Speaking of Jung – Episode 92: BTS at the UN

Returning to the podcast to discuss BTS’s 2021 United Nations General Assembly speech is the author of Jung’s Map of the Soul, Jungian analyst Dr. Murray Stein in Zürich, Switzerland.

He holds a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and a Ph.D. in Religion & 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 (IAAP) and the International School of Analytical Psychology (ISAP Zürich) where he currently works as a training and supervising analyst.

Among his many books are Minding the Self, Practicing Wholeness, and The Principle of Individuation. His Map of the Soul book series for young adults was published in four volumes by Chiron. A full list of his publications, including his 3-volume Collected Writings, interviews, and DVDs can be found on our new Murray Stein page in the blog.

Our previous episodes about BTS date back to 2019 when Dr. Stein joined me to discuss his book, Jung’s Map of the Soul, in Episode 42 in anticipation of the release of the BTS album Map of the Soul: Persona. We later recorded additional episodes on Jung’s concepts of the persona, shadow, and ego as we looked at BTS’s music from a Jungian perspective. Please visit Speaking of Jung’s BTS Page for links to all seven of Dr. Stein’s episodes on BTS.

We’ve also recorded several other episodes, including a face-to-face talk at his office in Zürich (Ep. 9), on his play The Analyst and the Rabbi which is now available to watch for free on YouTube (Ep. 47), and on his multi-volume series with the late Dr. Thomas Arzt titled Jung’s Red Book for Our Time: Searching for Soul Under Postmodern Conditions (Ep. 49).

This episode was recorded on Thursday, September 23, 2021. It’s 49:46 long and 44.8 MB. You can listen to it right here in your browser or download it directly to your computer. It’s also available on on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Spotify, iHeartRadio, and Amazon Music.

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SHOW NOTES

We discussed extinction anxiety, the ‘welcome generation,’ Jung’s concept of individuation, wholeness, inclusivity, mandalas, those lapel pins, suicide/egocide, the archetype of death and rebirth, transformation, BTS as butterfly 🦋, Aurora Consurgens and a ‘nascent new world’ as a rebirth, COVID-19 as an assist to make us conscious, the vaccine as a snake bite, ego-strength (‘BTS has it!’), the energy and enthusiasm of Permission to Dance as ‘pure anima,’ racism as splitting and projection and a cultural regression, androgyny as a symbol of the Self, gender fluidity, the rebis, Mysterium Coniunctionis, and what Jung said about the future of mankind.

2018 Remarks by BTS’ Kim Nam Jun (RM) at the Launch of ‘Generation Unlimited’ at the UN General Assembly Sept. 24, 2018

Photo of the 7 members in the shape of a butterfly by John Angelillo, Reuters

SDG Lapel Pins Set of two for $7.99 at the UN’s online store

Ep. 54: The Ego Dr. Stein discusses ‘Black Swan’

Aurora Consurgens: A Document Attributed to Thomas Aquinas on the Problem of Opposites in Alchemy by Marie-Louise von Franz, Ph.D., Jungian analyst

Transforming Depression: A Jungian Approach Using the Creative Arts by David H. Rosen, M.D., Jungian analyst

Excerpt on ‘egocide’ by David H. Rosen, M.D., Jungian analyst (in the Speaking of Jung blog)

Transformation: Emergence of the Self by Murray Stein, Ph.D., Jungian analyst (also available as a free PDF)

Permission to Dance at the UN BTS’ musical performance at the United Nations General Assembly Building in New York City

Sustainable Development Goals at the UN

Mysterium Coniunctionis Vol. 14 of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung

C.G. Jung Speaking: Interviews & Encounters See pages 304 & 436 for Jung’s quotes on the future of mankind

History of the United Nations

BTS Shine Spotlight on the United Nations as Envoys of the President of the Republic of Korea Interview with with the UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, Melissa Fleming

Run BTS! Their variety show available on the Weverse app

Greta Thunberg tells world leaders ‘you are failing us’, as nations announce fresh climate action Sept. 23, 2019

ADDITIONAL LINKS

The Self: Center & Circumference Postlude panel discussion with Jungian analysts Dariane Pictet, Nathalie Boëthius-de Béthune, and Paul Brutsche at ISAP’s 2021 Zürich Lecture Series, moderated by Murray Stein, Wednesday, October 6, 2021 from 1:00 - 3:00 PM Zürich Time (via Zoom)

Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Journey through Realms of Shadow to the Mystery of Transformation The Jung Society of Montreal presents ‘A Lecture by Murray Stein,’ Saturday, October 16, 2021 from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT (via Zoom)

BTS’ Super Emotional UN Speech & Performance Left ARMYs Completely Shook by Michele Mendez, Elite Daily, Sept. 20, 2021