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The Quest: Vision in an age of Crisis. Economic

Season Two - The Quest. With special focus on the evolving crises of the 21st century.

Season One - Psychotherapy: Jungian Approach to Healing.

Further podcasts by Alan Mulhern

Podcast on the topic Gesellschaft und Kultur

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S2 Ep90 The Ecological Catastrophe. Part 4 from 2023-10-31T00:01

This is the fourth episode in this miniseries on the ecological catastrophe of our age.

The GHG emissions targets are not being reached on time.

We need to prepare for survival in ...

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S2 Ep89.The Ecological Catastrophe. Part 3 from 2023-10-01T00:01

This episode identifies the other elements of the ecological crisis aside from climate:

Biodiversity loss

Chemical pollution into land, air, rivers, and oceans

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S2 Ep89. The Ecological Catastrophe. Part 3 - to be published October 1st 2023 from 2023-09-15T00:01

There are now some changes to the structure and timing of these podcasts.

Firstly, the Spanish language podcasts, which have explored the life and work of Carl Jung, have now ended. For t...

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S3 Ep37. Últimas visiones y pensamiento de Carl Jung. Spanish Language. from 2023-08-31T00:01

Este es el episodio final de nuestra serie de podcasts sobre la vida y obra de Carl Jung. Este ha sido un proyecto conjunto entre el Instituto Venezolano de Psicología Analítica (representado po...

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S2 Ep88. The Ecological Catastrophe. Part 2 from 2023-08-15T00:01

Life has always been dependent on and deeply interlinked with climate. The earth passes through great cycles of glacial and warming conditions with enormous consequences for the promotion or res...

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S2 Ep87. The Ecological Catastrophe. Part 1 from 2023-07-15T00:01

This is the start of a mini-series on the ecological catastrophe of the Anthropocene. In the first episode the emphasis is on climate but subsequent ones will explore other components of this cr...

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S3 Ep36. El símbolo de Cristo - interpretación de Jung from 2023-07-01T00:01

“La descristianización de nuestro mundo, el desarrollo luciferino de la ciencia y la tecnología, y la espantosa destrucción material y moral que dejó la Segunda Guerra Mundial ha...

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S2 Ep86. The Light of Higher Consciousness from 2023-06-15T19:19:08

Human nature is the integrated but at the same time conflicting combination of six parts of our development: animal inheritance, emotional structure, conscious ego intelligence, ...

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S3 Ep35. Jung y El Libro Tibetano de Los Muertos from 2023-06-01T00:01

El Libro Tibetano De Los Muertos describe las experiencias de la conciencia en el intervalo entre la muerte y el renacimiento y se divide en tres bardos:

E...

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S2 Ep85. Origins of Evil. Part 2 from 2023-05-15T00:01

Since mankind began to think morally the question of the origin of evil was a continual problem. We examine  some examples. We begin with the Ancient Egyptians and t...

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S3 Ep34 Elementos básicos de la enseñanza budista y la metafísica tibetana. Spanish Language Series from 2023-05-01T02:00:44

Estamos encantados de continuar con los podcasts del Quest. Antes de continuar con la experiencia de Jung con la metafísica tibetana...

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S2 Ep84. Origins of Evil. Part 1 from 2023-04-15T00:01

This is the first in a  miniseries on the origins of evil.  Creative and destructive forces exist as universal principles and underpin life on earth and the consciousness of humanity. The essenc...

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S2 Ep83. Tibetan Buddhism. Light in the Darkness. from 2023-03-14T23:01

The famous painting of the Tibetan wheel of life is in the grip of the Lord of Death. At its centre are two concentric circles: the ou...

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S3 Ep33. Jung y El Libro Tibetano de la Gran Liberación. Spanish Language Series from 2023-02-28T17:33:34

Este episodio continúa una miniserie sobre las observaciones de Jung sobre textos orientales y explora sus comentarios sobre El Libro tibetano de la Gran Liberación, desconocido para Occidente h...

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S2 Ep82. Jung and the Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation from 2023-02-14T00:01

This episode continues a miniseries on Jung’s observations on oriental texts exploring his comments on The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation unknown to the West until its firs...

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S2 Ep81. The Turning of the Year from 2022-12-28T00:01

No matter what the crises of the collective the individual has the opportunity of realising the inner light that lies in us all. This episode explores the Taoist text The Secret ...

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S2 Ep80. Answer to Job. Part 8. Appraisal. from 2022-12-03T00:01

In this last episode of this miniseries I give Jung’s main argument and its pros and cons.

My feelings about the difficulties of the work are as follows: Listen

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S3 Ep32. Respuesta a Job Parte 9. Relevancia al mundo moderno. Spanish language series from 2022-12-01T00:01

Este es el episodio final de la miniserie sobre la Respuesta  a Job de Carl Jung. Aqui presento un resumen de su argumento  y doy dos ejemplos de la relevancia para el mundo moderno. En primer l...

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S2 Ep79. Answer to Job. Part 7. Questions and Responses. from 2022-11-12T00:01

The penultimate episode in this miniseries on Jung's Answer to Job asks the following questions of this text:

Q. Why is there no "real" history, sociology, or political sc...

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S3 Ep31. Respuesta a Job. Parte 8. Valoración crítica. Spanish language series from 2022-10-31T23:01

Este es el penúltimo episodio de esta miniserie. Examinamos las dificultades y fortalezas del Respuesta a Job.

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S2 Ep78 Answer to Job. Part 6. God wants to create humanity ... but not quite from 2022-10-22T00:01

A resume is given of the episodes so far. Responses to the following questions are given:

Q. Is God separate from us?

Q. How can God be a personalit...

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S3 Ep30. Respuesta a Job Parte 7. ¿Hay una explicación en la historia judaica y cristiana para la literatura apocalíptica? Spanish language series. from 2022-10-01T00:01

En este episodio queremos responder a las siguientes preguntas

¿Por qué no hay historia 'real', sociología o ciencia políti...

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S2 Ep77. Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 5. The Contemporary Apocalypse. from 2022-10-01T00:01

In this episode we arrive at the last part of the Answer to Job, chapters 15-20. Three of Jung’s arguments stand out.

1. The actual dangers of an apocalyps...

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S2 Ep76. Answer to Job. Part 4. The Dark Side of the Creator from 2022-09-10T00:01

This episode covers chapters 11-14 of Answer to Job. Jung argues that the emergence of Christianity was an attempt to create a totally good god subsequent to the ...

