Speaking of Jung was created by Laura London in 2015 to explore the work of Carl Gustav (C.G.) Jung. This extensive website contains over 200 pages of information with an accompanying podcast of over 150 episodes exploring the field of Jung’s analytical psychology through in-depth, one-on-one discussions with Jungian analysts. These psychoanalysts undergo many years of post-graduate analytic training with a certified institute of the IAAP and are required to undergo hundreds of hours of personal analysis. Our podcast features interviews with certified Jungian psychoanalysts.

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▪️Our most unique episode to date, Episode 145 with Jungian analyst Fiann Paul was released on Wednesday, June 11th. The YouTube edition includes videos of Fiann, photos, graphics, and several of his original songs, including “Jungian Prayer” with James Hollis.
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2025 EPISODES

⚪️ Ep. 145: Fiann Paul ~ Jun. 11, 2025 ~ Jungian analyst Fiann Paul (first-time guest) was trained as an architect, has lived on five continents, and is the only person to have rowed every ocean, breaking more records than any other explorer in the world. Along with a Diploma in Analytical Psychology from the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich, he holds over 40 Guinness Records.

⚪️ Ep. 144: Dariane Pictet ~ May 30, 2025 ~ Jungian analyst Dariane Pictet (first-time guest) joined us from Geneva, Switzerland to discuss the roles she played in stage performances of The Analyst and the Rabbi, The Red Book, and Eranos: A Play. We also discussed Eranos founder Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn, the ten years Dariane spent working with Marion Woodman, and the annual Jungian Odyssey conference at ISAP Zürich.

⚪️ Ep. 143: Psychoanalysis and Men ~ May 14, 2025 ~ Jungian analyst and retired law professor Leslie Stein, J.D. (Ep. 113) returned to us from Sydney, Australia to discuss his latest novel, The Psychoanalysis of Dr. Seele, published in February by Arcade Publishing.

⚪️ Ep. 142: Stefano Carpani, Ph.D. ~ Apr. 24, 2025 ~ Jungian analyst Stefano Carpani (first-time guest) joined us from Berlin to discuss his books, The New Myth of Analysis for a Neo-Jungian Analytical Psychology, the forthcoming War as Reset: Insights from Contemporary Analytical Psychology on the Age of Hypocrisy, and the upcoming online conference, “Democracy on the Couch: In Search of the Forgotten Self,” taking place May 24-25, 2025.

⚪️ Ep. 141: Flying Saucers ~ Apr. 15, 2025 ~ Oxford-educated Jung scholar Professor Paul Bishop, Ph.D. (Ep. 131 & 135) returned to us from Scotland to discuss Jung’s essay, “Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies”

⚪️ Ep. 140: Soul-Making ~ Mar. 26, 2025 ~ Jungian analyst Christina Becker (Ep. 7) returned after 10 years to tell us about her upcoming memoir, Soul-Making: A Journey of Resilience & Spiritual Rediscovery, scheduled to be published in May by Friesen Press.

⚪️ Ep. 139: Confronting Death ~ Mar. 12, 2025 ~ Jungian analyst Luis Moris (Ep. 90) returned to us from Zürich, Switzerland to discuss his new book, Confronting Death, which includes essays by Speaking of Jung guests Henry Abramovitch, John Beebe, Paul Bishop, Ann Casement, Joseph Cambray, and Murray Stein.

⚪️ Ep. 138: Borrowed Dust ~ Mar. 3, 2025 ~ Jungian analyst James Hollis, Ph.D. returned for his 8th episode of Speaking of Jung to discuss his new book, Living with Borrowed Dust: Reflections on Life, Love, and Other Grievances, scheduled to be published on March 4th by Sounds True.

⚪️ Ep. 137: Secrets ~ Feb. 21, 2025 ~ Jungian analyst and astrologer Sherene Vismaya (Ep. 58) returned to us from an undisclosed location in Sri Lanka to discuss her 21-day intensive, “Secrets” – a collaboration with Billy Corgan. Laura is also taking part in the intensive and this episode was recorded on Day 8.

⚪️ Ep. 136: Girl Unfolding ~ Feb. 12, 2025 ~ Jungian analyst and clinical psychologist Susan Schwartz, Ph.D. (Ep. 40, 76, 125) returned to us from Paradise Valley, Arizona to discuss her latest book, A Jungian Exploration of the Puella Archetype: Girl Unfolding, published in December by Routledge.

⚪️ Ep. 135: Jung, Parzival, & the Grail as Transformation ~ Jan. 30, 2025 ~ Jung scholar and professor Paul Bishop, Ph.D. (Ep. 131) returned to us from Glasgow, Scotland to discuss the first volume in his forthcoming 4-part series, Jung & the Epic of Transformation, published in May by Chiron.

