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,...
by Joseph Lee | Oct 29, 2020 | Cultural Currents
https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thisjungianlife/TJL_135-Horror.mp3 Why can’t we look away? The hair on the back of our necks bristles in response to the horrors of the uncanny. Transfixed by shock, awe, dread and fascination, we can neither dare the dangerous...
by Lisa Marchiano | Sep 3, 2020 | Cultural Currents
In times of uncertainty truth is hard to discern, collective cohesion frays, and social factions become embattled. Unmediated shadow then seeks expression through the archetypal realm and takes on extra-ordinary attributes. Persecutory mythologies arise, for big...