In this episode, I speak to religious studies scholar Aaron French. Out of Rudolf Steiner’s concept of the Doppelgänger and Jung’s concept of The Shadow, we explore what to learn when putting these two visionaries in the same room. Aaron J. French is a post-doctoral researcher in Religious Studies at the University of Erfurt in Germany. His main re…

I invited a few of scholars partaking in C.G Jung: Face to Face with Christianity to share a personal reflection after reading the book. Third out is Jungian analyst and scholar Murray Stein. The music played in this episode is licensed under creativecommons.org: Siddharta Corsus - ConstellationsVon Jungian Analyst Jakob Lusensky

I invited a few of scholars partaking in C.G Jung: Face to Face with Christianity to share a personal reflection after reading the book. Second out is Jungian scholar and Orthodox Christian Pia Chaudhari. Here is a link to an earlier conversation we had which is also to be found in edited form in the book. The music played in this episode is licens…

I invited a few of scholars partaking in C.G Jung: Face to Face with Christianity to share a personal reflection after reading the book. First out is Paul Bishop. The music played in this episode is licensed under creativecommons.org: Siddharta Corsus - ConstellationsVon Jungian Analyst Jakob Lusensky

Today the book C.G Jung: Face to Face with Christianity - Conversations on dreaming the Myth onward is finally released. For this episode I decided to swap seats and have Sean McGrath interview myself. Thank you for listening and feel free to support this podcast by purchasing a copy of the book.Von Jungian Analyst Jakob Lusensky

I had a conversation with Freudian psychoanalyst Don Carveth on his excellent youtube channel "Psychoanalytic thinking". The conversation takes as a starting point the upcoming book C.G Jung: Face to Face with Christianity, but also discussed Ernest Beckers book Denial of Death and the importance of further Freudian/Jungian dialogues.…

In the final episode of this season of searching for the seeds of Secular Christianity, we travel to the 20th century to learn from the German Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. We explore his concept of religionless Christianity which developed as he sat imprisoned in Berlin by the Nazi regime for his resistance, and before his execution. …

In the final episode of this season of searching for the seeds of Secular Christianity, we travel to the 20th century to learn from the German Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. We explore his concept of religionless Christianity which developed as he sat imprisoned in Berlin by the Nazi regime for his resistance, and before his execution. …

In the final episode of this season of searching for the seeds of Secular Christianity, we travel to the 20th century to learn from the German Protestant theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. We explore his concept of religionless Christianity which developed as he sat imprisoned in Berlin by the Nazi regime for his resistance, and before his execution. …

What Meister Eckhart learnt, and we can learn, from The Beguines.Von by Psychology & The Cross

S3E5 Secular Christ | Meister Eckhart & Beguine Mysticism.Von by Psychology & The Cross

In this episode we travel back in time to the city of Alexandria, the cultural Mecca of the Roman Empire to learn from the Christian theologian and philosopher Clement of Alexandria (150-215 AD), about how to build resilience in our present age. The music played in this episode is licensed under creativecommons.org: XYLO - ZIK - SUBMERSIBLE…

We need to reclaim the future for Christian consciousness, and to recognize that the first Christians were looking towards the future, looking towards the fruition of something. They were not commemorating something that was past. They were actually witnessing something that is coming to be. - Sean J McGrath and Jakob Lusensky go seeking for the se…

The Christian teaching is that we are not yet human. We are on the way towards humanity. Humanity is still to come. - Sean J McGrath and Jakob Lusensky go seeking for the seeds of Secular Christianity. The music played in this episode is licensed under creativecommons.org: XYLO - ZIK - RAINBOWVon by Psychology & The Cross

What Meister Eckhart learnt, and we can learn, from The Beguines.Von Jungian Analyst Jakob Lusensky

We left off in Alexandria in the second century and in this episode time travel a thousand years forward in tie, to the 14th century Northern Europe. At this point in time, particularly in Belgium and in Western Germany in the Rhineland, a non dual philosophy of Christianity emerges. The center player is Meister Eckhart and we explore his relations…