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S3 Ep29. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 6. ¿Un Verdadero Apocalipsis? Spanish language series from 2022-09-01T00:01

Jung presenta el último libro de la biblia donde los cristianos presentan a su Dios con todas sus contradicciones. Detalla los event...

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S2 Ep75. Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 3. The Drama between Mankind and God. from 2022-08-20T00:01

Answer to Job has 20 chapters that formed a complex unity in Jung’s mind. This episode will summarize the first 10 of these. Themes include:

Jung is indign...

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S3 Ep28. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 5. Dios quiere entrar la humanidad. Spanish language series. from 2022-08-01T00:01

Jung había vivido las guerras del siglo XX y fue testigo del inmenso impacto de Hitler en las civilizaciónes alemana y europea. Se dio cuenta muy claramente, que con la realidad de la bomba nucl...

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S2 Ep74. Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 2. Jung’s Different Voices. from 2022-07-30T21:59

Jung felt that God called on him personally to realise and experience God’s own dark side. And this was the only way that he could experience relief and grace – God’s blessing. Listen

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S2 Ep73. Exploration of Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 1. The Background. from 2022-07-09T00:01

This is the start of miniseries within the Spiritual Crisis of our Time in which I examine Jung’s Answer to Job, one of his most enigmatic and fascinating books, written in 1952 ...

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S3 Ep27. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 4. El lado oscuro de Dios. Spanish language series. from 2022-07-01T00:01

Dios quiere entrar en la humanidad pero este es un proceso contradictorio porque trae consigo su lado oscuro a pesar de todos los es...

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S2 Ep72. Banishment from Eden and Emergence of Consciousness. The Spiritual Crisis of our Time. Part 15 from 2022-06-18T00:01

This episode explores the Book of Genesis, in particular the story of Adam and Eve: their existence in the Garden, the temptation to eat the apple from the Tree of Knowledge, and...

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S3 Ep26. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 3. El drama entre Dios y la humanidad. Spanish language series from 2022-06-01T00:01

En el ultimo episodio presentamos la experiencia de Jung en su juventud con el inconsciente, que más tarde lo predispuso a identificarse tan profundamente con Job. Experimentó el...

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S2 Ep71. The Fall from the Garden of Eden. Spiritual Crisis of our Time Part 14 from 2022-05-28T00:01

This episode examines the Book of Genesis, the great Judaic creation myth which has been also been fundamental to Christianity. In particular the famous account of the fall and b...

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S2 Ep70. The Transition from the Great Mother to the Patriarchy. The Spiritual Crisis of our Time. Part 13. from 2022-05-07T00:01

Having looked at the benevolent and terrible aspects of the Great Mother, and located this duality in the history of our consciousness, I now wish to explore the transition from ...

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S3 Ep25. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 2. Las diferentes voces de Jung. Spanish language series from 2022-05-01T00:01

En opinión de Jung, Yahvé, a pesar de toda su superioridad, no es consciente de los opuestos en sí mismo, pero Job sí lo es. Yahvé está obligado a cambiar y desar...

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S2 Ep69. The Terrible Great Mother. The Spiritual Crisis of our Time. Part 12 from 2022-04-16T00:01

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S3 Ep24. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 1. El trasfondo. Spanish language series. from 2022-04-01T14:31:13

En este episodio vamos a:

# Explorar la propia psicología de Ju...

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S2 Ep68. Immersion in Nature and the Great Mother. Spiritual Crisis of our Time. Part 11. from 2022-03-27T15:40:39

This episode presents the early stage of the human psyche as it is immersed in nature and the realm of the Great Mother. The themes of fertility and power, applicable to all life...

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S2 Ep67. Human Nature: the HIgher Self. Part B. Spiritual Crisis of our Time. Part 10 from 2022-03-02T00:01

This episode explores the emergence of the Higher Self within the evolution of the hominid species. For example, evidence of care of the sick and dying in the our hominid ancestors over half a m...

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S3 Ep23 Jung y Alquimia Parte 3. El proceso de transformación. Spanish Language Podcast from 2022-03-01T00:01

Seis procesos involucrados en la Gran Obra Alquímica - descrito por Anne Baring. Ellos son:

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S2 Ep66. What is Human Nature? Part A. The Spiritual Crisis of our Times. Part 9 from 2022-02-09T00:01

The first four components of our evolved human nature are outlined. These are:

Animal inheritance which is not just our aggressive and sexual impulses (the...

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S3 Ep22. Jung y Alquimia Parte 2. Alquimia, Alma, Individuación. Spanish language. from 2022-02-01T00:01

Dos poderosas corrientes de alquimia provinieron del antiguo Egipto y Babilonia por un lado y de Persa y la España islámica por el otro. Estos se unieron en el florecimiento de l...

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S3 Ep22. Jung y Alquimia Parte 2. Alquimia, Alma, Individuación. Spanish language. from 2022-02-01T00:01

Dos poderosas corrientes de alquimia provinieron del antiguo Egipto y Babilonia por un lado y de Persa y la España islámica por el otro. Estos se unieron en el florecimiento de l...

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S2 Ep65. The Spiritual Crisis of our Times. Part 8. The Cosmos is a Mighty Womb from 2022-01-18T10:12:35

While the precursors of our consciousness lie in our animal and hominid evolutionary past its origins are in the intelligence of life itself and beyond that in the intelligence o...

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S3 Ep21. Jung y Alquimia Part 1. El Transfondo. Spanish Language podcast. from 2022-01-01T00:01

¨Las experiencias de los alquimistas eran mis experiencias y su mundo era mi mundo. Este fue, por supuesto, un descubrimiento trascendental: me habí...

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S2 Ep64. The Spiritual Crisis of our Times. Part 7. Creation Myths and Science. from 2021-12-28T21:19:03

The astronomer’s lens, peering out to the creation of our universe, is human consciousness, like a mirror to its deep centre, forever examining its origins, birth, and even the p...

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S2 Ep63. The Spiritual Crisis of our Time. Part 6. The Elephant in the Room. from 2021-12-15T23:59:01

The three most significant events in the history of life on earth are discussed: the emergence of life, consciousness, and self-consciousness.

Science has no explanation of how these came...

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S3 Ep20. La Influencia del Taoísmo en la Psicología Junguiana. Part 4. La situación en China. from 2021-12-01T00:01

Este episodio examina al menos 15 puntos muy similares entre el taoísmo y la psicología junguiana, por ejemplo:

Para los taoístas la "acción ...

