In this episode:
I look at one of the more difficult experiences of the symbolic life, an experience best known by its religious name: the "dark night of the soul."
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For more on living a symbolic life:
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Sources for quotes and more:
- 'Selected Letters' by C.G. Jung
- 'Concerning the Inner Life' by Evelyn Underhill
- Concerning Rebirth in 'Collected Works, vol. 9i' by C.G. Jung
- 'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
- 'The Masks of God: Creative Mythology' by Joseph Campbell
- The Romance of Tristan and Iseult, retold by Joseph Bédier (translated by Hilaire Belloc)
- Luke 17:33, NKJV
- Tao Te Ching, translated by Man-Ho Kwok, Martin Palmer, and Jay Ramsay
- 'Mysticism' by Evelyn Underhill
- The Psychology of the Transference in 'Collected Works, vol. 16' by C.G. Jung
- 'The Life of Prayer' by Baron Friedrich von Hügel
- 'Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology' by Marie-Louise von Franz
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