The Life of the Spirit

06/01/23 • 27 min

In this episode:
I begin an exploration of the fairytale 'The Iron Stove' and explore what it means to be called beyond the limitations of the ego to an experience of the spirit.

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Sources for quotes and more:

Spirit and Life in ‘Collected Works, vol. 8’ by C.G. Jung
The Iron Stove, Grimm's Fairy Tales
'Rites and Symbols of Initiation' by Mircea Eliade
'Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life' by Jason E. Smith
'The Grail Legend' by Emma Jung & Marie-Louise von Franz
Circles in ‘Essays: First Series’ by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Song of a Man Who Has Come Through, poem by D. H. Lawrence

For text and narration of The Iron Stove, visit: https://digitaljung.substack.com/p/the-iron-stove
Enjoy the birdsong in the background!

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life.

In this episode:
I begin an exploration of the fairytale 'The Iron Stove' and explore what it means to be called beyond the limitations of the ego to an experience of the spirit.

Spirit and Life in ‘Collected Works, vol. 8’ by C.G. Jung
The Iron Stove, Grimm's Fairy Tales
'Rites and Symbols of Initiation' by Mircea Eliade
'Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life' by Jason E. Smith
'The Grail Legend' by Emma Jung & Marie-Louise von Franz
Circles in ‘Essays: First Series’ by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Song of a Man Who Has Come Through, poem by D. H. Lawrence

For text and narration of The Iron Stove, visit: https://digitaljung.substack.com/p/the-iron-stove
Enjoy the birdsong in the background!

Music:
"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are lice

Support the show

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When the Soul Retreats

In this episode:
I look at one of the more difficult experiences of the symbolic life, an experience best known by its religious name: the "dark night of the soul."

'Selected Letters' by C.G. Jung
'Concerning the Inner Life' by Evelyn Underhill
Concerning Rebirth in 'Collected Works, vol. 9i' by C.G. Jung
'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
'The Masks of God: Creative Mythology' by Joseph Campbell
The Romance of Tristan and Iseult, retold by Joseph Bédier (translated by Hilaire Belloc)
Luke 17:33, NKJV
Tao Te Ching, translated by Man-Ho Kwok, Martin Palmer, and Jay Ramsay
'Mysticism' by Evelyn Underhill
The Psychology of the Transference in 'Collected Works, vol. 16' by C.G. Jung
'The Life of Prayer' by Baron Friedrich von Hügel
'Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology' by Marie-Louise von Franz

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Resisting Change

In this episode:
I continue to explore the riches of the fairytale The Iron Stove, this time looking at the ways we resist the necessity of change in our lives.

Mysterium Coniunctionis in ‘Collected Works, vol. 14 by C.G. Jung
'Heraclitus' by Philip Wheelwright
The Iron Stove, Grimm's Fairy Tales
S3, Ep. 14: The Life of the Spirit: The Iron Stove, pt. 1
The Relations Between the Ego and the Unconscious in ‘Collected Works, vol. 7’ by C.G. Jung
'Creation Myths' by Marie-Louise von Franz
Answer to Job in ‘Collected Works, vol. 11’ by C.G. Jung

For text and narration of The Iron Stove, visit: https://digitaljung.substack.com/p/the-iron-stove

Music:
"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licen

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