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S2 Ep62. The Spiritual Crisis of our Time. Part 5. The Influence of Taoism in the West and its Fate in China from 2021-11-17T00:41:42

We begin by examining the impact of Taoism, especially with respect to the influence of the Taoist book the Secret of the Golden Flower upon Carl Jung and his school of Analytica...

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S3 Ep19. La Influencia del Taoísmo en la Psicología Junguiana. Part 3. El Secreto de la Flor de Oro. Spanish Language Podcast from 2021-10-31T23:01

El texto de El Secreto de la Flor de Oro dice que “solo a través de la contemplación y la tranquilidad surge la verdadera intuición: por eso el método de retroceso es necesario …...

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S2 Ep61. The Spiritual Crisis of our Time. Part 4. The Emergence of Science and the Challenge to Religion. from 2021-10-23T00:01

We examine in chronological order:

1. The difficulties with the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages;

2. The Renaissance and its spiri...

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S2 Ep60. The Spiritual Crisis of our Times. Part 3. Separation of Church and State from 2021-10-02T00:01

The decline of religion and magical ways of thinking is often attributed to the  scientific enlightenment but the battle between Church and State was fought for many centuries in...

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S3 Ep18. La Influencia del Taoísmo en la Psicología Junguiana. Part 2. El Secreto de la Flor de Oro. Spanish Language Podcast from 2021-10-01T00:01

La intención de El Secreto de la Flor de Oro es describir la experiencia central de la meditación:

El método al que se aspira es el mantenimiento del “centro entre las condiciones y la ci...

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S3 Ep18. La Influencia del Taoísmo en la Psicología Junguiana. Part 2. El Secreto de la Flor de Oro. Spanish Language Podcast from 2021-10-01T00:01

La intención de El Secreto de la Flor de Oro es describir la experiencia central de la meditación:



El método al que se aspira es el mantenimiento del “centro entre las condicione...

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S2 Ep59 The Spiritual Crises of our Times. Part 2. Command economies; Laissez Faire capitalism; their impact on spirituality and religion from 2021-09-11T00:01

This episode examines the two major economic paradigms of Laissez Faire capitalism on the one hand and the command economy on the other typified by the early communist experiment...

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S3 Ep17. La Influencia del Taoísmo en la Psicología Junguiana. Part 1. El Secreto de la Flor de Oro. Spanish Language Podcast from 2021-09-01T00:01

Parte 1 comienza con el trasfondo, la metafísica, la visión de la condición humana en El Secreto de la Flor de Oro. Exploramos cómo entró este texto en Occidente. Cuales fueran las influencias q...

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S3 Ep17. La Influencia del Taoísmo en la Psicología Junguiana. Part 1. El Secreto de la Flor de Oro. Spanish Language Podcast from 2021-09-01T00:01

Parte 1 comienza con el trasfondo, la metafísica, la visión de la condición humana en El Secreto de la Flor de Oro. Exploramos cómo entró este texto en Occidente. Cuales fueran las influencias q...

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S2 Ep58. Spiritual Crisis of our Times. Part 1. Collective and individual dimensions of this crisis from 2021-08-21T18:18:41

First in a series on the contemporary spiritual crisis, this episode outlines the collective and individual dimensions of this crisis. It explains the metaphysical  position and personal experie...

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S2 Ep58. Spiritual Crisis of our Times. Part 1. Collective and individual dimensions of this crisis from 2021-08-21T18:18:41

First in a series on the contemporary spiritual crisis, this episode outlines the collective and individual dimensions of this crisis. It explains the metaphysical  position and personal experie...

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S3 Ep16 Gnosticismo: una fuerza viviente en nuestro tiempo. Parte E. Spanish Language Podcast from 2021-08-01T00:01

La experiencia gnóstica que tan profundamente influyó a Carl Jung está disponible en las profundidades de la psique para toda la hum...

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S2 Ep57. Contemporary views on the economic, financial, pandemic, and climatic crises from 2021-07-22T13:44:06

Five articles and reports from very traditional and respected sources are examined. They all point to the extreme seriousness of the economic, financial, pandemic, and climatic crises that are u...

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S3 Ep15. La Psicología Analítica y su deuda a Gnosticismo. Jung y Gnosticismo. Parte D. Spanish Language Podcast from 2021-07-01T00:01

Jung explico como muchos conceptos de gnósticos prefiguraron la Psicología Analítica. Por ejemplo, que tenían un concepto como el inconsciente, que ...

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S3 Ep15. La Psicología Analítica y su deuda a Gnosticismo. Jung y Gnosticismo. Parte D. Spanish Language Podcast from 2021-07-01T00:01

Jung explico como muchos conceptos de gnósticos prefiguraron la Psicología Analítica. Por ejemplo, que tenían un concepto como el inconsciente, que ...

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S2 Ep56. Technology as system of creation and destruction. The Crisis of our Times. Part 29. Technology and Consciousness. Part F. from 2021-06-30T18:10

The double-edged nature of technology is presented as well as its intense dialectic with human nature.  In conclusion to this mini-series on technology a mythological image comes...

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S2 Ep55. The Transhumanist Agenda. The Crisis of our Times. Part 28. Technology and Consciousness. Part E. from 2021-06-05T00:01

Precursors of Transhumanism in mythologies and religions, especially Christianity, are outlined. 

The dangers of technology and its impact on a profoundly altered human nature are given i...

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S3 Ep14. La gran relevancia del gnosticismo en la psicología junguiana. Jung y Gnosticismo. Parte C. Spanish Language Podcast. from 2021-06-01T01:17:55

Jung se identificó con los gnósticos por varias razones. En primer lugar, tenían un intenso sentido espiritual de alienación; en seg...

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S3 Ep14. La gran relevancia del gnosticismo en la psicología junguiana. Jung y Gnosticismo. Parte C. Spanish Language Podcast. from 2021-06-01T01:17:55

Jung se identificó con los gnósticos por varias razones. En primer lugar, tenían un intenso sentido espiritual de alienación; en seg...

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S2 Ep54. Traditional, Modern, Postmodern, and Jung's view of technology. The Crisis of our Times. Part 27. Technology and Consciousness. Part D. from 2021-05-15T00:01

Firstly this episode explores the broad phases in social and cultural epochs emphasizing the critical determining role of technology and economic structures. Those most mentioned...

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S2 Ep54. Traditional, Modern, Postmodern, and Jung‘s view of technology. The Crisis of our Times. Part 27. Technology and Consciousness. Part D. from 2021-05-15T00:01

Firstly this episode explores the broad phases in social and cultural epochs emphasizing the critical determining role of technology and economic structures. Those most mentioned...

