Speaking of Jung: Interviews with Jungian Analysts

Jungian analyst and author of Jung's Map of the Soul Dr. Murray Stein joins us from Zürich, Switzerland, to discuss Jung's concepts of the ego, persona, and shadow, individuation, and the Self. He looks at the new BTS songs Black Swan and Outro: Ego from a Jungian perspective, and ties in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book, The Black Swan, and Jung's concept of synchronicity.

Jungian analyst Dr. Murray Stein explores the concepts of shadow and ego in relation to BTS' comeback trailer, discussing their presence in politics, war, sports, and movies. The podcast analyzes the intensity of the shadow portrayed in the video and speculates on the upcoming album. It also emphasizes the importance of a strong ego in confronting the shadow and reflects on the significance of the 'I' in personal growth.

Hollywood director Norman Buckley, art professor Timothy Hull, and four long-time Twitter followers join host Laura London to discuss how and why they became interested in Jung and what this podcast has meant to them over the years.

Jungian analyst, author, and scholar Ann Casement joined us from London, England to discuss her recent Fay Lecture Series, “Integrating Shadow: Authentic Being in the World.” She took us back to her time at the House of Lords and her relationships with Claude Lévi-Strauss, James Hillman, and Gerhard Adler, and more recently with Sonu Shamdasani and Wolfgang Giegerich. She delved into the three aspects of the shadow, Jung’s personal shadow, and accusations of anti-Semitism. She updated us on her upcoming books, The Blazing Sublime and The Analyst’s Guide to Jung, and paid tribute to the late Jungian analyst Fr. John P. Dourley, Ph.D.

Zürich-trained Jungian analyst Melanie Starr Costello joins us from Washington, D.C. to discuss mysticism in the lives of both C.G. Jung St. Catherine of Siena. We also suffering, the mystical marriage, individuation as ecology, and what role the body plays in consciousness.

We are joined by the editors, Murray Stein, Ph.D. and Thomas Arzt, Ph.D., the publisher Steven Buser, M.D., and distinguished author Lance S. Owens, M.D. to discuss the series, Jung's Red Book for Our Time: Searching for Soul Under Postmodern Conditions, published by Chiron.

Jungian analyst and author Dennis Merritt, Ph.D. on his 4-volume series, The Dairy Farmer's Guide to the Universe, how to use the I Ching, and what is a spirit animal.

We are joined by co-writers Murray Stein, Ph.D. in Zürich and Henry Abramovitch, Ph.D. in Israel to discuss their new play, The Analyst and The Rabbi: C.G. Jung and Rabbi Leo Baeck, which addresses the anti-Semitic remarks made by Jung in 1934 and the accusation that he was a Nazi.

Jungian analyst and former actress Margaret Klenck on her recent presentation at Jung on the Hudson, "Analysis as Self-Portraiture" and using self-portraits as a form of journaling.

Jungian analyst Kenneth James, Ph.D. on Analytical Psychology, Jungian analysis, the collective unconscious, and why Jung wrote about esoterica.