Episode 71: Inner City Books

Dave Sharp, Scott Milligen, and Ben Sharp at Inner City Books, Toronto, 2020

Today marks the 5-year anniversary of Speaking of Jung: Interviews with Jungian Analysts. In August 2015, I flew from Chicago to Toronto to meet with Jungian analyst and the founder of Inner City Books, Daryl Sharp, who graciously agreed to be the first guest on a podcast I’d been wanting to start for many years.

I first met Daryl in 2002 when he spoke for two days at the JungHaus in Columbus, Ohio where I had been living at the time. The subject was his new book, Jungian Psychology Unplugged. You know, the one with the elephants on the cover. I’ll always be grateful to the Jung Association of Central Ohio for hosting so many wonderful Jungian analysts who were also authors. Speaking of that, I will also be eternally grateful to Inner City Books for publishing the work exclusively of Jungian analysts.

Inner City Books first introduced me to the brilliant writings of Marion Woodman, James Hollis, and Marie-Louise von Franz. Many of their authors have been my guests on this podcast (in order of appearance): J. Gary Sparks, Frith Luton, the late Fr. John Dourley, David Schoen, Deldon Anne McNeely, Graham Jackson, Maria Helena Mandacarú Guerra, James Hollis, Nathan Schwartz-Salant, Stephen Foster, and Jan Bauer.

Most of the 145 titles published by Inner City Books are still available. Only a few are out of print. To purchase paperback copies, bundles, ebooks, and deluxe hardcover editions, please visit innercitybooks.net. They ship worldwide directly from their home office in Toronto. The books are packaged beautifully by Scott Milligen, whom you will be hearing from in a while. Because Speaking of Jung is an Amazon affiliate, most of our links are to Amazon.com, but all of the books are shipped directly from Inner City Books, so please order from whichever you prefer.

Daryl passed away peacefully on October 8, 2019 surrounded by family and friends. You can read his obituary in the Toronto newspaper The Globe & Mail. Although he had recently retired, I was fortunate enough to record two episodes with him. The first, Episode 1, is about his first book, Inner City Books’ first title, The Secret Raven: Conflict & Transformation in the Life of Franz Kafka. It was Daryl’s dissertation at the Jung Institute in Zürich, but we talked about a whole lot more. Honestly, it’s my favorite episode. And my second visit with Daryl was to record Episode 5 about his wildly popular book, Personality Types: Jung’s Model of Typology. I hope you’ll listen – or re-listen – to both of those episodes right after this one.

Joining us today to honor our first guest – the late Daryl Sharp and his publishing house, Inner City Books – are his sons Dave and Ben Sharp, senior editor and artist Victoria Cowan, general manager and resident drummer Scott Milligen, and Daryl’s loving companion Liz Jefferson.

This interview was recorded on July 23, 2020. It’s 01:13:20 long and 66.8 MB. You can listen to it right here in your browser or download it directly to your computer. It’s also available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, TuneIn, Spotify, and iHeartRadio. And it’s now available on our YouTube channel.

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SHOW NOTES

Victoria Cowan The Artist

Jungian Psychology Unplugged: My Life as an Elephant by Daryl Sharp, ICB #80

Joyce Young The Artist

Daryl’s elephant and the Edinger figurine Video from Laura’s visit to Inner City Books

Marie-Louise von Franz Inner City Books’ tribute page

Edward F. Edinger Inner City Books’ tribute page

The Secret Raven: Conflict & Transformation in the Life of Franz Kafka by Daryl Sharp, ICB #1

Books by Marie-Louise von Franz Titles with Inner City Books

On Divination & Synchronicity: The Psychology of Meaningful Chance by Marie-Louise von Franz, ICB #3

Who Is Daryl Sharp? Speaking of Jung blog post

The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter: Obesity, Anorexia Nervosa & the Repressed Feminine by Marion Woodman, ICB #4

The Pregnant Virgin: A Process of Psychological Transformation by Marion Woodman, ICB #21

Addiction to Perfection: The Still Unravished Bride by Marion Woodman, ICB #12 (also available in Deluxe Hardcover)

Digesting Jung: Food for the Journey by Daryl Sharp, ICB #95

The Survival Papers: Anatomy of a Midlife Crisis by Daryl Sharp, ICB #35

Personality Types: Jung’s Model of Typology by Daryl Sharp, ICB #31

Psychological Types by C.G. Jung

Speaking of Jung, Ep. 5 Daryl Sharp on Personality Types

Speaking of Jung, Ep. 12 Barbara Davies on typology

Jerry Pethick The Artist

On Holography & a Way to Make Holograms by Jerry Pethick – contact Inner City Books for availability

The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife by James Hollis, ICB #59

Not the Big Sleep: On Having Fun, Seriously by Daryl Sharp, ICB #112

Dear Gladys: The Survival Papers Book 2 by Daryl Sharp, ICB #37

Living Jung: The Good & the Better by Daryl Sharp, ICB #72

On Staying Awake: Getting Older & Bolder by Daryl Sharp, ICB #115

Arnold the Gargoyle Laura’s photo

Speaking of Jung, Ep. 4 Fr. John Dourley on The Illness that We Are: A Jungian Critique of Christianity