In this episode we travel back in time to the city of Alexandria, the cultural Mecca of the Roman Empire to learn from the Christian theologian and philosopher Clement of Alexandria (150-215 AD), about how to build resilience in our present age. The music played in this episode is licensed under creativecommons.org: XYLO - ZIK - SUBMERSIBLE…

Sean J McGrath together with Jungian Analyst Jakob Lusensky go seeking for the seeds of Secular Christianity. For the next episodes, follow the Psychology & The Cross podcast instead. The music played in this episode is licensed under creativecommons.org: XYLO - ZIK - RAINBOWVon by Psychology & The Cross

We need to reclaim the future for Christian consciousness, and to recognize that the first Christians were looking towards the future, looking towards the fruition of something. They were not commemorating something that was past. They were actually witnessing something that is coming to be. - Sean J McGrath and Jakob Lusensky go seeking for the se…

The Christian teaching is that we are not yet human. We are on the way towards humanity. Humanity is still to come. - Sean J McGrath and Jakob Lusensky go seeking for the seeds of Secular Christianity. The music played in this episode is licensed under creativecommons.org: XYLO - ZIK - RAINBOWVon Jungian Analyst Jakob Lusensky

Sean J McGrath together with Jungian Analyst Jakob Lusensky go seeking for the seeds of Secular Christianity. The music played in this episode is licensed under creativecommons.org: XYLO - ZIK - RAINBOWVon Jungian Analyst Jakob Lusensky

Sean J McGrath together with Jungian Analyst Jakob Lusensky go seeking for the seeds of Secular Christianity. The music played in this episode is licensed under creativecommons.org: XYLO - ZIK - RAINBOWVon Jungian Analyst Jakob Lusensky

I am delighted to announce that the upcoming publication C.G Jung: Face to Face with Christianity - Conversations on Dreaming the Myth Onward published by Chiron Publications is now available for pre-order. The book can now be pre-ordered on Amazon or for a 20% discount for followers of the podcast using the discount code facetoface2024! on Chiron’…

The Secret of the Golden Flower is a Taoist text on inner alchemy that landed in Jung's hands in the late 1920s. It was the sinologist and Christian missionary in China, Richard Wilhelm who sent the text to Jung for a commentary. It's hard to overestimate the importance this text had on Jung and his work. Reading this text made him abandon his work…

Hans Trüb is one of the unsung heroes of the early movement of Analytical Psychology. He was a pioneer of relational psychoanalysis or intersubjective psychotherapy years before any such terms were coined. Trüb (which means 'cloudy' or ‘gloomy’ in German) had a personal friendship and later conflict with Jung and an ongoing correspondence with phil…

In this episode, I speak to Jonah C. Evans about the ideas of Austrian social reformer, architect, and Christian esotericist Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) and how they relate to Jung's psychology. Jonah is a priest and director of the seminary of the Christian Community in North America based in Toronto. The Christian Community is an international Chr…

In our third season of Secular Christ with Sean J. McGrath we go searching for the seeds of Secular Christianity. The series will go live in early 2024.Von by Psychology & The Cross

In our third season of Secular Christ with Sean J. McGrath we go searching for the seeds of Secular Christianity. The series will go live in early 2024.Von Jungian Analyst Jakob Lusensky

In this episode, I speak to Pia Chaudhari about her book Dynamis of Healing: Patristic Theology and the Psyche published by Fordham University Press. Pia holds a doctorate in theology from the Department of Psychiatry & Religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Her research interests include theological anthropology, depth psychology, pro…

A letter from Carl Gustav Jung to Sabina Spielrein (1885-1942), 4th of December 1908. My Dear, I regret so much; I regret my weakness and curse the fate that is threatening me. I fear for my work, for my life's task, for all the lofty perspectives that are being revealed to me by this new Weltanschauung as It evolves. How shall I with my sensitive …

In this episode, I am joined by Sarah Larkin to discuss the life and work of Christian depth psychologist Fritz Künkel (1889-1956). Sarah has a background in religious studies and a Master's in Theology. She is a poet and has created an online archive of Künkels writing online accessible on fritzkunkel.com Künkel was a giant in psychology in the 19…