The Red Book: The Midlife Catharsis of Dr. Carl Jung (Video Bonus)

About this episode

This episode explores Dr. Carl Jung's concept of the midlife crisis as a call for inward journey and self-discovery.

Dr. Carl Jung wrote that around the age of 35 we enter "the shadow side of life". Nowadays we call it a midlife crisis, but to Jung, it's a call from the depths of your soul—an invitation for the journey inward. Will you answer the call?Support my work and the Creative Codex vision on Patreon, where you can gain access to my Red Book Reading series, along with all my Creativity Tip minisodes, the Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain series: https://www.patreon.com/mjdorian ∞∞∞∞∞Note on the imagery used in the video: Attribution for artworks appears in the lower right hand corner onscreen. The imagery shown during Jung's vision segments was made with Midjourney. All other imagery, such as the artworks shown when discussing Jung's physical Red Book, are the original documents & artworks.∞∞∞∞∞Written & Produced by MJDorianAll music by MJDorian

People in this episode

Host: MJDorian

Topics covered

• midlife crisis
• Carl Jung
• self-discovery
• psychology
• creativity

Keywords

• midlife crisis
• Carl Jung
• Red Book
• psychology
• self-exploration

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