by Joseph Lee | Mar 25, 2021 | Cultural Currents
Photo Credit: Roi Dimor via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_156-Exile.mp3 Exile and alienation could be considered the external and internal aspects of rejection. Exile is not chosen but is imposed and unwanted: a relational break-up,...
by Joseph Lee | Feb 26, 2021 | Cultural Currents, Personal Issues
Photo Credit: Vadislav Babienko via Unsplash https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_152-YA.mp3 The twenties are a period of emerging adulthood, a time to engage in the maturational tasks of finding one’s place in the wider world and forming intimate...
by Joseph Lee | Jan 28, 2021 | Cultural Currents, Guests
Kwame Scruggs https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_148-Myth-as-Medicine.mp3 Kwame Scruggs inspires men through mythology, drumming and connection to community and culture. As a young man Kwame discovered his inner fire through African-based initiatory...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 31, 2020 | Core Jungian Concepts, Cultural Currents
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_144-Female-v2.mp3 Myths and fairy tales depict female initiations into authority and adulthood. Hades abducted Kore (maiden) into the underworld; Snow White choked on a poisoned apple and lay in stasis;...
by Joseph Lee | Dec 24, 2020 | Cultural Currents, Metaphysical
Something’s going on in Scrooge’s soul…and it’s tired of waiting for an invitation. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_143-Holiday_rerun_v2.mp3 Charles Dickens’ novella, A Christmas Carol, vividly portrays the journey to...
by Joseph Lee | Nov 12, 2020 | Cultural Currents, Guests
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_138-Sexual-Slander_v2.mp3 QAnon is a recent iteration of a historical pattern: Romans persecuted Christians, Christians libeled Jews, and citizenries hunted witches. When existing social structures break down,...