Howl in the Wilderness

Brian James
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Howling in the wilderness of modernity. Tracking meaning and purpose via depth psychology, spirituality, art and activism. Hosted by depth counsellor and archetypal coach Brian James http://brianjames.ca Join the HITW Patreon to support the podcast and gain access to early release of episodes and other member benefits http://patreon.com/howlinthewilderness

  1. The Art of Activism: A Depth Psychological Perspective | Ipek Burnett | HITW 214

    FEB 11

    The Art of Activism: A Depth Psychological Perspective | Ipek Burnett | HITW 214

    Howling with writer and depth psychologist Ipek Burnett PhD about re-awakening the aesthetic sense as a first step in political action. In this conversation we ponder the following questions How can aesthetic response fuel psychological activism? What is the psychological significance of arts and aesthetics in activism? How do creative processes and experiences help communities build strength and solidarity, promote resilience, and find resolution? “Give a voice to the tongueless street.” — Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poetry as Insurgent Art “Sitting still, reflecting, remembering, grieving and giving in now carry the flag forward — because “forward” is not where it used to be. Going on now means going downward into the faults of our culture and backward into the griefs of its memories. Today we need heroes of descent, not masters of denial, mentors of maturity who can carry sadness, who give love to aging, who show soul without irony or embarrassment. Mentors, not cheerleaders; mentors, not boosters… The legendary heroes of the underworld — Ulysses, Aeneas, Psyche, Persephone, Orpheus, Dionysos and even Hercules — all descended into hell to learn other values than those that rule the daily business of sunlit life. They came back with a darker eye that can see in a dark time.” — James Hillman, Kinds of Power p49 References: http://ipekburnett.com Diving Into the Myth, Ipek Burnett https://tapmagazine.org/all-articles/diving-into-the-myth Kinds of Power, James Hillman The Greatest Danger, Joanna Macy https://www.dailygood.org/story/1821/the-greatest-danger-joanna-macy Poetry as Insurgent Art, Lawrence Ferlinghetti https://poets.org/poem/poetry-insurgent-art-i-am-signaling-you-through-flames Pathology of Normalcy, Erich Fromm Beyond Psychic Numbing: A Call to Awareness, Robert Jay Lifton https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7148983/ The Protean Self: Human Resilience in an Age of Fragmentation, Robert Jay Lifton ——————— 🔥 SUPPORT & SOUL WORK Join the pack on Patreon: http://patreon.com/howlinthewilderness Depth Counseling with Brian James: http://brianjames.ca Archetypal Men’s Coaching Program: http://brianjames.ca/fourinitiations Personal Myth Program: http://brianjames.ca/personalmyth Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/brianjames.soulwork HITW YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/@howlinthewilderness Send a donation via PayPal: http://paypal.me/brianjamessoul Interlude music by William Johnson, “While You Were Sleeping” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyAxfxA09yQ Tags: james hillman, re-visioning psychology, archetypal psychology, poetry, carl jung, depth psychology, imagination, creativity, podcast, politics

    1h 35m
  2. [PREVIEW] James Hillman, Psychological Citizenship & Fugitive Democracy | Michael Sipiora | HITW 213

    FEB 4

    [PREVIEW] James Hillman, Psychological Citizenship & Fugitive Democracy | Michael Sipiora | HITW 213

    Early release for Alpha Dog & Pack Leader tiers Howling with writer, teacher and archetypal psychologist Michael Sipiora about the political relevance of James Hillman’s archetypal psychologicy and what it means to be a psychological citizen “Speaking out of the Ancient, Renaissance, and Romantic traditions that animate his archetypal psychology, Hillman calls for each therapist’s room to become a cell of revolution, heresy, and beauty rather than a globule of self-improvement; a place where imagination moves from building castles in sand to constructive visions for the real city; a place of outrage at social injustice rather than adaptation; a place of mourning over ecological destruction rather than of working through depression; a place of shame over failed participation in the present rather shame over past abuses to oneself; and of cosmic involvement rather than of transference and countertransference entanglements.” — Psychological Citizenship & Democracy, Michael Sipiora Support the podcast on Patreon: http://patreon.com/howlinthewilderness Depth Counseling with Brian James: http://brianjames.ca Archetypal Men’s Coaching Program: http://brianjames.ca/fourinitiations Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/brianjames.soulwork HITW YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/@howlinthewilderness Send a donation via PayPal: http://paypal.me/brianjamessoul References: Michael Sipiora, Psychological Citizenship & Democracy James Hillman, City & Soul UE 2, We’ve Had 100 Years of Psychotherapy and the World’s Getting Worse Sheldon Wolin, Fugitive Democracy: And Other Essays Ralph Nader, Civic Self-Respect Philip Cushman, Constructing the Self, Constructing America: A Cultural History of Psychotherapy Robert Reich: https://robertreich.substack.com Wendy Brown, Nihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber ThirdAct.org

