In this episode:
I return to the relationship between Ahab and Starbuck, focusing on a pivotal scene from Chapter 132, 'The Symphony'. I explore the ways our ideas of psychological change often involve a hidden quality of inflation.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 132: The Symphony)
2. S4 Ep. 9: The Gorgon's Eye
3. 'The Interpretation of Fairy Tales' by Marie-Louise von Franz
4. Matthew 18:3 (NIV)
5. 'The Psychology of Child Archetype' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 9i
6. 'The Development of the Personality' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 17
7. 'Individuation in Fairy Tales' by Marie-Louise von Franz
8. 'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
9. 'Tao Te Ching' (Translated by Red Pine)
10. 'The Dhammapada' (Translated by Gil Fronsdal)
11. 'Mysterium Coniunctionis' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 14
12. 'The King and the Corpse' by Heinrich Zimmer
13. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 117: The Whale Watch)

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In this episode:
I explore the tension between Captain Ahab and his first mate, Starbuck. Through this dynamic we examine themes of the relationship to nature and the nature of inner work.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 16: The Ship; Chapter 26: Knights and Squires; Chapter 28: Ahab; Chapter 29: Enter Ahab; To Him Stubb; Chapter 36: The Quarter-Deck; Chapter 38: Dusk; Chapter 41: Moby-Dick)
2. S4 Ep. 8: A Collision Course With Life
3. 'After the Catastrophe' by C.G. Jung (CW10)
4. 'Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology' by Marie-Louise von Franz
5. 'The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga' by C.G. Jung
6. 'Man is Not Alone' by Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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)

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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)

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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)
    
    

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In this episode:
I explore one of the more challenging aspects of the symbolic life: the call to leave behind the comfort of the known, the safe, and the familiar.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 3: The Spouter-Inn; Chapter 16: The Ship; Chapter 22: Merry Christmas; Chapter 23: The Lee Shore)
2. 'The Development of the Personality' by C.G. Jung (CW17)
3. The Bible -- Matthew 8:18 - 27
4. 'New Seeds of Contemplation' by Thomas Merton
5. 'Religious but Not Religious' by Jason E. Smith
   
   

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In this episode:
I discuss the psychic split brought on by the experience of the modern world and the need for a connection with the soul and the mythic dimension of life.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 3: The Spouter-Inn; Chapter 10: A Bosom Friend; Chapter 12: Biographical; Chapter 110: Queequeg in His Coffin)
2. 'The Secret of the Golden Flower' by Richard Wilhelm & C.G. Jung
3. 'Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious' by C.G. Jung (CW9i)
4. S4, Ep. 2: Outcasts of the Spirit
5. 'A Dwelling Place For Wisdom' by Raimon Panikkar
6. 'Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life' by Herman Melville
7. 'Psychology and Alchemy' by C.G. Jung (CW12)
8. 'Man is Not Alone' by Abraham Joshua Heschel
   
   

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In this episode:
I explore the role of suffering and darkness as factors that awaken us to the need for what Jung calls a religious outlook. We look at ways that we can cultivate that outlook in an authentic way.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Man and His Symbols' by C.G. Jung
2. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 2: The Carpet-Bag; Chapter 3: The Spouter-Inn; Chapter 7: The Chapel; Chapter 8: The Pulpit)
3. S3, Ep. 9: The Heart of the Matter: Alchemy and the Prima Materia
4. 'Psychotherapists or the Clergy' by C.G. Jung (CW11)
5. 'Symbols and the Interpretation of Dreams' by C.G. Jung (CW18)
6. 'Religious but Not Religious' by Jason E. Smith
7. 'Melville’s Use of the Bible' by Nathalia Wright
8. Murray Stein quoted in 'C.G. Jung Face to Face with Christianity' by Jakob Lusensky
9. 'Psychological Types' by C.G. Jung (CW6)
   
   

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