60. Mundus Imaginalis. Where Head and Heart Finally Meet

✨ New Season Premiere ✨

Welcome to the new season of the Musical Podcast by Johnny Murray. This journey blends original soundtrack, spoken word, and reflection into a unique space where decision-making meets vision and music.

The season opens with “Mundus Imaginalis. Where head and heart finally meet”, inspired by the writings of Henry Corbin and the insights of Carl Jung. Together, their ideas reveal the imaginal world, a realm where symbols, archetypes, and inner visions guide human choices.

🎧 In this episode, we explore how imagination shapes decision-making, and how the meeting of head and heart can help us navigate a world filled with uncertainty. All of this unfolds over the evocative, original soundtrack composed by Johnny Murray aka Ionut Murariu.

Step inside. Listen deeply. Let this season show how ethics, culture, and sound can open new pathways for the choices we make.

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Episode Transcript

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Welcome to a new season of the Musical podcast brought to you
by Johnny Murray Production in association with Blooming and
Bloom Limited. Thank you for listening,
following, and for rating our musical podcast.

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This is not just music, not juststory.
It is a journey into the ways wechoose, the paths we build, the
futures we imagine together. In every culture, decisions have
been guided by symbols, by myths, by the wisdom passed
through generations. Today, we stand at the
crossroads of ancient knowledge and modern intelligence.

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We call it moral intelligence, the courage to choose with
fairness and care. And we call it Ethical AIA, New
companion to help us protect what makes us human.
This season, every episode will carry you through sound, poetry
and reflection to show how imagination, ethics, and

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technology can come together as guides for our lives.
Because choices are not just calculations.
They are stories. They are journeys.
They are the shape of who we become.
So step inside, listen deeply, and let the season open the door
to a new way of deciding with wisdom, with meaning, with

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music. So let's begin, dear listeners.
In this new season, we step intothe Mundus imaginalis, the
imaginal world. Mundus Imaginalis is a term

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first developed by French philosopher Henry Corbin.
It means the imaginal world, andnot to be confused with the
imaginary. It is a realm between the
physical and the spiritual, where symbols, visions and
stories carry truth. Corbin's idea meets the thought
of Carl Jung, who spoke of archetypes and the collective

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unconscious. Both saw imagination not as
fantasy but as a doorway, a place where the human soul
encounters meaning and where choices can be guided by images
older and deeper than ourselves.A place that is not fantasy, not
physical, but something in between.
A world of symbols, dreams and stories that guide the way we

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think, feel and decide. Let's begin.
Imagine you are standing before a choice.
It could be small, like what step to take tomorrow, or it
could be vast, like which direction to give your life.
At first glance, the choice looks flat.

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Just options on a page, pros andcons, logical calculations.
But if you listen carefully, there is another doorway, a
place where choices take on formand story.
That place is the Mundus Imaginalis, the imaginal world.

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Step inside with me here. Your decision doesn't appear as
a line on a list. It becomes a symbolic landscape,
a crossroads in a city, a stairway waiting to be climbed,
a street that needs crossing. These are not just fantasies,

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they are images carrying meaning, showing you what your
inner self feels about the path ahead.
Walk further and you'll notice that this world is safe to
explore. You can try on possibilities
here without consequence. Do you want to follow the Road
home where safety waits, or wander into the wild city where

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freedom calls? Each route plays itself out in
front of you, like rehearsals for reality.
By moving through these images, you begin to see your strategies
more clearly. But the imaginal world is not
only yours, it belongs to humanity as a whole.
The hero, the trickster, the phoenix rising from ashes.

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These are symbols that have guided people for centuries.
They whisper lessons from cultures and histories far
beyond your own, offering strategic wisdom hidden inside
story and myth. And there is something more in
the Mundus imaginales, your headand your heart finally meet.

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That conflict you feel between logic pulling one way and
emotion pulling another shows itself as a vivid image.
Your home that promises protection, a city that offers
adventure. Seeing it this way doesn't just
solve the conflict, it transforms it into a dialogue
between two parts of yourself. Two parts of yourself.

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Finally, the most important giftof this world.
Meaning a decision here is not just efficient, it is alive.
What once felt like a burden cannow be lived as a hero's trial,
a test of courage, or a chapter in your larger story.

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And meaning, once discovered, gives resilience.
It keeps you moving when the road is hard.
This is why we bring the Mundus Imaginales into decision making.
Because choices are not just calculations, they are journeys.
And when you walk through them with symbols, images and stories

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as your companions, you don't just find strategies, you find
yourself, yourself, yourself. Step inside before the choice.

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Be guided by your inner voice. The gate of logic stands
unlocked, but dreams await. Step through and walk a city to
a. City to Rome.
A stairway. To a stairway to climb, a road
to a road to cross. The imaginal world is never just

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yours. It echoes through cultures,
through legends, through wars, in pages of history, in stories,
retold lies. Wisdom eternal, more precious
than gold. Balance the safety with daring
adventure. Be watchful, be watchful.
Be bold. Be bold.

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A Seeker. Avenger.
Avenger. Keep on dreaming.
Work on dreaming. Follow your visions, follow your
visions. Find their meaning.
Find their meaning and seek yourdecisions.
Thank you for listening, following, and for rating our
musical podcast.