Episode 2: Shadow Work in the Occult

Join us as we talk about shadow work...where it came from, how it became popular, and the cultural and scientific issues with the term and application of the practice.

References/Resources

Bias of Carl Jung Toward Eastern Spiritual Practices: https://taileaters.com/depth-psychology/jungs-bias-toward-spiritual-practices-of-the-east/

Gnosticism and Individuation: https://www.jstor.org/stable/27510698?seq=1

Limitations of Psychoanalysis in treatment of mental illness:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/wps.20235

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272735811001863?via%3Dihub

https://journals.lww.com/hrpjournal/Fulltext/2013/05000/TheCurrentStateoftheEmpiricalEvidence_for.1.aspx

Myers-Briggs

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/00346543063004467

https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26554264.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232494957CautionarycommentsregardingtheMyers-BriggsType_Indicator

Biological Essentialism

A Neurologists perspective on subcortical systems reflecting unconscious archetypes: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01424/full

Jung and Racism: https://www.britishpsychotherapyfoundation.org.uk/insights/blog/jung-and-racism

**Archetypes: Culture or Biology? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22444357/

Additional Resources:

Link to workshops mentioned

DISCLAIMER: These workshops are not affiliated with or recommended by the podcast, but included if our listeners wish to explore the subject further themselves.

Twitter Announcement: https://twitter.com/becomingethical/status/1368598601346220035

Fairy Tales and Therapy Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fairy-tales-and-therapy-introductory-workshop-tickets-143404852775?ref=eios

Greek Myths and Therapy: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greek-myths-and-therapy-introductory-workshop-tickets-144792705881?fbclid=IwAR3Z_VvFCwLePAWgiuAeExWvfY7lTAdc9fZMfxpj6Krqp75SWDojE9-9u6Q