    5 min
  3. James Hillman Saved My Life (RVP50) | Tom Cheetham | HITW 212

    12/31/2025

    James Hillman Saved My Life (RVP50) | Tom Cheetham | HITW 212

    In celebration of the 50th anniversary of James Hillman’s magnum opus Re-visioning Psychology, we’re hosting a series of conversations with depth psychologists from diverse backgrounds and broad scope of practice who have been profoundly influenced by the work of James Hillman. Howling with author, teacher, biologist, poet and raconteur Tom Cheetham about James Hillman, imagination, the poetic basis of mind and being a naturalist of the psyche Support the podcast on Patreon: http://patreon.com/howlinthewilderness Depth Counseling with Brian James: http://brianjames.ca Archetypal Men’s Coaching Program: http://brianjames.ca/fourinitiations Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/brianjames.soulwork HITW YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/@howlinthewilderness Send a donation via PayPal: http://paypal.me/brianjamessoul Tom Cheetham, PhD, is the author of five books on the imagination in psychology, religion and the arts, and one book of poems. He is a Fellow of the Temenos Academy in London. He speaks and gives workshops regularly in Europe and the US. https://www.tomcheetham.com https://tomcheetham.substack.com Interlude music by William Johnson, “While You Were Sleeping” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyAxfxA09yQ Tags: james hillman, re-visioning psychology, archetypal psychology, poetry, carl jung, depth psychology, imagination, creativity, podcast

    1h 53m
  4. We’ve Had 50 Years of Re-visioning Psychology & Therapy is Getting Even Worse (RVP50) | Scott Becker | HITW 211

    12/24/2025

    We’ve Had 50 Years of Re-visioning Psychology & Therapy is Getting Even Worse (RVP50) | Scott Becker | HITW 211

    In celebration of the 50th anniversary of James Hillman’s magnum opus Re-visioning Psychology, we’re hosting a series of conversations with depth psychologists from diverse backgrounds and broad scope of practice who have been profoundly influenced by the work of James Hillman. Howling with psychologist and writer Scott H. Becker about how James Hillman’s ideas can help us navigate our current crises with greater compassion and creativity, and what it means for GenXers like us to carry the blue fire of archetypal psychology into the future. Support the podcast on Patreon: http://patreon.com/howlinthewilderness Depth Counseling with Brian James: http://brianjames.ca Archetypal Men’s Coaching Program: http://brianjames.ca/fourinitiations Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/brianjames.soulwork HITW YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/@howlinthewilderness Send a donation via PayPal: http://paypal.me/brianjamessoul Scott Becker is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice and has worked as a therapist, clinical supervisor, adjunct professor, and administrator over the past 30 years at, among others, Notre Dame, the University of Oregon, the University of Rochester, and Michigan State University. He contributed the psychological commentary to the biography, The Life and Ideas of James Hillman, and has edited and introduced Volume 7 of the Uniform Edition of Hillman’s writings, Inhuman Relations. His research interests include grief and loss, complex trauma, multiculturalism, nondualism, couples and family therapy, environmental issues, astrology, and psychophysics.  Interlude music by William Johnson, “While You Were Sleeping” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyAxfxA09yQ Tags: james hillman, re-visioning psychology, archetypal psychology, politics, carl jung, depth psychology, imagination, creativity, podcast

    2h 38m
  5. The Soulful Philosophy of James Hillman (RVP50) | Edward Casey | HITW 210

