Speaking of Jung: June 2026

New Episode

Ep. 159: Deeper Explorations

Jungian analyst Murray Stein, Ph.D., returned to discuss the new companion edition to his acclaimed book, Jung’s Map of the Soul: An Introduction (Open Court, 1998). Jung’s Map of the Soul: Deeper Explorations was released by Chiron Publications on May 18 and Dr. Stein joined me that morning to discuss the new book, the return of BTS from military enlistment and the release of their new album, ARIRANG.

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Next Episode

June 2026: Nietzsche’s Zarathustra

Professor Paul Bishop, Ph.D., will return to discuss the third volume in his series, Jung and the Epic of Transformation – Nietzsche’s “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” and the Challenge of Transformation, coming soon from Chiron Publications. Our previous talks on this series include Episode 135 on Volume 1, Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” and the Grail as Transformation, and Episode 152 on Volume 2, Goethe’s “Faust” as a Text of Transformation. The fourth and final volume on Jung’s Red Book is due out next year.

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New Books

Skin Disease: A Message from the Soul

By the late British Jungian analyst and dermatologist Anne Maguire, M.D.

“The skin is the boundary between the internal physical body and the outer world. It is the natural physical limitation of ego consciousness of the individual. Everything beyond the skin is ‘other.’” This book explores the unconscious psychic background of acute, but mainly chronic, skin diseases. It is a study which includes both the personal unconscious of each individual and the vast archetypal world with its communication by image and symbol, which is named the collective unconscious or objective psyche.

Republished by Daimon Verlag and Dr. Emmanuel Kennedy-Xypolitas on Apr. 25, 2026.

Full Introduction available to our Patreon members.

Seven Deadly Sins: The Dark Companions of the Soul

By the late British Jungian analyst Anne Maguire, M.D.

Pride, anger, jealousy, sloth, lust, avarice and gluttony are as old as mankind itself. However in the sense in which they were originally understood, interest in the seven sins has withered with the elapse of time. Ideas about sin and evil as taught by the theologians of the early church now seem dated and alien. However, when thought of as psychic representations of the dark side of human nature as C.G. Jung defined it, the Seven Deadly Sins acquire relevant new meaning.

Republished by Daimon Verlag and Dr. Emmanuel Kennedy-Xypolitas on Apr. 25, 2026.

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Absent Fathers, Yearning Sons: A Jungian Analysis of the Father-Son Dynamic

By Susan E. Schwartz, Ph.D., Jungian analyst

Routledge, May 13, 2026

Building on the success of her first book that explored the father/daughter relationship, Susan Schwartz turns her attention to the father/son dynamic in this compelling new work. Drawing on the fields of psychoanalysis, Schwartz applies the concepts of absence to the Jungian concept of the search for the Self.

Dr. Schwartz will join me on an upcoming episode to discuss this follow-up to her 2020 book, The Absent Father Effect on Daughters: Father Desire, Father Wounds (Ep. 76).

The Second Handbook of Jungian Psychology: Theory, Practice and Applications

Edited by Jungian analysts Renos K. Papadopoulos, Ph.D. and Stephen Garratt

Routledge, May 15, 2026

Includes contributions by Speaking of Jung guests Christian Roesler (Ep. 127), Mark Saban (Ep. 60), Sonu Shamdasani (Ep. 75), Murray Stein (16 episodes), and Mark Winborn (Ep. 6, 36, 72).

The Others: UFOs, AI, and the Secret Forces Guiding Human Destiny

By Professor Diana Walsh Pasulka, Ph.D. (Ep. Q14)

Macmillan Publishers, Jul. 28, 2026

“It’s my assessment of the visionary work of a priest and scientist from the early 20th Century, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, who predicted something like the internet (he called it the noosphere) in our era, the early 21st Century. He also predicted the formation of a new type of human being. I relate how experiencers today confirm his vision, and how creators of AI, AI itself, support it as well. I also delve into Peter Thiel’s talk about the Antichrist (I point out a few things he misses), and describe how religion has been the organic system which, in my opinion, has survived as the best framework for managing contact with non-human intelligence.”

Preorder Promotion (with special bonus content) from Macmillan.

Nietzsche’s Zarathustra: C.G. Jung Seminars, 1934–1939

Princeton University Press, Oct. 6, 2026

Bollingen Recollections is a multiyear project to republish all the books in the Bollingen Series—except for Jung’s Collected Works and the Mellon Lectures, which are already available—in high-quality new paper, accessible ebook, and hardcover editions. The new series design visually organizes the books by themes and collections.

Now available for preorder from Amazon US at 41% off (Volume One) and 42% off (Volume Two).

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