I am honored to be joined once again by the author of Jung’s Map of the Soul, esteemed Jungian analyst Dr. Murray Stein in Zürich, Switzerland.
He holds 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 Jung Institute of Chicago where he worked as a training analyst.
Dr. Stein served as president of the International Association for Analytical Psychology and the International School of Analytical Psychology (known as ISAP Zürich) where he is currently a training and supervising analyst.
He is a very prolific author and among his many books is Jung’s Map of the Soul: An Introduction, published in 1998. It was recognized by BTS’ management company, Big Hit Entertainment, prior to the release of their 2019 album, Map of the Soul: Persona. You can hear Dr. Stein discuss his book and BTS for the first time in Episode 42.
After the album’s release in April 2019, we recorded Episode 44 in which we discussed each track from a Jungian perspective.
Shortly after that, a Map of the Soul book series was started by Chiron Publications. The publishers, Drs. Steven Buser and Leonard Cruz, along with Dr. Stein, released the first volume, Map of the Soul: Persona—Our Many Faces.
Last week, BTS released a follow-up to Persona, this time a full-length studio album titled Map of the Soul: 7. Prior to its release, the interlude and the outro were unveiled on YouTube: Shadow and Ego. You can hear Dr. Stein’s full analyses of Interlude: Shadow in Episode 53 and Outro: Ego in Episode 54.
We’re here today to discuss the new album, its 19 tracks and the meaning of the number 7.
After my discussion with Dr. Stein, I was joined by Chiron publisher Dr. Steven Buser to discuss their new book series, Map of the Soul. (The second book, Map of the Soul: Shadow – Our Hidden Self, is now available from Amazon and directly from Chiron Publications.)
Steven Buser, M.D. received his medical doctorate at Duke University and served for 12 years as a physician in the United States Air Force. He is a graduate of the two-year clinical training program at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago and is the co-founder of the Asheville Jung Center. Dr. Buser has worked for over 30 years in psychiatry with a focus on Jungian oriented psychotherapy. He co-authored DSM-5 Insanely Simplified and co-edited A Clear & Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of President Trump as well as Rocket Man: Nuclear Madness & the Mind of Donald Trump. He currently works in the field of addiction medicine and serves as Publisher of Chiron Publications.
These interviews were recorded on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. The episode is 01:15:04 long and 70.6 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, Stitcher, Google Play, TuneIn, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. And it’s now available on our YouTube channel.
TOPICS
The number seven, alchemy, snakes, rebirth, depression, biases, empathy, respect, resiliency, anti-fragility, time, ego-development, the shadow, the inner child, and the Map of the Soul series and its upcoming editions, including ego, anima/animus, and the archetypal self.
AFTER THE EPISODE
Latest from BTS: Soul, Shadow, & Black Swan New blog post by Dr. Stein on the Chiron Publications Blog. Includes links to free book samples in both English and Korean as well as an entry form for a free giveaway.
SHOW NOTES
Track List for Map of the Soul: 7
doolset lyrics Each track on Map of the Soul: 7 with English translations
BTS Translations by wisha
Kinetic Manifesto Film: Come Prima Video performance of Track 11: ‘ON’
Psychology & Alchemy Vol. 12 of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung
In Midlife by Murray Stein, Ph.D.
Rafael López-Pedraza Amazon author page
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Ph.D.
Instagram: Laura London | Murray Stein | Chiron Publications
BTS on The Tonight Show Performance of ‘ON’ at Grand Central Terminal
Children’s Dreams: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936-1940 by C.G. Jung
The Archetypes & the Collective Unconscious Vol. 9i of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung; contains the essay “The Psychology of the Child Archetype”
Trauma & the Soul: A Psycho-Spiritual Approach to Human Development & Its Interruption by Donald Kalsched, Ph.D., Jungian analyst
The Inner World of Trauma: Archetypal Defenses of the Personal Spirit by Donald Kalsched, Ph.D., Jungian analyst
The Black Sun: The Alchemy & Art of Darkness by Stanton Marlan, Ph.D., Jungian analyst
Map of the Soul New book series from Chiron Publications
Mapa del Alma: Persona – Nuestras Muchas Caras NEW: Spanish paperback edition of Map of the Soul: Persona – Our Many Faces
Map of the Soul: Shadow – Our Hidden Self with Murray Stein, Ph.D., Steven Buser, M.D., Leonard Cruz, M.D., and Sarah L. Stein, Ph.D.
BTS ARMY Help Center Projects Twitter account doing the book giveaway
Jungians Speaking: Conversations with Jungian Analysts from Zürich DVD series; includes an interview with Murray Stein, Ph.D.
Online Video Courses with James Hollis, Ph.D. and Susan Tiberghien; offered by the Jung Society of Washington, D.C.
MURRAY STEIN, PH.D.
Additional episodes of this podcast with Dr. Stein include my visit with him in 2015 at his office in Zürich in Episode 9, a discussion about the play he co-authored with Dr. Henry Abramovitch, The Analyst and The Rabbi, in Episode 47, and a roundtable discussion on the multi-volume series he co-edited with Dr. Thomas Arzt, Jung’s Red Book for Our Time in Episode 49.
STEVEN BUSER, M.D.
Chiron Publications | Asheville Jung Center
Other episodes of this podcast with Dr. Buser include a roundtable discussion on the multi-volume series he co-published with Dr. Leonard Cruz, Jung’s Red Book for Our Time in Episode 49.
This episode is dedicated to BTS 💜 & the entire BTS ARMY