    12/17/2025

    The Soulful Philosophy of James Hillman (RVP50) | Edward Casey | HITW 210

    In celebration of the 50th anniversary of James Hillman’s magnum opus Re-visioning Psychology, we’re hosting a series of conversations with depth psychologists from diverse backgrounds and broad scope of practice who have been profoundly influenced by the work of James Hillman. Howling with writer, painter and philosopher Edward Casey about how his 40-year friendship with James Hillman led him to a philosophy that is rooted in the phenomenology of body, soul, imagination and place. Support the podcast on Patreon: http://patreon.com/howlinthewilderness Depth Counseling with Brian James: http://brianjames.ca Archetypal Men’s Coaching Program: http://brianjames.ca/fourinitiations Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/brianjames.soulwork HITW YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/@howlinthewilderness Send a donation via PayPal: http://paypal.me/brianjamessoul Professor Edward Casey, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Stony Brook University, was the president of the American Philosophical Association (Eastern Division) from 2009-10, and he was chairman of the Philosophy Department at Stony Brook University for a decade. He works in aesthetics, philosophy of space and time, ethics, perception, and psychoanalytic theory.  He obtained his doctorate at Northwestern University in 1967 and has taught at Yale University, the University of California at Santa Barbara, The New School for Social Research, Emory University, and several other institutions.  He is currently Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University. His recent research includes investigations into place and space; landscape painting and maps as modes of representation; ethics and the other; feeling and emotion; philosophy of perception (with special attention to the role of the glance); the nature of edges. https://escasey.com References: Gaston Louis Pierre Bachelard (elements) Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari (smooth / striated spaces) Megan Craig & Edward S. Casey, Thinking in Transit Philosophical Intimations: Hillman, James, Casey, Edward S. Casey Immanuel Kant Toward an Archetypal Imagination, Ed Casey Henri Bergson Alfred North Whitehead A Terrible Love of War, James Hillman Maurice Merleau-Ponty Plants in Place by Edward S Casey, Michael Marder Interlude music by William Johnson, “While You Were Sleeping” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyAxfxA09yQ Tags: james hillman, re-visioning psychology, archetypal psychology, politics, carl jung, depth psychology, imagination, creativity, podcast

    1h 18m
  6. Thinking with James Hillman about the Soul of the World (RVP50) | Michael Sipiora | HITW 209

    12/10/2025

    Thinking with James Hillman about the Soul of the World (RVP50) | Michael Sipiora | HITW 209

    In celebration of the 50th anniversary of James Hillman’s magnum opus Re-visioning Psychology, we’re hosting a series of conversations with depth psychologists from diverse backgrounds and broad scope of practice who have been profoundly influenced by the work of James Hillman. Howling with writer, teacher and depth psychotherapist Michael Sipiora about Hillman’s legacy and how the ideas in Re-visioning Psychology are relevant to the most critical issues of our time. Support the podcast on Patreon: http://patreon.com/howlinthewilderness Depth Counseling with Brian James: http://brianjames.ca Archetypal Men’s Coaching Program: http://brianjames.ca/fourinitiations Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/brianjames.soulwork HITW YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/@howlinthewilderness Send a donation via PayPal: http://paypal.me/brianjamessoul Writer, teacher and depth psychotherapist Michael P. Sipiora, PhD had an extensive academic career serving on the clinical psychology faculties of Duquesne University and Pacifica Graduate Institute. The author of numerous articles and book chapters in archetypal and phenomenological psychologies, he is also a licensed psychologist with a wide range of clinical experience in both private and community mental health settings. He currently practices psychotherapy and business consulting in Santa Barbara, California. https://www.psychologist-santa-barbara.com References: Psychological Citizenship and Democracy: The Political Relevance of Hillman’s Archetypal Psychology, Michael P. Sipiora (Spring Publications) Interlude music by William Johnson, “While You Were Sleeping” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyAxfxA09yQ Tags: james hillman, re-visioning psychology, archetypal psychology, politics, carl jung, depth psychology, imagination, creativity, podcast

