When the Soul Retreats

In this episode:
I look at one of the more difficult experiences of the symbolic life, an experience best known by its religious name: the "dark night of the soul."

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Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Selected Letters' by C.G. Jung
2. 'Concerning the Inner Life' by Evelyn Underhill 
3. Concerning Rebirth in 'Collected Works, vol. 9i' by C.G. Jung
4. 'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
5.  'The Masks of God: Creative Mythology' by Joseph Campbell
6. The Romance of Tristan and Iseult, retold by Joseph Bédier (translated by Hilaire Belloc)
7. Luke 17:33, NKJV
8.  Tao Te Ching, translated by Man-Ho Kwok, Martin Palmer, and Jay Ramsay
9. 'Mysticism' by Evelyn Underhill
10. The Psychology of the Transference in 'Collected Works, vol. 16' by C.G. Jung
11. 'The Life of Prayer' by Baron Friedrich von Hügel
12.  'Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology' by Marie-Louise von Franz
    
    

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For more on living a symbolic life:
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