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S2 Ep54. Traditional, Modern, Postmodern, and Jung‘s view of technology. The Crisis of our Times. Part 27. Technology and Consciousness. Part D. from 2021-05-15T00:01

Firstly this episode explores the broad phases in social and cultural epochs emphasizing the critical determining role of technology and economic structures. Those most mentioned...

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S2 Ep54. Traditional, Modern, Postmodern, and Jung‘s view of technology. The Crisis of our Times. Part 27. Technology and Consciousness. Part D. from 2021-05-15T00:01

Firstly this episode explores the broad phases in social and cultural epochs emphasizing the critical determining role of technology and economic structures. Those most mentioned...

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S3 Ep13. Los Siete Semones a los Muertos. Jung y Gnosticismo. Parte B. Spanish Language Podcast from 2021-05-01T00:01

En este episodio vamos a enfatizar el impacto personal del gnosticismo sobre Jung.

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S3 Ep13. Los Siete Semones a los Muertos. Jung y Gnosticismo. Parte B. Spanish Language Podcast from 2021-05-01T00:01

En este episodio vamos a enfatizar el impacto personal del gnosticismo sobre Jung.

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S2 Ep53. The thoughts of two major thinkers - McLuhan and Mcgilchrist. The Crisis of our Times. Part 26. Technology and Consciousness. Part C. from 2021-04-29T16:50:42

This episode outlines the thoughts of two major thinker on the subject of Technology and Consciousness.

Firstly, Marshall McLuhan, a prophet of technology of the 1960s. who argues that t...

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S2 Ep53. The thoughts of two major thinkers - McLuhan and Mcgilchrist. The Crisis of our Times. Part 26. Technology and Consciousness. Part C. from 2021-04-29T16:50:42

This episode outlines the thoughts of two major thinker on the subject of Technology and Consciousness.



Firstly, Marshall McLuhan, a prophet of technology of the 1960s. who argue...

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S2 Ep53. The thoughts of two major thinkers - McLuhan and Mcgilchrist. The Crisis of our Times. Part 26. Technology and Consciousness. Part C. from 2021-04-29T16:50:42

This episode outlines the thoughts of two major thinker on the subject of Technology and Consciousness.

Firstly, Marshall McLuhan, a prophet of technology of the 1960s. who argues that te...

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S2 Ep 52. The role of evolution and historical change. The Crisis of our Times. Part 25. Technology and Consciousness. Part B. from 2021-04-11T11:34:52

This episode considers our emergence as a species and the deep entanglement with technology from the beginning especially its interaction with the changing genetic structure and ...

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S2 Ep 52. The role of evolution and historical change. The Crisis of our Times. Part 25. Technology and Consciousness. Part B. from 2021-04-11T11:34:52

This episode considers our emergence as a species and the deep entanglement with technology from the beginning especially its interaction with the changing genetic structure and ...

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S2 Ep 52. The role of evolution and historical change. The Crisis of our Times. Part 25. Technology and Consciousness. Part B. from 2021-04-11T11:34:52

This episode considers our emergence as a species and the deep entanglement with technology from the beginning especially its interaction with the changing genetic structure and ...

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S3 Ep12. Jung y Gnosticismo. Parte A. Spanish Language Podcast. from 2021-04-01T00:01

Jung dijo que el origen de todo su trabajo radica en los años en que persiguió las imágenes internas, cuando el inconsciente lo inundó y amenazó con quebrarlo. Lo que descubrió e...

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S3 Ep12. Jung y Gnosticismo. Parte A. Spanish Language Podcast. from 2021-04-01T00:01

Jung dijo que el origen de todo su trabajo radica en los años en que persiguió las imágenes internas, cuando el inconsciente lo inundó y amenazó con quebrarlo. Lo que descubrió e...

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S2 Ep51.Deep history and our entwinement with technology. The Crisis of our Times. Part 24. Technology and Consciousness. Part A. from 2021-03-26T11:26:14

Of the ten horsemen of the apocalypse,  the pandemic, the financial and economic crises have been described. The technological crisis is now examined, in particular the relations...

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S2 Ep51.Part 24. Technology and Consciousness. Part A. Deep history and our entwinement with technology from 2021-03-26T11:26:14

Of the ten horsemen of the apocalypse,  the pandemic, the financial and economic crises have been described. The technological crisis is now examined, in particular the relations...

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S2 Ep51.Deep history and our entwinement with technology. The Crisis of our Times. Part 24. Technology and Consciousness. Part A. from 2021-03-26T10:26:14

Of the ten horsemen of the apocalypse,  the pandemic, the financial and economic crises have been described. The technological crisis is now examined, in particular the relations...

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S2 Ep50. The Financial Crisis part B. The Crisis of our Times. Part 23. from 2021-03-08T19:55:59

Financial collapses have been at the heart of all major economic crises of capitalism and examples from the 1890s and 1990s are given, observing that they are growing in intensit...

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S2 Ep50. The Financial Crisis part B. The Crisis of our Times. Part 23. from 2021-03-08T19:55:59

Financial collapses have been at the heart of all major economic crises of capitalism and examples from the 1890s and 1990s are given, observing that they are growing in intensit...

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S3 Ep11. Carl Jung: Sus contribuciones a la psicoterapia, parte F. Spanish Language Podcast. from 2021-03-01T00:01

En este episodio se describen los siguientes puntos de la psicología junguiana: La relación entre el terapeuta y el paciente. La importancia relativa no absoluta de la transferen...

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S3 Ep11. Carl Jung: Sus contribuciones a la psicoterapia, parte F. Spanish Language Podcast. from 2021-03-01T00:01

En este episodio se describen los siguientes puntos de la psicología junguiana: La relación entre el terapeuta y el paciente. La importancia relativa no absoluta de la transferen...

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S2 Ep49. The Financial Crisis part A. The Crisis of our Times. Part 22. from 2021-02-18T16:30:55

Firstly. some key terminology is explained, such as Financialization, Quantitative Easing, Moral Hazard, Price discovery, Gosbankification, Zombies, Gales of Creative Destruction, The Danger of ...

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S2 Ep49. The Crisis of our Times. Part 22. The Financial Crisis part A from 2021-02-18T16:30:55

Firstly. some key terminology is explained, such as Financialization, Quantitative Easing, Moral Hazard, Price discovery, Gosbankification, Zombies, Gales of Creative Destruction, The Danger of ...

