In this episode:
I discuss how times of struggle, and even suffering, can open us up to an experience that Jung calls “an affirmation of things as they are.”

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections' by C.G. Jung
2. 'Carl Gustav Jung: A Biography' by Frank McLynn
3. 'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
4. 'Revelations of Divine Love' by Julian of Norwich
5. The Gate, a poem by Marie Howe
6. Letter by Rainer Maria Rilke, quoted in 'Duino Elegies & The Sonnets to Orpheus' edited and Translated by Stephen Mitchell
7.  The Soul and Death from 'Collected Works, vol. 8' by C.G. Jung
8.  'Abandonment to Divine Providence' by Jean-Pierre de Caussade

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