In this episode:
I return to the relationship between Ahab and Starbuck, focusing on a pivotal scene from Chapter 132, 'The Symphony'. I explore the ways our ideas of psychological change often involve a hidden quality of inflation.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 132: The Symphony)
2. S4 Ep. 9: The Gorgon's Eye
3. 'The Interpretation of Fairy Tales' by Marie-Louise von Franz
4. Matthew 18:3 (NIV)
5. 'The Psychology of Child Archetype' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 9i
6. 'The Development of the Personality' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 17
7. 'Individuation in Fairy Tales' by Marie-Louise von Franz
8. 'Ego and Archetype' by Edward Edinger
9. 'Tao Te Ching' (Translated by Red Pine)
10. 'The Dhammapada' (Translated by Gil Fronsdal)
11. 'Mysterium Coniunctionis' by C.G. Jung in Collected Works, vol. 14
12. 'The King and the Corpse' by Heinrich Zimmer
13. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 117: The Whale Watch)

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In this episode:
I explore the tension between Captain Ahab and his first mate, Starbuck. Through this dynamic we examine themes of the relationship to nature and the nature of inner work.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 16: The Ship; Chapter 26: Knights and Squires; Chapter 28: Ahab; Chapter 29: Enter Ahab; To Him Stubb; Chapter 36: The Quarter-Deck; Chapter 38: Dusk; Chapter 41: Moby-Dick)
2. S4 Ep. 8: A Collision Course With Life
3. 'After the Catastrophe' by C.G. Jung (CW10)
4. 'Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology' by Marie-Louise von Franz
5. 'The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga' by C.G. Jung
6. 'Man is Not Alone' by Abraham Joshua Heschel

Music:
"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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

In this episode:
I delve into the character of Captain Ahab. Ahab is a tragic figure who draws his whole crew into the orbit of his psychological atmosphere. I go on to look at the tension between the will of the ego and the will of fate and discuss the hard work involved in becoming conscious.

Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville (Chapter 16: The Ship; Chapter 20: All Astir; Chapter 28: Ahab; Chapter 51: The Spirit-Spout)
2. S4, Ep. 2: Outcasts of the Spirit
3. 1 Kings 16:30 (NIV)
4. 'A Pregnant Allegory,' Review of Moby-Dick by George Ripley (Norton Edition)
5. 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' by William Shakespeare
6. 'Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles
7. 'Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self' by C.G. Jung (CW9ii)
8. S4, Ep. 6 - Moby-Dick: An American Myth, part 1
9. 'Two Essays on Analytical Psychology' by C.G. Jung (CW7)
10. 'Psychology and Alchemy' by C.G. Jung (CW12)

Music:
"Dreaming Days," "Slow Vibing," and "The Return" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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For more on living a symbolic life:
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