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S2 Ep49. The Financial Crisis part A. The Crisis of our Times. Part 22. from 2021-02-18T16:30:55

Firstly. some key terminology is explained, such as Financialization, Quantitative Easing, Moral Hazard, Price discovery, Gosbankification, Zombies, Gales of Creative Destruction, The Danger of ...

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S3 Ep10. Carl Jung: Sus contribuciones a la psicoterapia, parte E. Spanish Language Podcast. from 2021-02-01T00:01

En este episodio continuamos explorando la contribución de Jung a la psicoterapia. Esto incluye: la crisis de la mediana edad; su clasificación de tipos psicológicos; dos metodologías, la analít...

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S3 Ep10. Carl Jung: Sus contribuciones a la psicoterapia, parte E. Spanish Language Podcast. from 2021-02-01T00:01

En este episodio continuamos explorando la contribución de Jung a la psicoterapia. Esto incluye: la crisis de la mediana edad; su clasificación de tipos psicológicos; dos metodologías, la analít...

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S2 Ep48. The long pause. The Crisis of our Times. Part 21. from 2021-01-28T20:20

The Economic Crisis, the next horseman of the apocalypse,  is updated and explained. We are currently in a  pause as the underlying malaise is disguised by money creations and bail outs. But thi...

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S2 Ep48. The long pause. The Crisis of our Times. Part 21. from 2021-01-28T20:20

The Economic Crisis, the next horseman of the apocalypse,  is updated and explained. We are currently in a  pause as the underlying malaise is disguised by money creations and bail outs. But thi...

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S2 Ep47. Decline of Civilization and the Pandemic. The Crisis of our Times. Part 20. from 2021-01-01T00:35:35

The pause button has been pressed on the economic and financial crisis with the rocketing debts of many nations which by trading current stabilty against future danger will lead to a mighty fina...

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S2 Ep47. Decline of Civilization and the Pandemic. The Crisis of our Times. Part 20. from 2021-01-01T00:35:35

The pause button has been pressed on the economic and financial crisis with the rocketing debts of many nations which by trading current stabilty against future danger will lead to a mighty fina...

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S3 Ep9. Carl Jung: Sus contribuciones a la psicoterapia, parte D. Spanish Language Podcast. from 2021-01-01T00:01

Este episodio explora aún más la contribución de Jung a la psicoterapia. Esto incluye la Función Trascendente, el enfoque sintético que tipifica la terapia junguiana, y la interp...

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S3 Ep9. Carl Jung: Sus contribuciones a la psicoterapia, parte D. Spanish Language Podcast. from 2021-01-01T00:01

Este episodio explora aún más la contribución de Jung a la psicoterapia. Esto incluye la Función Trascendente, el enfoque sintético que tipifica la terapia junguiana, y la interp...

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S2 Ep46. Overview of Series. The Crisis of our Times. Part 19. from 2020-12-12T00:01

An overview of The Crisis of our Times  series is provided; the ingredients of civilizational collapse are presented; future podcasts are indicated; the complexities of multidimesional crises ar...

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S2 Ep46. Overview of Series. The Crisis of our Times. Part 19. from 2020-12-12T00:01

An overview of The Crisis of our Times  series is provided; the ingredients of civilizational collapse are presented; future podcasts are indicated; the complexities of multidimesional crises ar...

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S3 Ep8. Carl Jung: El viaje interior de Jung: la Lucha por el Self. Parte C. Spanish Language Podcast from 2020-12-01T00:01

El concepto de Jung del Self no solo fue una de las grandes contribuciones a la Psicología Profunda, sino que surgió de su propio re...

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S3 Ep8. Carl Jung: El viaje interior de Jung: la Lucha por el Self. Parte C. Spanish Language Podcast from 2020-12-01T00:01

El concepto de Jung del Self no solo fue una de las grandes contribuciones a la Psicología Profunda, sino que surgió de su propio re...

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S2 Ep45. Spiritual Transformation, Taoist Philosophy and a Poem from 2020-11-27T16:59:48

In today’s episode I have decided to do something rather different. I have chosen a mythic individual at the start of Chinese history, the Yellow Emperor, and have constructed a poem using the s...

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S2 Ep44. Part 18. Consciousness, Capitalism, and Death Potential. The Crisis of our Times. from 2020-11-14T00:01

This episode explores Death Potential which is not a psychological trait but a mythological and metaphysical category. Moreover, it is archetypal and universal and therefore is not unique to cap...

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S2 Ep44. Part 18. Consciousness, Capitalism, and Death Potential. The Crisis of our Times. from 2020-11-14T00:01

This episode explores Death Potential which is not a psychological trait but a mythological and metaphysical category. Moreover, it is archetypal and universal and therefore is not unique to cap...

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S3 Ep7. Carl Jung: Sus contribuciones a la psicoterapia, parte B. Spanish Language Podcast from 2020-11-01T02:01

En el último podcast esbocé una visión clásica de Jung del proceso de individuación. Cubrí la Persona y la Sombra. En este episodio describo las siguientes dos etapas: el encuentro con el Anima ...

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S3 Ep7. Carl Jung: Sus contribuciones a la psicoterapia, parte B. Spanish Language Podcast from 2020-11-01T01:01

En el último podcast esbocé una visión clásica de Jung del proceso de individuación. Cubrí la Persona y la Sombra. En este episodio describo las siguientes dos etapas: el encuentro con el Anima ...

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S2 Ep43. The Crisis of our Times. Part 17. Consciousness, Capitalism and Modernity. Part B from 2020-10-30T23:01

An extensive list is explored  of the changes in consciousness brought about by the development of capitalism. This includes:

The removal from nature. A material view of the world.  The i...

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S2 Ep42. The Crisis of our Times. Part 16. Consciousness, Capitalism and Modernity. Part A from 2020-10-17T00:01

The changes in consciousness engendered by capitalism are outlined. But there is also a light of new vision in the modern age that seems as nothing as compared with the vast forc...

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S2 Ep41. The Crisis of our Times. Part 15. The Creative Destructive Nature of Capitalism from 2020-10-03T00:01

The productive forces of the capitalism are immense and without precedent. The continually reshape the relationship between world powers, countries, regions, cities, classes, and individuals.  I...

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S3 Ep6. Carl Jung: Sus contribuciones a la psicoterapia, parte A. Spanish Language Podcast: from 2020-10-01T00:01

En este podcast comenzamos a explorar las contribuciones de Jung a la psicoterapia. Examinaremos su visión de la estructura de la ps...