⚪️ Ep. 134: The Psychology of Tattooing ~ The podcast returned from hiatus on January 15, 2025 when we welcomed Jungian analyst Brian Mayo in Toronto, Canada to discuss his new book on the psychology of the tattoo, Skin Deep: Manifestations of the Unconscious in Everyday Life, published in December by Inner City Books.

2025 SCHEDULE

⚪️ July 9: Jungian analyst Nancy Swift-Furlotti, Ph.D. (Ep. 94) returns to discuss her essay, “The Path to the Transcendent Function: Dreams, Visions, and Psychedelics,” published in the book, Psychedelics and Individuation: Essays by Jungian Analysts (Chiron Publications, 2023).

⚪️ August: Jungian analyst Paul Brutsche, Ph.D. (first-time guest) joins us from Zürich, Switzerland to discuss the 150th birthday of C.G. Jung. Dr. Brutsche has played Jung in several notable stage productions and has embodied Jung’s character brilliantly!

⚪️ September 4: Quantum physicist Christophe Le Mouël, Ph.D. (first-time guest) is a Jungian analyst-in-training at the Research and Training Center in Depth Psychology According to C.G. Jung and Marie-Louise von Franz, as well as Executive Director of the Jung Institute of Los Angeles.

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UPCOMING TITLES

⚪️ Soul-Making: A Journey of Resilience & Spiritual Rediscovery ~ Friesen Press, Summer 2025 ~ The self-published memoir by Jungian psychoanalyst and astrologer Christina Becker that was the subject of Episode 140.

⚪️ Ages of Anxiety: Auden Reading Jung in Times of War (Second Edition) ~ Routledge, Jun. 25, 2025 ~ Craig E. Stephenson (Ep. 112) examines how W.H. Auden in his Pulitzer Prize winning poem, “The Age of Anxiety,” used Jung’s psychological types to structure and explore his responses to war and the rise of fascism.

⚪️ An Analytical Exploration of Love & Narcissism: The Tragedy of Isolation & Intimacy ~ Routledge, Jun. 27, 2025 ~ A new look at love and narcissism by Jungian analyst and clinical psychologist Susan E. Schwartz, Ph.D. (Ep. 40, 76, 125, 136).

⚪️ Integrating Shadow: Authentic Being in the World ~ Karnac Books, September 2025 ~ By the late Jungian analyst Ann Casement (Ep. 51 & 86). This material was the subject of her 2019 Fay Lecture Series as well as Episode 51, recorded on Dec. 2, 2019.

⚪️ The Relational Jung: Challenging the Inward Orientation of Analytical Psychology ~ Routledge, Sept. 24, 2025 (UK) / Oct. 20, 2025 (US) ~ Edited by Jungian analysts Robin S. Brown, Ph.D. and Mark Saban, Ph.D. (Ep. 60). Includes essays by Speaking of Jung guests Joseph Cambray, Ph.D. (Ep. 130) and Mark Winborn, Ph.D. (Ep. 6, 36, 72).

⚪️ The Active Imagination: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1931 ~ Princeton University Press, Oct. 14, 2025 (UK) / Mar. 10, 2026 (US) ~ Jung’s landmark seminar on the psychotherapeutic method of active imagination. Part of the Philemon Foundation Series, edited by Ernst Falzeder, Ph.D.

⚪️ The Splendor of the Maya: A Journey into the Shadows at the Dawn of Creation ~ Texas A&M University Press, Nov. 10, 2025 ~ Based on the 2021 Fay Lecture Series by Jungian analyst Nancy Swift Furlotti, Ph.D. (Ep. 94 & 146). This material was the subject of Episode 94 recorded on Oct. 6, 2021.

⚪️ Murray Stein: Individuation, Transformation & the Ways to the Self in Jungian Psychology ~ Routledge, Nov. 17, 2025 ~ A comprehensive introduction and overview of the work of Murray Stein, Ph.D. (14 episodes) by Jungian analyst Steve Herrmann, Ph.D. Part of the Routledge Introductions to Contemporary Analytical Psychology & Neo-Jungian Studies series.

⚪️ Landscapes of the Soul: C.G. Jung & the Exploration of the Human Psyche in Switzerland ~ University of Chicago Press, Nov. 21, 2025 ~ The Swiss National Museum analyzes Switzerland as a center of the history of psychoanalysis in honor of the 150th birthday of Carl Jung.

⚪️ Jung's Life & Work: Interviews for Memories, Dreams, Reflections with Aniela Jaffé ~ Princeton University Press, Dec. 2, 2025 ~ Finally, the long-awaited protocols for Memories, Dreams, Reflections will be released later this year by Princeton University Press. Edited by Professor Sonu Shamdasani, Ph.D. (Ep. 75). Now available for preorder.

