Speaking of Jung: Interviews with Jungian Analysts

We are joined by Tibetan Buddhist monk and teacher Geshe Damchoe Gyaltsen at the Drepung Loseling Monastery in South India and Fulbright recipient Morika Hensley of the Tibetan Mind/Body Sciences program at Emory University

James Hollis, a renowned Jungian analyst and author of 16 books, dives into his latest work, exploring personal resilience in times of change. He recounts his transformative journey with Jung's ideas and emphasizes the importance of self-discovery over surface-level issues. The discussion tackles societal pressures on happiness and authenticity, as well as the complexities of the unconscious. Hollis also analyzes literary figures like Antigone and Hamlet, highlighting their struggles with identity and aspiration, while reflecting on the role of community and compassion in personal growth.

Paranormal investigator and researcher Starfire Tor on her discovery of The Timeshift Effect, the science behind precognitive dreaming, and why the election of Donald Trump has saved the world

Jungian analyst and clinical psychologist Dr. Donald Kalsched joins us from Santa Fe, New Mexico to discuss his essay, "Wrestling with Our Angels: Inner & Outer Democracy in America Under the Shadow of Donald Trump" in the new book, Cultural Complexes & the Soul of America: Myth, Psyche, & Politics, edited by Jungian analyst Dr. Thomas Singer

Joining us for the forth edition of our special Quarantine Series in photographer and author Lenny Foster. He tells us about the twenty years he spent living in Taos, New Mexico, and what he discovered upon arriving in St. Augustine, Florida – a deep history, largely unknown to the public, about the African Americans in our country. He says he learned a hidden history of his own African American heritage.

Joel Kroeker is an award-winning singer-songwriter and international recording artist who now practices as a Jungian analyst and music-centered psychotherapist in Victoria, British Columbia. A graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich, he joins us to discuss his new book, Jungian Music Psychotherapy: When Psyche Sings.

In the third edition of our new Quarantine Series, I was joined by the creator and host of The Mind's Eye Show, Master Mason Brian Turnof in Baltimore, Maryland. We discussed Freemasonry, Jung's paternal grandfather, the number 13, the Templar treasure, Oak Island, synchronicity, Contact in the Desert, favorite guests, his work as a paranormal researcher and investigator, EVP sessions, ghost stories, the haunted Houghton Mansion, George Washington's Quincy Memoirs, and the assassination of MLK.

Jungian analyst and clinical psychologist & professor Stanton Marlan joins us from Pittsburgh to discuss his LSD experiences at Millbrook with Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert (Ram Dass) & Ralph Metzner, studying Buddhist philosophy in Hawai’i, ego death, lying down with James Hillman, what alchemy is, the black sun, and his upcoming books on the philosophers’ stone and dreams.

Astronomers and educators Daniel Joyce & Darren Drake join us from Chicago to discuss amateur astronomy, apps, telescopes, binoculars, viewing eclipses, satellites and the International Space Station, the dimming of Betelgeuse, the disintegration of comets, spotting planets, the telescope Dan made for George Lucas, and Darren's outreach program and children's camp for skywatching.

Jungian analyst and architect Ruth Ammann joins us from Aarau, Switzerland to discuss her books, Healing & Transformation in Sandplay, The Enchantment of Gardens, and being the curator of The Picture Archive of the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich