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This Jungian Life Podcast

Joseph Lee, Deborah Stewart, Lisa Marchiano

Join us—Lisa, Deb, and Joseph—for sometimes irreverent but potentially life-changing conversations. Every Thursday, we explore culture, relationships, and depth psychology through the lens of Carl Jung. We devote a segment of each episode to analyzing a listener’s dream.

  1. The Age of Aquarius: A Jungian View of a Changing World

    2D AGO

    The Age of Aquarius: A Jungian View of a Changing World

    Jung suggested in Aion that humanity is moving from the great symbolic Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius. Join Jungian analysts Lisa Marchiano, Deborah Stewart and Joseph Lee, as we ask what it means to live through the turbulence and vitality of this period of transition. Jung pioneered the idea that human consciousness unfolds in great symbolic ages. The shift from one to the next is not a smooth or pleasant experience. As Jung saw it, each new age emerges through a process of decline, breakdown, and renewal, a process that can bring with it frightening levels of destabilization. The Age of Pisces, shaped by Christianity, emphasized faith, morality, and the authority of external structures. But as this era wanes, Jung suggested we are coming under the influence of a new attitude, one that asks more of the individual psyche. This new Age of Aquarius asks us to hold the tension of opposites consciously, rather than splitting experience into simple categories of right and wrong, and to be open to a genuinely new attitude that can contain much greater complexity. We consider whether this emerging age calls us into a deeper interior life, one grounded not in external authority, but in an evolving relationship to the Self. Read the dream we analyze in full on our website. Connect With This Jungian Life Book your place at our ⁠⁠free seminar⁠⁠ on March 28, Your Personal Red Book: A Dream School Taster. Send a ⁠⁠dream⁠⁠ for us to analyze on the show. Check out our TJL ⁠⁠podcast merch⁠⁠. Follow This Jungian Life on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠.

    1h 30m
  2. Cassandra: A Jungian Interpretation

    MAR 19

    Cassandra: A Jungian Interpretation

    In Greek mythology, Cassandra was a Trojan princess and priestess of Apollo who was given the gift of true prophecy, along with the curse that no one would ever believe her. She warned the Trojans not to bring the famous wooden horse inside their city walls, but her prophecy was ignored and the city fell. In this episode, we discuss the psychological meaning of the Cassandra story from a Jungian perspective, exploring the painful experience of recognizing a deep truth but finding that others cannot or will not hear it. We examine how the Cassandra archetype can intrude into a person’s life, compelling them to deliver uncomfortable truths to audiences who do not wish to hear. Understanding the archetypal pattern may help us discern the difference between those who won’t hear, and those who may be able to accept our message. The story of Cassandra can also be applied to our inner lives. We often ignore our own inner Cassandra, and her quiet warning that something glittering may hide danger. False promises, quick fixes, and seductive fantasies can lure us into welcoming the Trojan horse despite our better judgment. Finally, we ask how we might hold the Cassandra complex differently. Instead of identifying with the doomed prophet, we can recognize the archetype at work: “Cassandra is visiting.” By holding insight with humility, seeking listeners who can truly hear, and accepting the limits of our power to change fate, we might shape the anguish of Cassandra into a deeper wisdom. Read the dream we analyze and find this episode’s resource list on our website. Connect With This Jungian Life Book your place at our ⁠free seminar⁠ on March 28, Your Personal Red Book: A Dream School Taster. Send a ⁠dream⁠ for us to analyze on the show. Check out our TJL ⁠podcast merch⁠. Follow This Jungian Life on ⁠Instagram⁠.

    1h 20m
  3. [SUBSCRIBER BONUS] Reining in Wild Horses

    MAR 12 ·  BONUS • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

    [SUBSCRIBER BONUS] Reining in Wild Horses

    Hey Patrons, This week, we're discussing a dream submitted by one of our supporters, a 50-year-old woman who is currently a stay-at-home mom who is looking to return to work: "I'm at a large white house in the country. I've either bought it or inherited it with the purpose of turning it into some sort of post-war compound. There are several young horses running wild on the property and I receive a tip from animal control telling me I need to rein them in or I'll be charged with neglect. There are horses of all colors: white, brown, black, and one gold. I'm confused as I have no experience caring for horses and had no idea they were part of the deal. But, there are other people living on the compound who help gather them and we put them in a stable. One of them is a man that I recognize from my son's Boy Scout troop. He was incredibly capable and self-possessed. The next morning, a group of us leave the house to walk to the stable to care for the horses, when I see not only that the horses are loose again, but also that the front yard is covered in red paper tickets. I pick one up and read it, and it's a notice from animal control stating that I had failed to rein in the mother horse, and she was running loose and now unable to care for her babies that we had placed in the stable. I would be charged with neglect if it was not resolved immediately. I'm confused and ashamed as I see the man looking at me. I did not even know there was another horse. I resign myself to figure it out and then I awake." Thank you for supporting This Jungian Life! ~Lisa, Joseph, and Deb

    24 min
  4. COAGULATIO: The Alchemy of Settling Down

    MAR 5

    COAGULATIO: The Alchemy of Settling Down

    COAGULATIO marks the psychological moment when possibility takes shape. Uncertainty recedes as we commit to our choices, and life slows and “thickens” into stable commitments and a predictable path. Join Jungian analysts Lisa Marchiano and Joseph Lee as we continue our exploration of Jung’s alchemical stages. This week, we discuss the concept of coagulatio, or the solidifying of what was once liquid.  Coagulatio involves settling into a path, a vocation, a relationship, or an identity. Yet these stages of solidification also carry with them loss. Incarnating something in the real world, whether in our creative life, marriage or career, means letting go of infinite possibility. Coagulatio can be seen as an antidote to puer psychology; signifying the demanding task of growing up and settling down. We also investigate the process of coagulatio in the consulting room, where finding language or images with an analyst can shape our distress into something we can work with. Similarly, dream work offers the chance to condense our psychic turmoil into tangible, relatable images that can be used in a process of growth or transformation. Coagulatio is not a permanent state: the alchemical phrase “solve et coagula” indicates a dynamic rhythm between dissolution and solidification. In the course of our life, we may find our stable path starts to feel joyless and rigid, at which point we may return to solutio, when structures loosen again and must be re-formed.  Read the dream we analyze and find this episode’s resource list on our website: https://thisjungianlife.com/coagulatio/ Connect With This Jungian Life Download our free Dream Recall Meditation Guide Send a dream for us to analyze on the show Take a look at This Jungian Life Dream School, our online course in Jungian dream analysis. Follow This Jungian Life on Instagram

    1h 8m
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Join us—Lisa, Deb, and Joseph—for sometimes irreverent but potentially life-changing conversations. Every Thursday, we explore culture, relationships, and depth psychology through the lens of Carl Jung. We devote a segment of each episode to analyzing a listener’s dream.

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