⚪️ Coming this year from Chiron Publications: Jung & Alchemy: A Path to Individuation (Murray Stein, Ph.D.); Psychiatric Treatment: Crisis, Clinic & Consultation (John Beebe, M.D.); Brothers & Sisters: Myth & Reality (Henry Abramovitch, Ph.D.); Jung & the Epic of Transformation, Vol. 2: Goethe’s “Faust” as a Text of Transformation (Paul Bishop, Ph.D.); The Self, Individuation, Communitas: Reflections on Fundamental Values in Analytical Psychology (Murray Stein, Ph.D. and Emilija Kiehl (eds.))

PUBLISHED IN 2025

⚪️ War as Reset: Insights from Contemporary Analytical Psychology on the Age of Hypocrisy ~ Jun. 9, 2025 ~ Edited by Jungian analyst Stefano Carpani, Ph.D. (Ep. 142) & Ludmilla Ostermann, M.A. Includes contributions by Speaking of Jung guests Henry Abramovitch, Ph.D. (Ep. 47 & 126), Joseph Cambray, Ph.D. (Ep. 130), George Hogenson, Ph.D. (Ep. 14), Marianne Meister-Notter, Ph.D. (Ep. 115), and Murray Stein, Ph.D. (14 episodes).

⚪️ Eranos: A Play ~ Mar. 9, 2025 ~ An imaginative account of a meeting at the Eranos Conference in 1947. Written by Jungian analysts Henry Abramovitch, Ph.D. (Ep. 47 & 126) and Murray Stein, Ph.D. (14 episodes). Includes original essays by members of the Ensemble (all Jungian analysts) and by film-maker and Jungian analyst Luis Moris (Ep. 90 & 139).

⚪️ Living with Borrowed Dust: Reflections on Life, Love, & Other Grievances ~ Mar. 4, 2025 ~ The 20th book by beloved Jungian analyst James Hollis, Ph.D. (8 episodes).

⚪️ Where is Soul? Psychology in Modernity ~ Feb. 25, 2025 ~ Edited by Jungian analysts Greg Mogenson and Pamela J. Power, Ph.D. (Ep. 33). Includes essays by Professor Paul Bishop, Ph.D. (Ep. 131, 135, 141) and Dr. Power.

⚪️ The Psychoanalysis of Dr. Seele: A Novel ~ Feb. 18, 2025 ~ The second novel by Jungian analyst and former law professor Leslie Stein (Ep. 113). “When a life built on power and arrogance erodes, one must embark on a journey to uncover the essence of their existence.”

⚪️ Dedicated to the Soul: The Writings & Drawings of Emma Jung ~ Jan. 14, 2025 ~ A collection of never-before-seen writings and drawings from the notebooks, portfolios, and personal papers of Jung’s wife and collaborator. Edited by Ann Conrad Lammers, Thomas Fischer (Ep. 101), and Medea Hoch.

⚪️ On Dreams & the East: Notes of the 1933 Berlin Seminar ~ Jan. 14, 2025 ~ C.G. Jung’s landmark seminar on the symbolism of yoga and its applications to dream analysis. Part of the Philemon Foundation Series.

IN MEMORIAM

⚪️ J. Gary Sparks (Nov. 27, 1948 – Mar. 20, 2025) ~ Gary was more than my guest on this podcast (Ep. 2, 28, 35, 114, 119) he was also a dear friend. He will be deeply missed. Here is a link to his full obituary, and please visit the memorial page by his publisher and friends at Inner City Books.

⚪️ Ann Casement (Jan. 1938 – Jan. 8, 2025) ~ Professor Casement was one of the kindest and most generous guests I’ve ever had. We recorded two episodes together, Ep. 51 and Ep. 86. Rest in peace, great lady.

⚪️ Thomas Patrick Lavin, Ph.D. (Oct. 7, 1941 – Jun. 3, 2024) ~ Ep. 17 guest Tom Lavin (as he was known) passed away last summer. I will miss attending his talks at the C.G. Jung Center in Evanston. My deepest condolences to his wife, Dr. Mary Ellen O’Hare-Lavin.

⚪️ David Rosen, M.D. (Feb. 25, 1945 – May 7, 2024) ~ After entering Hospice House in Eugene, Oregon, on Dec. 29, 2023, Dr. Rosen (Ep. 93) passed away in May. An excerpt on his concept of egocide from the book, Transforming Depression, is one of the most visited pages on this website.

⚪️ Deldon Anne McNeely, Ph.D. (d. May 4, 2024) ~ Her family held a private ceremony on May 11, 2024. “Del” (Ep. 13) is survived by a son and two daughters.

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