Blue Medicine Journal : A Jungian Podcast

“Converse with everything!” Join me in conversation with Dr. Craig Chalquist, Ph.D., Ph.D. Dr. Chalquist is the program director of Consciousness, Psychology, and Transformation at National University. A passionate educator and storyteller, he presents and teaches at the intersection of psyche, story, nature, reenchantment, and imagination through courses on depth psychology, applied folklore, ecotherapy, and terrapsychology, the study of how the things of the world get into our hearts and live there: "Converse with everything!” To read The Tales of Terranea and other work, visit Chalquist.com.

I am thrilled to celebrate Pride month with today’s guest, the Mystical millennial, Gregory Ganymedes (“ga-ni-MEE-deez”) (he/him)! Greg is the gaydreamer behind The Ganymede Project: an exploration of the queer masculine psyche through depth psychology, archetype, spirituality, and myth. Driven by the desire for more, more, MORE queer-centered psychological content, Gregory has carved out a slice of the internet dedicated to featuring imagery and quotations which appeal to queer psyche. A lifelong dreamer and seasoned Jungian analysand, he hosts a bimonthly Queer Men’s Virtual Dream Circle open to GBTQ dreamers who identify as male at least partially. He also finds amusement in writing essays in which he applies a queer Jungian perspective to various psychological and secular subjects of whimsy. He is—in order of importance—a devoted husband and father, a conservatory-trained oboist, and administrative professional. Join us for an animated journey into the blue realms of soul! Thanks to Lucas Bakker: Producer/editor/musican/composer-backstage wizard! See promised links below Greg's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theganymedeproject/ Greg's website: https://theganymedeproject.wordpress.com/ Books I quoted from today: Myths and Mysteries of Same-Sex Love by Christine Downing. https://g.co/kgs/zhV63cQ Men in Love: Male Homosexualities from Ganymede to Batman by Vittorio Lingiardi. https://g.co/kgs/b18GzNs Two Hearts Dancing: A Spiritual Journeybook for Gay Men by Andrew (Eli) Ramer. https://g.co/kgs/vwp5tp

Join me in welcoming Hélène Cardona, poet, actor, translator, dream analyst, and linguist. Today's episode is a conversation and a beautiful reading from her Life in Suspension (Salmon Poetry), “a vivid self-portrait as scholar, seer and muse” as John Ashbery, tells us. Cardona is author of Dreaming My Animal Selves (Salmon Poetry), described by David Mason as “liminal, mystical and other-worldly,” adding, “this is a poet who writes in a rare light.” Hailed as visionary by Richard Wilbur, Cardona’s luminous poetry explores consciousness, the power of place,and ancestral roots. It is poetry of alchemy and healing, a gateway to the unconscious and the dream world. For today’s podcast, we look at Life In Suspension, but she has promised to be back and we will enjoy her reading from Dreaming My Animal Selves. Hélène has authored the translations The Abduction (Maram Al-Masri, White Pine Press), Birnam Wood (José Manuel Cardona, Salmon Poetry), Beyond Elsewhere (Gabriel Arnou-Laujeac, White Pine Press), Ce que nous portons (Dorianne Laux, Éditions du Cygne), and Walt Whitman’s Civil War Writings (University of Iowa). She is the recipient of over 20 awards & honors, including the Independent Press Award, a Hemingway Grant and an Albertine and FACE Foundation Prize. Her work has been translated into 19 languages. She wrote her thesis on Henry James for her MA in American Literature from the Sorbonne, received fellowships from the Goethe-Institut and Universidad Internacional de Andalucía, worked as a translator/interpreter for the Canadian Embassy, and taught at Hamilton College and Loyola Marymount University. She is a member of the Parlement des écrivaines francophones. Enjoy!

Join us in conversation with Jungian, Roland Palencia. He shares his ever-unfolding “personal myth,” as immigrant, queer Latino activist, and cofounder of Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos (GLUU) and VIVA!, a Queer Latine artist collective in the early 1980s in Los Angeles. His award-winning film UNIDAD: Gay & Lesbian Latinos Unidos chronicles this pioneering and visionary community, their inception, vision for community, their adversities, and triumphs. The film is co-produced by PBS and streaming on unidadmovie.com

Caroline Casey of Coyote Network News shares her wordsmith magic & default setting "Woof, woof Wanna Play" to shine light on the role of the Trickster archetype and Astrology as we wend our way through this kairos moment and dark night of the soul.

This episode Dr. Stephen Rowley takes us on a soulful mystery tour of his life as "orphan and searcher." Reading from his newly-published memoir,The Lost Coin: A Memoir of Adoption and Destiny, Stephen shares poignant moments and through a Jungian lens, unveils his two quests, outward quest to find his birth parents and the quest inward, to find Self. In the search, he discovers "the journey is home." Welcome as we imagine a new world into being!

This episode blends Raven lore and considers the trickster-redeemer archetype. Poe's gothic poem of the same name explores the loss of the maiden archetype, and we explore Raven as my guardian spirit throughout my postpartum blues and as lifelong companion.