What Is The Symbolic Life?

In this episode we explore two key questions: What is the symbolic life?How do we begin to live it? Sources for quotes and more: "Now we have no symbolic life..." ~ C.G. Jung from 'The Symbolic Life' in Collected Works, vol. 18 (CW18), par. 627"Our soul may never have rest in anything which is beneath itself." Julian of Norwich from 'Showings' (Classics of Western Spirituality)"The standardized, mass-produced, 'normal' human being..." & "the creative meaning and potentialities of adult ex...

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Living a Symbolic Life in a Technological Age. Our digital age presents unique challenges for the practice of the inner life. What can the insights of Jungian Psychology offer for dealing with these challenges? In this series, we explore Carl Jung's idea of "the symbolic life" through the lenses of depth psychology, mythology, fairy tales, poetry, religion, and more. We focus on three core questions: 1. What is the symbolic life? 2. Why do we need a symbolic life? and 3. How can we cultivate and live a symbolic life? This is a companion podcast to the book 'Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life' by Jungian analyst Jason E. Smith.