Howl in the Wilderness

About Howl in the Wilderness

Depth counselor, writer and cultural activist Brian James has deep and insightful conversations with renegade artists, philosophers, psychologists and spiritual teachers who are working on the edge of dominant culture to recover and revive soul in people and the planet. Support the podcast and gain access to: • early release of new episodes • extended conversations • archive of the first 100 episodes • plus other exclusive member-only content Join the pack: patreon.com/howlinthewilderness (https://open.acast.com/networks/62a8dd3d36019b0012cad07b/shows/62a8dd3d36019b0012cad078/patreon.com/howlinthewilderness) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Brian James

Category

education · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Jan 2023

Latest episode

28 Jan 2026

Latest episodes

121 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Jan 2026

   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 (http://patreon.com/howlinthewilderness) Depth Counseling with Brian James: http://brianjames.ca (http://brianjames.ca) Archetypal Men’s Coaching Program: http://brianjames.ca/fourinitiations (http://brianjames.ca/fourinitiations) Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/brianjames.soulwork (http://instagram.com/brianjames.soulwork) HITW YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/@howlinthewilderness (http://youtube.com/@howlinthewilderness) Send a donation via PayPal: http://paypal.me/brianjamessoul (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://www.tomcheetham.com) https://tomcheetham.substack.com Interlude music by William Johnson, “While You Were Sleeping” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyAxfxA09yQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyAxfxA09yQ) Tags: james hillman, re-visioning psychology, archetypal psychology, poetry, carl jung, depth psychology, imagination, creativity, podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   21 Jan 2026

   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 (http://patreon.com/howlinthewilderness) Depth Counseling with Brian James: http://brianjames.ca (http://brianjames.ca) Archetypal Men’s Coaching Program: http://brianjames.ca/fourinitiations (http://brianjames.ca/fourinitiations) Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/brianjames.soulwork (http://instagram.com/brianjames.soulwork) HITW YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/@howlinthewilderness (http://youtube.com/@howlinthewilderness) Send a donation via PayPal: http://paypal.me/brianjamessoul (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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyAxfxA09yQ) Tags: james hillman, re-visioning psychology, archetypal psychology, politics, carl jung, depth psychology, imagination, creativity, podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   14 Jan 2026

   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 (http://patreon.com/howlinthewilderness) Depth Counseling with Brian James: http://brianjames.ca (http://brianjames.ca) Archetypal Men’s Coaching Program: http://brianjames.ca/fourinitiations (http://brianjames.ca/fourinitiations) Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/brianjames.soulwork (http://instagram.com/brianjames.soulwork) HITW YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/@howlinthewilderness (http://youtube.com/@howlinthewilderness) Send a donation via PayPal: http://paypal.me/brianjamessoul (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 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyAxfxA09yQ) Tags: james hillman, re-visioning psychology, archetypal psychology, politics, carl jung, depth psychology, imagination, creativity, podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Who has been a guest on Howl in the Wilderness

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• Thomas Moore
• Cliff Taylor
• Toko-pa Turner
• Glen Slater
• Dr Catherine Svehla

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YouTube views

5,371,646

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

55 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

63 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 82 / 100

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Quality

71

Social presence

97

YouTube

93

Engagement

92

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