by Joseph Lee | Jul 28, 2022 | Metaphysical
Image Credit: E. Rubenstein Kabbalah is an ancient Jewish mystical tradition that has captured the imaginations of people from widely diverse backgrounds, including Jung himself. Three weeks after his heart attack in 1944, Jung had an ecstatic vision, “…Everything...
by Joseph Lee | Jul 7, 2022 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
The Inspiration of Saint Matthew by Caravaggio https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_211-Daimon-v3.mp3 The daimon, a guiding spirit of individual destiny, was discussed by ancient Greek philosophers and still surfaces in books and movies like The Golden...
by Joseph Lee | Jun 10, 2022 | Core Jungian Concepts, Cultural Currents, Metaphysical, Personal Issues
Photo Credit: Mathias Reding via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_217-Death.mp3 Awareness of death can help us create an intentional life—one that serves the movement of soul toward wholeness. Jung realized that although we experience death as...
by Joseph Lee | May 12, 2022 | Core Jungian Concepts, Metaphysical
Photo Credit: Kyle Johnson via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_213-Vocation.mp3 Vocation, once associated with serving God through service to others, is now most strongly associated with a career having personal worth. Vocation spans a range of...
by Joseph Lee | Apr 14, 2022 | Metaphysical
https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_209-Gethsemane-v2.mp3 The Garden of Gethsemane is the place of life crisis; it permits no escape or compromise. There, we suffer the agony of choosing between personal will or willing submission to something greater....
by Joseph Lee | Jan 27, 2022 | Cultural Currents, Metaphysical
Photo Credit: Eric Begin https://traffic.libsyn.com/thisjungianlife/TJL_199-Contagion.mp3 When the archetype of purity is activated, science and psychology intersect. Fear of contamination has deep instinctual roots, evidenced in universal facial expressions of...