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S3 Ep6. Carl Jung: Sus contribuciones a la psicoterapia, parte A. Spanish Language Podcast: from 2020-10-01T00:01

En este podcast comenzamos a explorar las contribuciones de Jung a la psicoterapia. Examinaremos su visión de la estructura de la ps...

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S2 Ep40. The Crisis of our Times. Part 14. The European Union: Between a Rock and a Hard Place. Part C from 2020-09-19T00:01

The EU engaged in a exaggerated expansion of its membership. It now creates vast debts in an attempt to bail out States, banks, and even economies. It seems a titanic enterprise....

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S2 Ep39. The Crisis of our Times. Part 13. The European Union: Between a Rock and a Hard Place. Part B from 2020-09-05T00:01

The core problem of the European Union lies in its economic arrangements that, should they not be modified, will probably break apart the union as we currently know it.

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S3 Ep5. Carl Jung: Recuerdos, Sueños, Pensamientos. Su Torre y Viajes. Spanish Language Podcast from 2020-08-29T00:01

Concentramos en los capítulos 8 y 9 de Recuerdos, Sueños, Pensamientos que cuentan primero, la historia de la construcción de su Torre. El escribe:<...

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S3 Ep5. Carl Jung: Recuerdos, Sueños, Pensamientos. Su Torre y Viajes. Spanish Language Podcast from 2020-08-29T00:01

Concentramos en los capítulos 8 y 9 de Recuerdos, Sueños, Pensamientos que cuentan primero, la historia de la construcción de su Torre. El escribe:<...

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S2 Ep38. The Crisis of our Times. Part 12. The European Union: Between a Rock and Hard Place. Part A from 2020-08-22T00:01

The conflicts and contradictions of the European Union are explained, in particular the manner in which its monetary policy breaks the treaties of the Union. Populists and nationalist reactions ...

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S2 Ep37. The Crisis of our Times. Part 11. Capitalism and the Soul from 2020-08-08T15:09:36

Why do I juxtapose economic and financial theory, policy and practice on the one hand, and spiritual matters on the other. The answer is that it is only in theory and specialisms that such thing...

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S3 Ep4. Carl Jung: Recuerdos, Sueños, Pensamientos. Spanish Language Podcast from 2020-08-01T05:02

Recuerdos, Sueños, Pensamientos, el más accesible y popular de los escritos de Jung, sirve de introducción inspiradora al turbulento mundo interior que subyace al...

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S3 Ep4. Carl Jung: Recuerdos, Sueños, Pensamientos. Spanish Language Podcast from 2020-08-01T05:02

Recuerdos, Sueños, Pensamientos, el más accesible y popular de los escritos de Jung, sirve de introducción inspiradora al turbulento mundo interior que subyace al...

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S2 Ep36. The Crisis of our Times. Part 10. World Crisis and the Search for Soul from 2020-07-23T22:21:26

I am a psychotherapist with an interest not only in the individual psyche but also that of the collective. The malaise of civilization has become increasingly my focus in these p...

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S2 Ep35. The Crisis of our Times. Part 9. Capitalism and Changing Consciousness from 2020-07-11T00:01

For the next group of episodes, there will be a mini-series providing an overview of the driver of our global civilization – the capitalist system. What distinguishes this presentation from the ...

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S3 Ep3. Las Crises de Nuestro Tiempo. La Pandemia en America Latina. Spanish Language Podcast from 2020-07-06T16:11:44

La tesis central de esta serie es que el mundo en el siglo XXI enfrenta una crisis multidimensional: política, económica, financiera, militar, climática, tecnológica, espiritual, de salud, socia...

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S3 Ep3. Las Crises de Nuestro Tiempo. La Pandemia en America Latina. Spanish Language Podcast from 2020-07-06T16:11:44

La tesis central de esta serie es que el mundo en el siglo XXI enfrenta una crisis multidimensional: política, económica, financiera, militar, climática, tecnológica, espiritual, de salud, socia...

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S2 Ep 34. The Crisis of our Times. Part 8. The Wake-up Call from 2020-06-27T00:01

My wake-up call in March 2020 was that this unfolding series of crises, long in the making, had already passed its tipping point. The house of cards was already falling. What has...

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S2 Ep 33. The Crisis of our Times. Part 7. The Ten Horseman of the Apocalypse from 2020-06-13T00:01

Ten interacting crises are described; long term economic problems of American society outlined; apocalypse means the revealing, the unveiling in ancient Greek. Thus, in these times, as the crise...

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S3 Ep2. Las Crisis de Nuestro Tiempo. El Acercamiento de la Tormenta. Spanish Language Podcast from 2020-06-01T21:58:33

Este podcast propone un modelo simplificado, una suerte de mapa de ruta por la evolución de la crisis económica y financiera mundial.

Las etapas de esta crisis son los siguientes:

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S3 Ep2. Las Crisis de Nuestro Tiempo. El Acercamiento de la Tormenta. Spanish Language Podcast from 2020-06-01T21:58:33

Este podcast propone un modelo simplificado, una suerte de mapa de ruta por la evolución de la crisis económica y financiera mundial.

Las etapas de esta crisis son los siguientes:

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S2 Ep 32. The Crisis of our Times. Part 6. Civilizational Eclipse, Human Extinction, and Hope? from 2020-05-30T00:01

We live in an age of apocalyptical possibilities. We now truly have the means to bring this about. Humans have always had to face their own darkness and even evil - the life-destructive Satanic ...

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S2 Ep 31. The Crises of our Times. Part 5. The Economic and Spiritual Crisis from 2020-05-16T00:01

These podcasts explore the evolving crises of the 21st century. The Virus pandemic, extremely serious though it is, has revealed the fracture lines of the world economy. We have ...

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S3 Ep1. Las Crisis de Nuestro Tiempo. El Momento de la Verdad. Spanish Language Podcast from 2020-05-02T21:07:45

El siglo XXI está siendo testigo de la emergencia de numerosas crisis que vienen operando de manera sistémica e interconectada conduciendo a la humanidad a un momento crítico y m...

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S3 Ep1. Las Crisis de Nuestro Tiempo. El Momento de la Verdad. Spanish Language Podcast from 2020-05-02T21:07:45

El siglo XXI está siendo testigo de la emergencia de numerosas crisis que vienen operando de manera sistémica e interconectada conduciendo a la humanidad a un momento crítico y m...

