Jungian Perspectives: Conversations in Depth
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Podcast Overview
<p>Introducing Jungian Perspectives: Conversations in Depth, a podcast offered by the journal Psychological Perspectives, a quarterly journal of Jungian thought.</p><p>Psychological Perspectives is a beautiful journal whose mission is to promote greater consciousness by honoring and amplifying the psychology of C.G. Jung. The journal has been published since 1970, sponsored by the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles.</p><p>Jung said: “In the same way that the body needs food and not just any kind of food but only that which suits it, the psyche needs to know the meaning of its existence, not just any meaning but the meaning of those images and ideas which reflect its nature and which originate in the unconscious.”</p><p>Jung was fascinated by every aspect of the psyche and its relationship with the outer world. That fascination led him to explore not only dreams and fantasies but also mythology and fairy tales, philosophy and fiction, as well as the leading science of his day from anthropology to nuclear physics. Anything that touched on the psyche was his field of interest, and ours as well.</p><p>Psychological Perspectives publishes a wide range of articles from depth psychology to science, from politics to philosophy, as well as fiction, poetry, and current book, video and film reviews. Each issue is a feast not only for the mind but for the eye as well, filled with art that flows from the cover to the articles.</p><p>On our podcast Jungian Perspectives, we choose one article once a month from the journal archives and invite the author to speak with us more intimately and in depth. We offer you the chance to explore with us what relevance and meaning the Jungian perspective might have for your personal life and our collective life today.</p><p>Welcome to Jungian Perspectives: Conversations in Depth.</p><p>-----</p><p>This podcast is sponsored by the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://junginla.org">C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles</a> and the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.jungstudycenter.org/">C.G. Jung Study Center of Southern California</a>. It is funded by the generous donation of the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.earthways.org/">Earthways Foundation</a> devoted to promoting sustainable vision and action for the Earth and humanity, a vision for the future that all human beings can share.</p><p></p>
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April 7, 2026
Four: A Reflection on the Wholeness of Nature
<p>What do quantum physics, sacred numbers, and the depths of the psyche have in common? More than you might think. In this episode of Jungian Perspectives: Conversations in Depth, host and Jungian analyst Molly Jordan sits down with Christophe Le Mouel, Ph.D. — quantum physicist, executive director of the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, and analyst-in-training in Zurich. His three-part series For a Reflection on the Wholeness of Nature, published in Psychological Perspectives, dares to ask what happens when rigorous science encounters the living reality of the soul.</p><p>This is a conversation about numbers as more than quantities — as qualitative, even spiritual, phenomena. About the scientific revolution's forgotten mystical roots. About dreams, synchronicities, and the mystery of what endures beyond the physical. Molly brings warmth, candor, and her own delightful bewilderment to a dialogue that is as personal as it is profound.</p><p>Come for the physics. Stay for the soul.</p><p><strong>CHRISTOPHE LE MOUËL, PH.D.,</strong> trained as a mathematician and quantum physicist in France. Since 2008, he has served as the executive director of the C. G. Jung Institute in Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife and twin boys. He is co-editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal of Jungian thought, Psychological Perspectives, and a candidate in training at the Research and Training Centre for Depth Psychology according to C.G. Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz in Zürich. He is also the co-editor of Conversations with Marie-Louise von Franz on Synchronicity and Numbers: Insights and Amplifications (2025), published by Inner City Books.</p><p>This episode is based on the following articles:</p><p>Le Mouël, C. (2011). Four: A Reflection on the Wholeness of Nature, Part I. Psychological Perspectives, 54(2), 175–196. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://doi.org/10.1080/00332925.2011.573390">https://doi.org/10.1080/00332925.2011.573390</a></p><p>Le Mouël, C. (2011). Four: A Reflection on the Wholeness of Nature, Part II. Psychological Perspectives, 54(4), 453–487. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://doi.org/10.1080/00332925.2011.623470">https://doi.org/10.1080/00332925.2011.623470</a></p><p>Le Mouël, C. (2012). Four: A Reflection on the Wholeness of Nature, Part III. Psychological Perspectives, 55(2), 219–245. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://doi.org/10.1080/00332925.2012.677677">https://doi.org/10.1080/00332925.2012.677677</a></p><p> </p>
March 4, 2026
Outbreak: On Transgender Teens and Psychic Epidemics
<p>In this thought-provoking episode of Jungian Perspectives: Conversations in Depth, host and analyst Dr. Barry Miller explores the urgent question of the rise of gender identity in young people with Lisa Marchiano—Jungian analyst, co-host of the wildly popular podcast This Jungian Life, and co-author of Dreamwise.</p><p>Drawing on her two landmark articles in Psychological Perspectives, Marchiano reflects on how she first encountered the phenomenon of rapid-onset gender questioning in her clinical practice — and what it stirred in her as a depth psychologist. Far from dismissing the impulse to explore gender, she approaches it through a distinctly Jungian lens: as a potentially rich, symbolic encounter with the anima and animus — the contra-sexual dimensions Jung believed were essential to psychological wholeness.</p><p>But what happens when that symbolic process gets concretized — rushed into irreversible medical intervention? And what role might social contagion, archetypal forces, and collective complexes be playing beneath the surface of a culture-wide phenomenon?</p><p>This is a rare, nuanced, and deeply human conversation — one that holds complexity with care, inviting listeners to think more deeply about individuation, identity, and the unconscious forces shaping our collective moment.