In this episode:
I discuss the idea of vocation -- what Jung calls “our proper life-task” -- and explore the challenges that come with taking up such a task in our own 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:
- 'Letters, vol. 1' by C.G. Jung
- Mysterium Coniunctionis in 'Collected Works, vol. 14' by C.G. Jung
- The Holy Men of India in 'Collected Works, vol. 11' by C.G. Jung
- 'A Life at Work' by Thomas Moore
- Psychology and Alchemy in 'Collected Works, vol. 12' by C.G. Jung
- 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections' by C.G. Jung
- 'The Way of the Dream' by Marie-Louise von Franz
- The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog in 'Favorite Folktales From Around the World' edited by Jane Yolen
- The Development of the Personality in 'Collected Works, vol. 17' by C.G. Jung
- Is Analytical Psychology a Religion? in 'C.G. Jung Speaking' edited by William McGuire
- The Golden Key, fairy tale by George MacDonald
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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.