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S2 Ep 30. The Crisis of our Times. Part 4. Homo Demonicus from 2020-05-02T00:10

The fault lines of the world economy are explained and these are the fractures that are opening in the Great Global Depression we are now entering. These existed before the Coron...

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S2 Ep 29. The Crisis of our Times. Part 3. De Profundis (Out of the Depths) from 2020-04-18T00:01

The world's leaders, both in the political and economic spheres, have failed in any preparation for this curent health crisis which is morphing into a Great Global Depression whi...

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S2 Ep28. The Crisis of our Times. Part 2. The Moment of Truth from 2020-04-04T13:57:35

We further examine the evolving crises of our times and argue that a renewed spiritual and moral vision fit-for-purpose in the 21st century is urgently required. 

This is our moment of Tr...

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S2 Ep 27. The Crisis of our Times. Part 1. Economic and Financial Crisis from 2020-03-20T23:01

Our species is sleepwalking to the edge of a precipice. Awaken

I do not believe there is any easy escape from the multiple crises that are now unfolding and anyway if by some miracle we r...

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S2 Ep 26. Spiritual Hero. Part 5. The changing image of Christ from 2020-03-07T00:01

Christ has a changing image over time. The first is that of holy man, the curer of the sick, an exorcist of devils, the worker of miracles, and he who demonstrates the soul. This...

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S2 Ep 25. Spiritual Hero Part 4. The Risen Christ? from 2020-02-22T05:52:48

The Archetypal Core and the Historical Conjuncture are presented as our underlying methodology. The resurrection story is explored as a myth, that is, an archetype flowing from the core and mani...

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S2 Ep 24. Spiritual Hero. Part 3. Christ. Who do they say that I am? from 2020-02-08T00:05

 

Jesus said to his disciples, "Compare me to something and tell me what I am like."

Simon Peter said to him, "You are like a just messenger."

Matthew said to him, "You are ...

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S2 Ep 23. Spiritual Hero. Part 2. Evidence for Jesus Christ from 2020-01-25T00:05

The gospels, the supposed authoritative evidence for Jesus, are problematic. However they, along with Paul’s writings, point to a real Jesus of great charisma who lived at a time prior to their ...

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S2 Ep 22. The Spiritual Hero Myth. Part 1 from 2020-01-12T22:06:29

The heroic is the process by which our consciousness emerges and is transformed to higher levels. The hero in each of us is our struggle with the darkness and our efforts at rebi...

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S2 Ep 21. Beethoven. Part 3. Rebirth from 2019-12-21T08:55:18

This symphony is not only the emergence of the Romantic movement (our relationship to the sublime) but has pagan vitality permeating it; the spirit of great mystery religions of ...

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S2 Ep 20. Beethoven. Part 2. Death and resurrection. from 2019-12-07T00:10

Beethoven’s music put the struggle of the individual, the agony and ecstatic flight, at the centre of the performance. Music in his hands was being reshaped forming a new stage o...

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S2 Ep 19. Beethoven 3rd symphony. Part 1. Battle and triumph. from 2019-11-23T00:10

The opening movement of Beethoven's 3rd is the first stage of the hero's journey – struggle and victory. The hero myth has many variations in its death and resurrection themes. M...

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S2 Ep 18. Gnosticism for our time? from 2019-11-09T00:10

Gnostic themes of entrapment, profound alienation, the struggle for gnosis (knowledge, illumination), the battle between the light and the dark, the forces of evil and good, the illusions of the...

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S2 Ep 17. The Fall of Sophia and the Division of the Dark and the Light from 2019-10-26T00:01

"The struggle between Light and Darkness concentrates upon mankind, who becomes the main prize and battlefield of the two contending parties, in whom both sides have almost all t...

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S2 Ep 16. The Gnostics and the Call from 2019-10-12T00:01

 “The symbol of the call is so fundamental to Eastern Gnosticism that it may be termed the religion of the call, sometimes termed the call from without which may illumine the mor...

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S2 Ep 15. Gnosticism&Jungian Psychology from 2019-09-27T00:01

Jung knew he had to drop anchor into the historical depths since he felt instinctively that what he was discovering was not just another interesting theory but something that was...

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S2 Ep 14. Initiation and Gnosis - a personal experience from 2019-09-14T01:10

The essence of the gnostic experience is one that will never disappear and will again play its part in the crises that are evolving in the 21 century as many individuals undertak...

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S2 Ep 13. Jung and Gnosticism Part B from 2019-08-31T01:10

Jung underwent an initiation in his confrontation with the unconscious; it was the gnostic spirit and voice that inhabited him in the 1913-1917 descent. The Gnostics lived a very powerful mystic...

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S2 Ep 12 Jung and Gnosticism Part A from 2019-08-10T01:32

“When I began to understand alchemy I realised that it represented the historical link with Gnosticism and that a continuity therefore existed between past and present. Grounded ...

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S2 Ep 11. Jung and Alchemy Part B from 2019-07-20T01:35

“The experiences of the alchemists were, in a sense, my experiences, and their world was my world. Thus, I had at last reached the ground which underlay my own experiences of the...

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S2 Ep 10. Jung and Alchemy Part A. from 2019-07-07T12:08

Jung did an enormous amount to breathe the spirit back into alchemy after the cold hand of the Western scientific enlightenment had extinguished its flame. He was a pioneer in re...

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S2 Ep 9. Jung's Contributions to the Psychotherapy of our Time from 2019-06-15T02:25

From his disintegration, his descent to the underworld, Jung brought creative treasures, not simply as theoretical ideas but as practical tools that could be inserted into the living tissue of o...

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S2.Ep 8. Jung: Visions, Journey of the Soul from 2019-06-01T01:00

The depths of the psyche irrupted in Jung with tremendous force. But he found that ore from which he alchemised the gold of his creations. It came from an inexhaustible seam where psyche means c...

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S2.Ep 7. Jung: Introverted Mystic from 2019-05-18T01:00

We examine Chapters 8 and 9 of Memories,Dreams, Reflections which tell of the building of his Tower at Bolligen, Lake Zurich, and his travels to find a non-European perspective on himself and We...

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S2.Ep 6. Jung: The Wounded Visionary from 2019-05-04T05:02

Jung and the recovery of the soul: the first of a series on Carl Jung, his life, thought, formation of a school of psychotherapy, and contribution to Western civilization.

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S2. Ep 5. Richard Dawkins:The God Delusion from 2019-04-20T07:00

We critically explore a humanist vision that argues there is almost certainly no God, that evolution and natural selection are the only plausible explanations for the universe and ourselves, tha...

