Psychology & The Cross

Jungian Analyst Jakob Lusensky
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Jungian analyst Jakob Lusensky engages in dialogue and research at the intersection of depth psychology and Christianity, exploring what it means to become more fully human in our time. Learn more about the Cross: https://www.cross.center

  1. Sep 25 ·  Bonus

    A Paradise of Machines

    If we are to avoid losing our humanity amid a paradise of machines invading and conditioning our daily lives, there is an urgent need for education in ethical discernment and the capacity to acknowledge the moral good.- Pope Leo XIV, 25th of September 2026

  2. Aug 23

    Jung, Nietzsche and Zarathustra: The Challenge of Transformation with Paul Bishop

    In this episode, Jungian scholar Paul Bishop joins Jungian analyst-in-training Emma Iovoli to explore Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra and C.G. Jung’s complex relationship with Nietzsche. Drawing on Bishop’s recent book, Jung and the Epic of Transformation, Volume 3, they explore some of Zarathustra’s most powerful images, from the eagle and serpent to the camel, lion and child, and what they reveal about psychological transformation. The conversation moves from Jung and Nietzsche’s encounters with the depths of the psyche to Christianity, the death of God, and the question of what transformation might mean today. In an age of AI and post-humanism, what does it mean to overcome ourselves without losing sight of what it means to be human? Purchase Paul Bishops latest book. The music played in this episode is licensed under creativecommons.org: Ketsa - From deep down

  3. Jul 17

    Can the Self Be Known? A Conversation with Donald Carveth

    What is the goal of psychoanalysis? Is it greater self-knowledge, or the recovery of our capacity simply to be? In this third Freudian/Jungian conversation with psychoanalyst Donald Carveth we explore Winnicott's notion of the true self alongside Jung's understanding of the Self, individuation, and the religious attitude. We discuss conscience and the superego, the image of God (imago Dei), love, community, and why Jung increasingly turned toward Christianity in his later work. The two earlier Freudian/Jungian conversations are found here and here. For more psychoanalytic thinking visit Don's youtube page. The music played in this episode is licensed under creativecommons.org: Ketsa - From deep down

  4. Jun 23

    Becoming Human in the Age of AI - A conversation with Sean McGrath

    Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas may be one of the most important reflections yet on artificial intelligence and the future of humanity. In this conversation, Jakob Lusensky and Sean McGrath explore the encyclical's central question: What does it mean to be human in an age of AI? Along the way they discuss Jung, technology, transhumanism, work, community, suffering, and why a human face that asks to be gazed upon may remain at the center of our history. The music played in this episode is licensed under creativecommons.org: Ketsa - From deep down

  5. Jun 11 ·  Bonus

    Magnifica Humanitas by Leo XIV - The introduction

    This is a reading of the introduction to Magnifica - Humanitas - On Safeguarding the human person in the time of Artificial Intelligence, by Pope Leo XIV. For the full encyclical visit the following link. Join the live stream conversation with Sean McGrath about this text Wednesday 17th of June at 3:15 pm CEST on this link. The reading of the introduction is done by Emma Lovoli, Jungian analyst in training at ISAP. You can read her Substack here.

    Magnifica Humanitas by Leo XIV - The introduction

  6. Jun 6

    Emma Jung with Ann Conrad Lammers

    After our excursion along the currents of our collective dreams, we now turn our attention back to Psychology on the Cross. For this conversation, I invited Jungian scholar Ann Conrad Lammers to discuss Emma Jung: Dedicated to the Soul, a book she recently edited together with Thomas Fischer and Medea Hoch. It's a wonderful book that brings Emma out of Carl Jung's shadow, revealing the full range of her creative work through essays, poems, dreams, and paintings. Throughout this conversation, Ann will also read a poem and two dreams from this important publication.  BiographyAnn Conrad Lammers is a Jungian scholar who has worked and written at the crossroads of theology and psychology for the past forty years. Her doctoral work at Yale University led to the book In God's Shadow: The Collaboration of Victor White and C.G. Jung, and she is also the editor of their correspondence. An earlier conversation about this book can be found here. Music played in this episode"From deep down" by ketsa.uk. Licensed under creativecommons.org by NC-ND 4.0.

  7. Mar 28

    Was it just a Dream? | The spirit in the cloud

    In the final episode of the first wave of Was it just a dream?, the outside world folds inward, everything condensing toward a single point, triggering a shocking realization. Share your own commentary and read the full dream on our Substack page. Music: It was just a dream by Rafael Krux. Courtesy of the Krux Music Publishing Limited Company.

    Was it just a Dream? | The spirit in the cloud

  8. Mar 17 ·  Bonus

    Was it just a Dream? | Collective commentary

    Our last dream received some thoughtful commentary from listeners. We decided to put together some of these as extra material. Read the full dream here.  Music: It was just a dream by Rafael Krux. Courtesy of the Krux Music Publishing Limited Company.

    Was it just a Dream? | Collective commentary
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Jungian analyst Jakob Lusensky engages in dialogue and research at the intersection of depth psychology and Christianity, exploring what it means to become more fully human in our time. Learn more about the Cross: https://www.cross.center

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    Jungian Analyst Jakob Lusensky
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    102
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