</p><p><strong>LISA MARCHIANO, LSCW, (USA),</strong> is a Jungian analyst and the author of Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself (Sounds True, 2021), The Vital Spark: Reclaim Your Outlaw Energies and Find Your Feminine Fire (Sounds True, 2024), and the coauthor of Dream Wise: Unlocking the Meaning of Your Dreams (Sounds True, 2024). She is the cohost of the popular depth psychology podcast This Jungian Life and is on the faculty of the C. G. Jung Institute of Philadelphia. Lisa is on the board of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.therapyfirst.org/">Therapy First</a>, a nonprofit that advocates for a return to a psychological approach when treating gender questioning youth.</p><p>This episode is based on the following articles:</p><p>Marchiano, L. (2017). Outbreak: On Transgender Teens and Psychic Epidemics. Psychological Perspectives, 60(3), 345–366. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://doi.org/10.1080/00332925.2017.1350804">https://doi.org/10.1080/00332925.2017.1350804</a></p><p>Marchiano, L. (2021). Transgender Children: The Making of a Modern Hysteria. Psychological Perspectives, 64(3), 346–359. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://doi.org/10.1080/00332925.2021.1959220">https://doi.org/10.1080/00332925.2021.1959220</a></p><p></p><p></p>
November 15, 2025
Sacred Skies: UFOs and the Religious Function of the Psyche
<p>In this captivating episode, host Thomas Elsner sits down with Elliott Morgan—stand-up comedian, actor, and PhD student in depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute—to explore the psychological and spiritual dimensions of the UFO phenomenon. Drawing on Carl Jung's groundbreaking 1959 work Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky, their conversation delves into what Morgan calls "the enchantment around UFOs" and its profound implications for modern consciousness.</p><p>As congressional hearings bring unprecedented credibility to reports of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), this discussion shifts focus from whether UFOs exist to examining what the phenomenon reveals about our collective psyche. Morgan argues that UFOs may represent a "newly dominant archetype" in the Western psyche—specifically, the trickster—blurring boundaries between material and immaterial, inner and outer, real and imagined.</p><p>From synchronicities and shadow encounters to dreams of aliens and the breakdown of traditional meaning-making systems, this conversation explores how the UFO phenomenon might signal the emergence of a new god-image for a culture grappling with ecological crisis, technological acceleration, and the death of traditional religious forms. Is this "visionary rumor" pointing us toward a necessary transformation of consciousness at the end of an era?</p><p>Join us for this mind-bending exploration of sacred skies, trickster energies, and the return of mystery in our modern world.</p><p><strong>Elliott Morgan</strong> is a comedian, content creator, and scholar of depth psychology currently pursuing his PhD at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California. He is one of the original members of the popular YouTube channel SourceFed and the founder of The Valleyfolk, a crowd-sourced comedy production company. He co-hosts The Fundamentalists podcast, along with Dr. Peter Rollins, which explores modern culture through the lenses of psychoanalytic theory, philosophy, and depth psychology.</p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00332925.2023.2276008">Based on Elliott Morgan's article "Sacred Skies: UFOs and the Religious Function of the Psyche" from Psychological Perspectives, Volume 66, Issue 3 (2023).</a></p><p><strong>Timestamps</strong></p><p>00:00 Introduction to Jungian Perspectives</p><p>02:08 Today’s Guest, Elliott Morgan</p><p>08:33 The UFO Phenomenon and Jung’s Flying Saucers</p><p>12:08 The UFO as a visionary rumor</p><p>18:43 The UFO as a Trickster Archetype</p><p>26:25 UFO Sightings</p><p>30:20 New God Image</p><p>33:02 Transformation brought on by revelation</p><p>38:26 UFOs in dreams</p><p>45:55 Projection and Psychological Dimensions</p><p>56:37 Outro to Jungian Perspectives</p>
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- What is Jungian Perspectives: Conversations in Depth?
<p>Introducing Jungian Perspectives: Conversations in Depth, a podcast offered by the journal Psychological Perspectives, a quarterly journal of Jungian thought.</p><p>Psychological Perspectives is a beautiful journal whose mission is to promote greater consciousness by honoring and amplifying the psychology of C.G. Jung. The journal has been published since 1970, sponsored by the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles.</p><p>Jung said: “In the same way that the body needs food and not just any kind of food but only that which suits it, the psyche needs to know the meaning of its existence, not just any meaning but the meaning of those images and ideas which reflect its nature and which originate in the unconscious.”</p><p>Jung was fascinated by every aspect of the psyche and its relationship with the outer world. That fascination led him to explore not only dreams and fantasies but also mythology and fairy tales, philosophy and fiction, as well as the leading science of his day from anthropology to nuclear physics. Anything that touched on the psyche was his field of interest, and ours as well.</p><p>Psychological Perspectives publishes a wide range of articles from depth psychology to science, from politics to philosophy, as well as fiction, poetry, and current book, video and film reviews. Each issue is a feast not only for the mind but for the eye as well, filled with art that flows from the cover to the articles.</p><p>On our podcast Jungian Perspectives, we choose one article once a month from the journal archives and invite the author to speak with us more intimately and in depth. We offer you the chance to explore with us what relevance and meaning the Jungian perspective might have for your personal life and our collective life today.</p><p>Welcome to Jungian Perspectives: Conversations in Depth.</p><p>-----</p><p>This podcast is sponsored by the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://junginla.org">C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles</a> and the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.jungstudycenter.org/">C.G. Jung Study Center of Southern California</a>. It is funded by the generous donation of the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.earthways.org/">Earthways Foundation</a> devoted to promoting sustainable vision and action for the Earth and humanity, a vision for the future that all human beings can share.</p><p></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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