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S2.Ep 4. James Locklock: Ecological visionary of our time. Part 2 from 2019-04-06T05:00

"If it be now, tis not to come;  if it be not to come, it will be now;  if it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all." (Hamlet: Act 5 Sc.2)

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S2.Ep 3. James Lovelock: Visionary of the Ecological Crisis. Part 1 from 2019-03-23T06:39:11

The first of two podcasts on James Lovelock. The evolving ecological crisis is of such gravity as to constitute collective suicide by humanity. This first podcast looks at the theory and evidenc...

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S2.Ep 2. The Quest: Mysticism and Evolution from 2019-03-09T08:00

This is the first episode in a series that explores great visionaries from across the ages who have changed our history and contemporary world. This episode examines Pierre Teilh...

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S2.Ep 1. The Quest Series: The Search for Vision in the Evolving Crises of our Times from 2019-02-09T16:11:17

The Quest Season about to begin will examine the great visionaries across the ages in order to seek vision for the crises of our times. These are termed the eight horseman of the apocalypse: the...

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S1.Ep 23. The Secret of the Golden Flower 2 from 2019-01-26T13:18:50

We explore the connection between this ancient Taoist meditation text and the school of Carl Jung. Despite it being an esoteric text it contains a wonderful meditation guide and an entrance into...

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S1.Ep 22. The Secret of the Golden Flower 1 from 2019-01-19T08:00

The history, metaphysics, and spirtual position of this ancient Taoist text is described. It has an ancient Chinese style which is inherently mysterious, symbolic, and elusive yet it has within ...

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S1.Ep 21. Questions and Responses on healing - 2 from 2019-01-12T12:16:17

THE NATURE OF HEALING INTELLIGENCE

Can religions be integrated with a spiritually orientated psychotherapy? Are there psychological skills favouring healing? What is the role of the psyc...

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S1.Ep 20. Questions and Responses on Healing - 1 from 2019-01-05T08:00

My initial question (how does healing work in psychotherapy?) and subsequent search has really turned into a longer series of other questions each of which could be broken down i...

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S1.Ep 19. Integration of the Spirit in Psychotherapy from 2018-12-29T16:32:59

The sweetness of the desert breeze

You can’t grasp in your hands.

She’s like the waters of the Nile,

She comes from other lands.

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S1.Ep 18. Empathic resonance in the field of therapist and client from 2018-12-22T08:00

There may emerge unusual features once the inter-subjective field is activated. A field is an area of influence and a shared field is where two psyches, apparently separate, have...

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S1.Ep 17. How healing Intelligence works in the psyche and how we resist it. from 2018-12-15T08:00

The cosmic principle of the opposites of creation and destruction, life and death as illustrated in Hindu metaphysics with the dancing Shiva is played out in psyche in many ways of which healing...

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S1.Ep 16. Healing and the subtle body/psyche from 2018-12-08T08:00

The role of the therapist in the healing process is rarely one of distance and anonymity. It is one respecting proper clinical boundaries but there are important times when there...

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S1. Ep 15. Healing intelligence, consciousness and the ego from 2018-12-01T08:00

Healing intelligence is integral to the complete functioning of the healthy psyche. It requires the cooperation of consciousness itself, which, when orientated towards healing, i...

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S1.Ep 14. The potency of the healing force in the psyche from 2018-11-24T08:00

The vitality of healing intelligence determines the capacity of a wounded area to heal itself. This energy may be thought of as potency two characteristics of which are:

Expressiveness - ...

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S1.Ep 13. The wound that won't heal from 2018-11-17T08:00

Therapy is not always successful; the deep psyche is not always accessible and even when it is, healing is not guaranteed. Transpersonal vision may be possible but the psyche may...

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S1.Ep 12. Integration and the movement to a new centre of the psyche from 2018-11-11T08:00

Integration implies character re-formation, a change in identity structure. This requires greater access to the underlying emotional structure underpinning the ego, which undergoes change thereb...

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S1.Ep 11. Integration continued: what it means to work psychologically from 2018-11-04T08:00

Eight dimensions of the capacity to work psychologically are examined. These are: the capacity for introspection; the ability to express emotion and their truth; to see oneself a...

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S1.Ep 10. Integration step 2: the ability to work with the contents of the psyche from 2018-10-29T07:00

Here we deal with the second part of the integration process - the capacity to work psychologically with the material from the unconscious. Case studies of the varying capacities...

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S1.Ep 9. Integration step 1: Evaluating the material from the psyche from 2018-10-22T08:00

Integration is the least developed stage in the theory and practice of psychotherapy. Here we examine the first of three steps in this process: the evaluation of healthy or unhealthy material fr...

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S1.Ep 8. Attuning to the field from 2018-10-15T08:00

The task of therapists in attuning to the inter-subjective field is: 

1. To attune to the deep psyche of the client.

2. To help loca...

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S1. Ep 7. The inter-subjective field between therapist and client from 2018-10-08T07:57

Let us presume that much of the early, more reductive work such as the therapeutic alliance, the analysis of character and family history and so forth has been established. Howev...

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S1.Ep 6. A method of contacting the deep psyche from 2018-10-02T09:54:45

The stages of contacting the deep psyche are explained as a practical method for all therapists. This method, starting with inner awareness, proceeds to encounter the area of suffering. One area...

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S1.Ep 5 The alignment to the deep psyche from 2018-09-24T19:59:07

A method of alignment, a descent, to the deep psyche is described and a case study provided to demonstrate how the "scan" can work. This is a mixture of ancient Oriental and Western technique. <...

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S1.Ep 4 Style and essence of Jungian therapy from 2018-09-18T21:47:11

Jungian therapy leans towards a collaboration with the unconscious rather than just grasping its significance. The style of therapy is therefore only analytic in parts and favours a movement of ...

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S1.Ep 3. The stages of psychotherapy as the context for healing from 2018-09-11T20:37:57

Healing takes place in a context. We construct rituals that provide this. Other disciplines provide their own way of encouraging the healing to take place. In this podcast I outline the Jungian ...

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S1.Ep 2. Healing intelligence as a natural force from 2018-09-01T17:12:08

Healing energies are a natural intelligence within the psyche promoting the unconscious state of wholeness we call health. This health is, for the most part, inte...

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S1.Ep 1. Healing of emotional wounds - a Jungian approach from 2018-08-23T13:50:37

Psychotherapy and Healing - a Jungian Approach

There are a wide range of emotional wounds which are a damage to the sense of self. J...

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