Books by Fr. John Dourley Title with Inner City Books

Video of Fr. Dourley Shot by Daryl Sharp

The Way of the Dream: Conversations on Jungian Dream Interpretation with Marie-Louise von Franz by Fraser Boa

The Way of the Myth: Talking with Joseph Campbell by Fraser Boa

Jung at Heart Inner City Books newsletter archive

The Collected Works of C.G. Jung Complete Digital Edition (what’s on Laura’s iPhone)

ADDITIONAL LINKS

Daryl Sharp 1936-2019 Inner City Books tribute page

Books by Daryl Sharp Inner City Books author page

The Analytic Experience An excerpt from Jungian Psychology Unplugged by Daryl Sharp

The Story Behind Inner City Books

BOOKS BY DARYL SHARP ON AMAZON

Another Piece of My Heart with Badger McGee, Sett in His Eros Ways; Book 1 of the Badger Trilogy

C.G. Jung Lexicon: A Primer of Terms & Concepts

Chicken Little: The Inside Story A Jungian Romance

Dear Gladys: The Survival Papers Book 2

Digesting Jung: Food for the Journey

Eros: Melodies of Love More Jungian Notes from Underground; Book 3 of the Badger Trilogy

Eros, Naturally Jungian Notes from Underground; Book 2 of the Badger Trilogy

Eyes Wide Open: Late Thoughts Another Jungian Romance

Getting to Know You: The Inside Out of Relationship

Hijacked by Eros Book 3 of the Eros Trilogy

Jung Uncorked: Book One

Jung Uncorked: Book Two

Jung Uncorked: Book Three

Jung Uncorked: Book Four

Jungian Psychology Unplugged: My Life as an Elephant

Live Your Nonsense: Halfway to Dawn with Eros A Jungian Approach to Individuation; Book 1 of the Eros Trilogy

Living Jung: The Good & the Better

Miles to Go Before I Sleep: Growing Up Puer Another Jungian Romance

Not the Big Sleep: On Having Fun, Seriously A Jungian Romance

On Staying Awake: Getting Older & Bolder

Personality Types: Jung’s Model of Typology

Pocket Jung: Pithy Excerpts from the Work of C.G. Jung

The Secret Raven: Conflict & Transformation in the Life of Franz Kafka

The Survival Papers: Anatomy of a Midlife Crisis

Trampled to Death by Geese: More Eros, & A Lot More Nonsense Book 2 of the Eros Trilogy

Who Am I, Really? Personality, Soul & Individuation

BOOKS EDITED BY DARYL SHARP ON AMAZON

The Passion of Perpetua: A Psychological Interpretation of Her Visions by Marie-Louise von Franz, edited by Daryl Sharp

Science of the Soul: A Jungian Perspective by Edward F. Edinger, edited by Daryl Sharp & J. Gary Sparks

FAVORITES BY INNER CITY BOOKS

Addiction to Perfection: The Still Unravished Bride by Marion Woodman

An American Jungian: In Honor of Edward F. Edinger Edited by George R. Elder & Dianne D. Cordic

At the Heart of Matter: Synchronicity & Jung’s Spiritual Testament by J. Gary Sparks

Aurora Consurgens: A Document Attributed to Thomas Aquinas on the Problem of Opposites in Alchemy Edited with a commentary by Marie-Louise von Franz

The Cassandra Complex: Living With Disbelief – A Modern Perspective on Hysteria by Laurie Layton Schapira

The Cat: A Tale of Feminine Redemption by Marie-Louise von Franz

The Creation of Consciousness: Jung’s Myth for Modern Man by Edward F. Edinger

Descent to the Goddess: A Way of Initiation for Women by Silvia Brinton Perera

Eros & Pathos: Shades of Love & Suffering by Aldo Carotenuto

The Love Drama of C.G. Jung: As Revealed in His Life & in His Red Book by Maria Helena Mandacarú Guerra

Marie-Louise von Franz: The Classic Jungian & The Classic Jungian Tradition Edited by James A. Hall & Daryl Sharp

The Mysterium Lectures: A Journey Through C.G. Jung’s Mysterium Coniunctionis Transcribed & Edited by Joan Dexter Blackmer

Narcissism & Character Transformation: The Psychology of Narcissistic Character Disorders by Nathan Schwartz-Salant

On This Journey We Call Our Life: Living the Questions by James Hollis

The Pregnant Virgin: A Process of Psychological Transformation by Marion Woodman

The Problem of the Puer Aeternus by Marie-Louise von Franz

The Sacred Prostitute: Eternal Aspect of the Feminine by Nancy Qualls-Corbett

The Scapegoat Complex: Toward a Mythology of Shadow & Guilt by Silvia Brinton Perera

In memory of Daryl Sharp (1936-2019)