings of depression by providing a sense of meaning, study suggests
9. 'Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.' by Jason E. Smith
10. The Quest for the Holy Grail, translated by Pauline Matarasso.
11. Lost by David Wagoner
12. Shoemaker and the Elves, from 'Grimm's Fairy Tales.'
13. Episode 21: Dreams and the Sacred
14. A Man Lost By a River by Michael Blumenthal.

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:
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