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In this episode:
I discuss the figures of Ahab, Starbuck, and Ishmael as representatives of three possible responses to the encounter with the numinous. I look at the contrast between the Iron Way of Ahab and what I call Ishmael’s Mystic Way, suggesting that Ishmael's way is a path of self-emptying that makes possible a deeper experience of life.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 1: Loomings; Chapter 16: The Ship; Chapter 35: The Mast-Head; Chapter 37: Sunset; Chapter 41: Moby Dick; Chapter 49: The Hyena; Chapter, 79: The Prairie; Chapter 82: The Honor and Glory of Whaling; Chapter 104: The Fossil Whale; Chapter 110: Queequeg in His Coffin; Chapter 135: The Chase – Third Day; Epilogue)
2. S4, Ep. 6 - Moby-Dick: An American Myth, pt. 1
3. S4, Ep. 8: A Collision Course with Life
4. 'Man and His Symbols' by C.G. Jung
5. 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections' by C.G. Jung
6. 'Two Essays on Analytical Psychology' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works vol. 7
7. S4, Ep. 9: The Gorgon’s Eye
8. 'Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works vol. 9ii
9. ‘Freud, Goethe, Wagner’ by Thomas Mann
10. 'Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Man's Spiritual Consciousness' by Evelyn Underhill
11. 'The Soul and Death' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works vol. 8
12. 'A Dwelling Place for Wisdom' by Raimon Panikkar

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"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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In this episode:
I look at the image of the whale as a symbol of both Jung's notion of the Self, as well as the numinous experience of the divine mystery: the mysterium tremendum et fascinans.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Etymology; Extracts; Chapter 32: Cetology; Chapter 36: The Quarter-Deck; Chapter 41: Moby Dick; Chapter 42: The Whiteness of the Whale; Chapter 55: Monstrous Pictures of Whales; Chapter 85: The Fountain; Chapter 86: The Tail; Chapter 104: The Fossil Whale; Chapter 105: Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish? – Will He Perish?)
2. 'Melville’s Moby-Dick: A Jungian Commentary' by Edward Edinger
3. S4, Ep. 2: Outcasts of the Spirit
4. 'Psychology and Alchemy' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 12
5. 'Two Essays on Analytical Psychology' by C.G. Jung, in Collected Works, vol. 7
6. 'Religious but Not Religious' by Jason Smith
7. 'Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 9ii
8. Psalm 139: 6-9, Book of Common Prayer, 1979
9. Exodus 33:18-23, NRSV
10. Hebrews 10:31, NRSV
11. Isaiah 55:8, NRSV
12. 'The Idea of the Holy' by Rudolf Otto
13. S1, Ep. 22: The Idea of the Holy
14. S1, Ep. 23: Approaching the Numinous
15. 'Anatomy of the Psyche' by Edward Edinger
16. 'Psychology and Religion' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 11
17. Symbols in an Individual Analysis from 'Man and His Symbols' by Jolande Jacobi
18. The Holy Longing, poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
19. 'Psychology and Literature' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 15

Music:
"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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In this episode:
I announce the return of the podcast and share a little bit about where I have been and what to expect for the podcast going forward.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. Poem #22 from 'A Book for the Hours of Prayer' by Rainer Maria Rilke (Robert Bly translation)
2. S4, Announcement: In Search of a Song
3. 'Psychology and Alchemy' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 12
4. Psalm 30, The Book of Common Prayer, 1979
5. 'On Psychological and Visionary Art' by C.G. Jung

Music:
"Dreaming Days" and "Slow Vibing" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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