The long-awaited follow-up to BTS’ best-selling album, Map of the Soul PERSONA, was announced on Jan. 7, 2020. Map of the Soul 7 is set to be released in four phases, beginning January 10th with the release of the comeback trailer, Interlude: Shadow.
The author of the book, Jung’s Map of the Soul – Zürich-based Jungian analyst Murray Stein, Ph.D. – returns to the podcast at the request of the BTS ARMY to discuss the trailer from a Jungian perspective. We cover Jung’s concept of the shadow, and how it relates to the persona and the ego.
Dr. Stein earned a Master of Divinity from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Religion and Psychological Studies from the University of Chicago. He trained as a Jungian analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich and later co-founded the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago where he worked as a training analyst.
He served as president of the International Association for Analytical Psychology as well as the International School of Analytical Psychology (ISAP Zürich) where he is currently a training and supervising analyst.
Dr. Stein is the author of many books and articles, and is the founder and Publisher Emeritus of Chiron Publications. The first volume of his Collected Writings, titled Individuation, is available now.
This interview was recorded on Saturday, January 11, 2020. It’s just 43:23 long and 39 MB. You can listen to it right here in your browser or download it directly to your computer. This episode is also available on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, TuneIn, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. And it is now available on our YouTube channel.
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SHOW NOTES
The Red Book: Liber Novus by C.G. Jung
Speaking of Jung, Ep. 17 Jungian analyst Dr. Tom Lavin on the shadow in politics
The Apocryphon of John Contains the Gnostic myth of Yaldabaoth (full text)
Metamorphoses by Ovid; contains the myth of Icarus
The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud
Comeback Map for Map of the Soul 7 (.jpg download)
POST-SHOW
Russian Translation This episode has been transcribed and translated into Russian; please note we have no way of checking it for accuracy
Japanese Translation Portions of this episode have been transcribed and translated into Japanese; please be advised I have not had it checked for accuracy
BTS (방탄소년단)
Big Hit Entertainment BTS’ official website
Map of the Soul 7 Audio CD available now for pre-order; drops Feb. 21, 2020
Map of the Soul PERSONA Audio CD
MURRAY STEIN, PH.D.
Speaking of Jung, Ep. 42 Murray Stein on Jung’s Map of the Soul
Speaking of Jung, Ep. 44 Murray Stein on Map of the Soul PERSONA
Jung’s Map of the Soul: An Introduction by Murray Stein
Map of the Soul – Persona: Our Many Faces by Murray Stein, with psychiatrists Steven Buser, M.D. and Leonard Cruz, M.D.
Individuation The Collected Writings of Murray Stein, Vol. 1
This episode is dedicated to the 7 members of BTS and their entire support staff.