Digital Jung

About Digital Jung

Living a Symbolic Life in a Technological Age. Our digital age presents unique challenges for the practice of the inner life. What can the insights of Jungian Psychology offer for dealing with these challenges? In this series, we explore Carl Jung's idea of "the symbolic life" through the lenses of depth psychology, mythology, fairy tales, poetry, religion, and more. We focus on three core questions: 1. What is the symbolic life? 2. Why do we need a symbolic life? and 3. How can we cultivate and live a symbolic life? This is a companion podcast to the book 'Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life' by Jungian analyst Jason E. Smith.

Publisher

Jason E. Smith

Category

health & fitness · religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Sept 2020

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

90 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   The Doors of Perception

   Host Dr. James Hollis explores Evelyn Underhill's "Practical Mysticism" and its relevance to modern consciousness in this interview.

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   The Mystic Way

   Send Me a Note In this episode: I discuss the figures of Ahab, Starbuck, and Ishmael as representatives of three possible responses to the encounter with the numinous. I look at the contrast between the Iron Way of Ahab and what I call Ishmael’s Mystic Way, suggesting that Ishmael's way is a path of self-emptying that makes possible a deeper experience of life. Sources for quotes and more: 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 1: Loomings; Chapter 16: The Ship; Chapter 35: The Mast-He...

3. 

   17 Sept 2026

   Symbols of the Mystery

   Send Me a Note In this episode: I look at the image of the whale as a symbol of both Jung's notion of the Self, as well as the numinous experience of the divine mystery: the mysterium tremendum et fascinans. Sources for quotes and more: 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Etymology; Extracts; Chapter 32: Cetology; Chapter 36: The Quarter-Deck; Chapter 41: Moby Dick; Chapter 42: The Whiteness of the Whale; Chapter 55: Monstrous Pictures of Whales; Chapter 85: The Fountain; Chapter 86: The Ta...

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

124 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

183 ratings

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