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Digital Jung

Digital Jung

By: Jason E. Smith
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 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.© 2025 Digital Jung Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Social Sciences Spirituality
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  • A Collision Course With Life

    A Collision Course With Life
    May 11 2025

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    In this episode:
    I delve into the character of Captain Ahab. Ahab is a tragic figure who draws his whole crew into the orbit of his psychological atmosphere. I go on to look at the tension between the will of the ego and the will of fate and discuss the hard work involved in becoming conscious.

    Sources for quotes and more:

    1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 16: The Ship; Chapter 20: All Astir; Chapter 28: Ahab; Chapter 51: The Spirit-Spout)
    2. S4, Ep. 2: Outcasts of the Spirit
    3. 1 Kings 16:30 (NIV)
    4. 'A Pregnant Allegory,' Review of Moby-Dick by George Ripley (Norton Edition)
    5. 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' by William Shakespeare
    6. 'Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles
    7. 'Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self' by C.G. Jung (CW9ii)
    8. S4, Ep. 6 - Moby-Dick: An American Myth, part 1
    9. 'Two Essays on Analytical Psychology' by C.G. Jung (CW7)
    10. 'Psychology and Alchemy' by C.G. Jung (CW12)

    Music:
    "Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0


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    For more on living a symbolic life:
    Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.
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    33 mins
  • Moby-Dick: An American Myth, Part 2

    Moby-Dick: An American Myth, Part 2
    Apr 27 2025

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    In this episode:
    I explore the search for meaning, the alienation from nature, and the role of art in healing and connection. The contrasting paths of Ishmael and Ahab are presented and the need to understand the interconnectedness of all existence is discussed.

    Sources for quotes and more:

    1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 1: Loomings; Chapter 10: A Bosom Friend; Chapter 28: Ahab; Chapter 36: The Quarter-Deck; Chapter 72: The Monkey-rope; Chapter 135: The Chase - The Third Day)
    2. S4 Ep. 2: Outcasts of the Spirit
    3. S4 Ep. 4: Healing the Splintered Heart
    4. 'On the Relation of Analytical Psychology and Poetry' by C.G. Jung (CW15)
    5. 'A Dwelling Place For Wisdom' by Raimon Panikkar
    6. 'Psychology and Literature' by C.G. Jung (CW15)
    7. 'Psychology and Religion' by C.G. Jung (CW11)
    8. 'The Psychology of the Transference' by C.G. Jung (CW16)
    9. 'Paracelsus as a Spiritual Phenomenon' by C.G. Jung (CW13)

    Music:
    "Dreaming Days" and "Slow Vibing" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0


    Like this podcast?
    Please consider leaving a review:
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    Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below)

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    Connect with me:
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    Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst)
    Bluesky (@digitaljung.bsky.social)

    Subscribe to the Digital Jung Newsletter (https://digitaljung.substack.com/)


    For more on living a symbolic life:
    Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.
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    34 mins
  • Moby-Dick: An American Myth, Part 1

    Moby-Dick: An American Myth, Part 1
    Apr 13 2025

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    In this episode:
    I explore the creative process, the nature of art, and the psychological depths of the human experience through the lens of Herman Melville's 'Moby-Dick.'

    Sources for quotes and more:

    1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 1: Loomings; Chapter 87: The Grand Armada; Chapter 104: The Fossil Whale)
    2. 'Melville's Moby-Dick: A Jungian Commentary' by Edward Edinger
    3. 'Psychology and Literature' by C.G. Jung (CW15)
    4. 'On the Relation of Analytical Psychology and Poetry' by C.G. Jung (CW15)
    5. 'Mysterium Coniunctionis' by C.G. Jung (CW14)
    6. 'Is Life Worth Living?' by William James
    7. The Gospel of Thomas
    8. 'A Dwelling Place For Wisdom' by Raimon Panikkar
    9. 'Two Essays on Analytical Psychology' by C.G. Jung (CW7)
    10. 'The Holy Longing,' poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, (R. Bly, Translator)

    Music:
    "Dreaming Days" and "Slow Vibing" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0


    Like this podcast?
    Please consider leaving a review:
    Apple Podcasts
    Spotify

    Or, if you are able, support the show with a donation at Buy Me a Coffee (link below)

    Support the show


    Connect with me:
    Instagram (@digital.jung)
    Facebook (facebook.com/jungiananalyst)
    Bluesky (@digitaljung.bsky.social)

    Subscribe to the Digital Jung Newsletter (https://digitaljung.substack.com/)


    For more on living a symbolic life:
    Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.
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    30 mins
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The depth and brilliance of Jung makes studying his work challenging. I’m very impressed with this podcast. Smith gives significant glimpses into Jung’s ideas and his essential wisdom. I don’t think there is anyone who can’t appreciate and gain from the thoughtful insights and explorations here.

Even those who know nothing or little of Jung will find much to consider and ponder. The universal appeal of Jung’s approach to human life is apparent in these essays which are approachable yet not made vulgar or simplistic. I can thoroughly recommend this for anyone interested in the human journey we are all on, yet too often avoid in the hustle and bustle of existing.

Wonderful Portals to Jung

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The pace of the delivery is perfect: word, soul and heart are spoken as one ancestral voice of Jung come of age. This is essential Jung made available to one and all.

True Imagination

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I have not yet heard every episode of this podcast. However, if you could only hear just ONE episode, this would be it. Dr.Smith could not have spoken any better on the subject, but, I look forward to the rest of the series. And, I'll bet he DOES speak better on this in future episodes!

Essential Episode!

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