Speaking of Jung – Episode 27: James Hollis

Jungian analyst and author James Hollis returns to the podcast to discuss his book on relationships.

The Eden Project: In Search of the Magical Other – A Jungian Perspective on Relationship is available at Amazon and directly from Inner City Books. You can also read an excerpt in ICB’s Spring/Summer 2006 newsletter, Jung at Heart No. 43.

The back of the book reads: The Eden Project is a timely and thought-provoking corrective to the generalized fantasies about relationships that permeate our culture. This is not a practical guide on how to fix a relationship, but rather a challenge to greater personal responsibility in relationships, a call of individual growth as opposed to seeking rescue through others.

James Hollis, Ph.D. was born in Springfield, Illinois, graduated from Manchester University in 1962 and Drew University in 1967. He taught Humanities for 26 years in various colleges and universities and trained as a Jungian analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zürich from 1977-1982.

Dr. Hollis is presently a licensed Jungian analyst in private practice in Washington, D.C. He served as Executive Director of the C.G. Jung Educational Center of Houston, Texas for many years and now is Executive Director of the Jung Society of Washington, D.C.

He is a retired Senior Training Analyst for the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, was first Director of Training of the Philadelphia Jung Institute, and is Vice President Emeritus of the Philemon Foundation. He is also a co-founder of the Jungian Studies program at Saybrook University of San Francisco and Houston.

Dr. Hollis has written a total of fourteen books and over fifty articles. His latest, Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey – A 21-Step Plan for Addressing the Unfinished Business of Your Life, is due to be published in February of 2018. NEW: Dr. Hollis will be returning to the podcast on March 21, 2018 to discuss his new book.

This interview was recorded on Wednesday, August 16, 2017. It’s 01:04:36 long and 48 MB. You can listen to it right here in your browser or download it directly to your computer. This episode is also available on iTunes, Stitcher, and Google Play.

TOPICS

Complexes, projection, eating disorders, the gods, Antigone, the Magical Other, the Eden Project, abusive relationships, birth trauma, co-dependence, anxiety, grief, outgrowing relationships, parent-child relationships, the narcissistic wound, narcissism, and the romantic fantasy.