This episode explores Death Potential which is not a psychological trait but a mythological and metaphysical category. Moreover, it is archetypal and universal and therefore is not unique to capitalism but exists within our consciousness across its whole history. The immense technological powers of capitalism constellate this Death Potential in the most intense form yet experienced by our species. This distinguishes it from Freud’s notion of the death instinct. I do not believe such an instinct exists in the human psyche but I do believe that mankind has a tremendous fear of death which is repressed, becomes intolerable and is then projected outwards. I also believe that the whole perinatal period, (that is the period around birth: in the womb, actual birth, and immediate post-birth) can be an intimate, dramatic, sometimes traumatic, encounter with the forces of death that can deeply shape human character. In other words our entrance into consciousness is through the gates of potential death. This is projected onto nature,other human beings, and the world. This is our greatest danger.
S2 Ep82. Jung and the Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation
S2 Ep81. The Turning of the Year
S2 Ep80. Answer to Job. Part 8. Appraisal.
S3 Ep32. Respuesta a Job Parte 9. Relevancia al mundo moderno. Spanish language series
S2 Ep79. Answer to Job. Part 7. Questions and Responses.
S3 Ep31. Respuesta a Job. Parte 8. Valoración crítica. Spanish language series
S2 Ep78 Answer to Job. Part 6. God wants to create humanity ... but not quite
S3 Ep30. Respuesta a Job Parte 7. ¿Hay una explicación en la historia judaica y cristiana para la literatura apocalíptica? Spanish language series.
S2 Ep77. Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 5. The Contemporary Apocalypse.
S2 Ep76. Answer to Job. Part 4. The Dark Side of the Creator
S3 Ep29. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 6. ¿Un Verdadero Apocalipsis? Spanish language series
S2 Ep75. Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 3. The Drama between Mankind and God.
S3 Ep28. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 5. Dios quiere entrar la humanidad. Spanish language series.
S2 Ep74. Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 2. Jung’s Different Voices.
S2 Ep73. Exploration of Jung’s Answer to Job. Part 1. The Background.
S3 Ep27. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 4. El lado oscuro de Dios. Spanish language series.
S2 Ep72. Banishment from Eden and Emergence of Consciousness. The Spiritual Crisis of our Time. Part 15
S3 Ep26. Jung y la Respuesta a Job. Parte 3. El drama entre Dios y la humanidad. Spanish language series
S2 Ep71. The Fall from the Garden of Eden. Spiritual Crisis of our Time Part 14
S2 Ep70. The Transition from the Great Mother to the Patriarchy. The Spiritual Crisis of our Time. Part 13.
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