About this episode
The episode explores the relationship between magic and psychology, particularly through the lens of Jung's influence on modern thought.
Is magic just a less sophisticated form of psychology? That is probably the cornerstone claim of what I am calling 'Modernity's Magic'. And in the next instalment of our series 'Hospicing Modernity's Magic', I want to look at: How psychology diverged from magic and why. Jung's role during his lifetime. What the magicians of modernity did with the 'legitimacy umbrella' they received from Jungian thought. Which parts of this journey do we take with us into the magic of today? Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:11 Wearing Jung's Skin Like a Pelt 01:57 The 19th Century & Roads Not Taken 07:56 The Red Book 10:50 Active Imagination 15:26 Jung & Astrology 17:59 Is Magic Just Psychology? 22:09 Synchronicity 29:17 The Yi Qing & Moments in Time 33:08 Synchromysticism as Omen Logic 35:26 Psychoid Archetypes & the Unus Mundus 43:00 The Post-Jung Pelt-Wearers 49:27 What to Hospice, What to Keep 52:32 Use Magic to Legitimise Jung
People in this episode
Host: Gordon
Topics covered
- psychology
- magic
- Jungian thought
- modernity
- synchronicity
- archetypes
Keywords
- magic
- psychology
- Jung
- synchronicity
- archetypes
- modernity
- Hospicing Modernity's Magic
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Red Book, Yi Qing
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