    1h 33m
  7. James Hillman’s Manifesto of Soul (RVP50) | Rick Tarnas | HITW 208

    12/03/2025

    James Hillman’s Manifesto of Soul (RVP50) | Rick Tarnas | HITW 208

    In celebration of the 50th anniversary of James Hillman’s magnum opus Re-visioning Psychology, we’re hosting a series of conversations with depth psychologists from diverse backgrounds and broad scope of practice who have been profoundly influenced by the work of James Hillman. Writer, teacher and archetypal astrologer Rick Tarnas discusses his 30 year relationship with James Hillman and the lasting impact of what Tarnas calls “Hillman’s Manifest of Soul” Re-visioning Psychology, published in 1975. Support the podcast on Patreon: http://patreon.com/howlinthewilderness Depth Counseling with Brian James: http://brianjames.ca Archetypal Men’s Coaching Program: http://brianjames.ca/fourinitiations Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/brianjames.soulwork HITW YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/@howlinthewilderness Send a donation via PayPal: http://paypal.me/brianjamessoul Richard Tarnas, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, where he was the founding director of the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness department. During his thirty years there he taught courses in the history of ideas, depth psychology, archetypal cosmology, cultural history, and the evolution of consciousness.  He has also frequently lectured on archetypal studies and depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, and was formerly the director of programs and education at Esalen Institute in Big Sur. He is the author of The Passion of the Western Mind, a narrative history of the Western world view from the ancient Greek to the postmodern that is widely used in universities. His second book, Cosmos and Psyche, received the Book of the Year Prize from the Scientific and Medical Network. He is a past president of the International Transpersonal Association and was a long-time member of the Board of Governors for the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. https://cosmosandpsyche.com References: James Hillman, Re-visioning Psychology (1975) J. Hillman, The Soul’s Code (1996) J. Hillman, On Senex Consciousness (Senex & Puer Uniform Edition #3) Interlude music by William Johnson, “While You Were Sleeping” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyAxfxA09yQ Tags: james hillman, re-visioning psychology, archetypal psychology, animism, carl jung, depth psychology, imagination, creativity, astrology, podcast

    1h 54m
  8. 50 Years of James Hillman’s Re-visioning Psychology (RVP50) | Benjamin Sells | HITW 207

    11/26/2025

    50 Years of James Hillman’s Re-visioning Psychology (RVP50) | Benjamin Sells | HITW 207

    In celebration of the 50th anniversary of James Hillman’s magnum opus Re-visioning Psychology, we’re hosting a series of conversations with depth psychologists from diverse backgrounds and broad scope of practice who have been profoundly influenced by the work of James Hillman. Writer and depth psychologist Ben Sells discusses the impact that Hillman’s ideas have had on his life and career over the past 50 years, and how they continue to inspire and inform his recent work on beauty, soul and aesthetic animism. * Support the podcast on Patreon: http://patreon.com/howlinthewilderness * Depth Counseling with Brian James: http://brianjames.ca * Archetypal Men’s Coaching Program: http://brianjames.ca/fourinitiations * Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/brianjames.soulwork * HITW YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/@howlinthewilderness * Send a donation via PayPal: http://paypal.me/brianjamessoul Benjamin Sells is a writer, psychotherapist, lawyer, and former mayor of Riverside, Illinois. He is also a sailing captain and owner of Chicago’s oldest sailing school. He has written nine books, including The Soul of the Law, one of the most important work-life balance books in the history of the legal profession, that was recently reissued in a special 20th anniversary edition. His latest book is Love’s Desire: Beauty, Love, Soul, and the Search for the Meaningless Life. For many years he wrote a widely praised syndicated column on psychological issues in the legal profession and has published many articles and essays on psychology, history, and cultural affairs. His collaboration with famed psychologist James Hillman on America: A Conversation with James Hillman and Ben Sells was honored with a Gradiva Award from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis. Sells has lectured extensively both in the United States and abroad and is a repeat lecturer at the prestigious Eranos Roundtable in Ascona, Switzerland. He lives in Riverside, Illinois. https://benjaminsells.com Interlude music by William Johnson, “While You Were Sleeping” 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyAxfxA09yQ Tags: james hillman, archetypal psychology, animism, imagination, creativity, podcast

    1h 32m
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Howling in the wilderness of modernity. Tracking meaning and purpose via depth psychology, spirituality, art and activism. Hosted by depth counsellor and archetypal coach Brian James http://brianjames.ca Join the HITW Patreon to support the podcast and gain access to early release of episodes and other member benefits http://patreon.com/howlinthewilderness

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    Brian James
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    257
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