To commemorate our 100th episode, this interview with Dr. Hollis was a video livestream on YouTube. You can now watch the replay or scroll down this page to stream or download the audio. His new book, The Broken Mirror, is now available in hardcover, paperback and Kindle from Amazon.
James Hollis, Ph.D. is a Jungian analyst, author, and teacher living and working in Washington, D.C.
He holds a doctorate in literature from Drew University and taught humanities and the philosophic traditions of cultures for 26 years before training as a Jungian analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland.
Dr. Hollis is the co-founder and first director of training of the Philadelphia Jung Institute. He served for many years as Executive Director of the C.G. Jung Educational Center in Houston, Texas and worked as a senior training analyst for the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts.
In 2014, he relocated to D.C. to become Executive Director of the Jung Society of Washington and is now a member of their Board of Directors. He is also Vice President Emeritus of the Philemon Foundation, a group of scholars, board members, and donors who share the mandate to prepare the unpublished works of C.G. Jung.
Dr. Hollis is the author of 18 books (listed below) and has joined us on 5 previous episodes: Episode 25 on Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves; Episode 27 on The Eden Project: In Search of the Magical Other; Episode 32 on Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey; Episode 65 on Living Between Worlds: Finding Personal Resilience in Changing Times; and Episode 79 on Prisms: Reflections on This Journey We Call Life. He returns to us today to discuss his new book, The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves, published on Jan. 1, 2022 by Chiron.
Please visit the special section of this website for a comprehensive look at Dr. Hollis’ work including links to our previous episodes as well as his books, audiobooks, films, print interviews, lecture schedule, and a series of online video courses that you can start any time, go at your own pace, and have lifetime access to the material.
This interview was livestreamed on Monday, January 3, 2022. It’s 01:09:23 long and 62.7 MB. You can listen to it right here in your browser (click the play button in the bar below) or download it directly to your computer. You can also listen to this episode on your Amazon Echo device. Simply say, “Alexa, play Speaking of Jung on Apple Podcasts.” Just be sure to pronounce Jung with a hard J.
This episode is dedicated to the memory of our first guest Daryl Sharp (1936-2019). He was the inspiration for this podcast and it never would have existed without him. Daryl was the first to publish the work of James Hollis, so thank you to everyone at Inner City Books for giving life to this work.
SHOW NOTES
Watch the video version of this interview on YouTube Streamed live on Jan. 3, 2022
The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves Chiron Publications, 2022
Chiron Publications Sale Use code goodbye2021 for 10% off your order from Chiron’s website
James Hollis at Inner City Books
Daryl Sharp Speaks Recently discovered audio recordings of Daryl Sharp are now available from Inner City Books (free!)
Jung on the Hudson New York Center for Jungian Studies
Soulheal The Film Starring Jungian analysts Nancy Swift Furlotti, Ph.D. and James Hollis, Ph.D.; available to rent for $1.99
New Audiobooks ~ Dr. Hollis’ book Prisms: Reflections on This Journey We Call Life, as well as the new book, The Best of James Hollis: Wisdom for the Inner Journey, are now available as audiobooks from Chiron Publications.
BOOKS BY JAMES HOLLIS
Creating a Life: Finding Your Individual Path
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up
Harold Pinter: The Poetics of Silence
Hauntings: Dispelling the Ghosts Who Run Our Lives
Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey
Living Between Worlds: Finding Personal Resilience in Changing Times
Mythologems: Incarnations of the Invisible World
On This Journey We Call Our Life: Living the Questions
Prisms: Reflections on This Journey We Call Life
Swamplands of the Soul: New Life in Dismal Places
The Archetypal Imagination {free PDF}
The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves
The Eden Project: In Search of the Magical Other
The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife
Tracking the Gods: The Place of Myth in Modern Life
Under Saturn’s Shadow: The Wounding and Healing of Men
What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life
Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves
AUDIO BOOKS
A Life of Meaning: Exploring Our Deepest Questions & Motivations
Through the Dark Wood: Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life
ONLINE VIDEO COURSES WITH DR. HOLLIS
Offered through the Jung Society of Washington – start anytime, go at your own pace, enjoy lifetime access:
Creating a Life: Living in the Intersection of Fate, Character and Choice
Living an Examined Life: 21 Strategies for a Richer Journey
The Interpretation of Dreams: Dreams as a Path to Personal Authority
Tracking the Gods: The Movement of Archetypal Powers in Our Time
Offered through Soul at Play – start anytime, go at your own pace, enjoy lifetime access:
Nostalgia & Longing for Home ~ Free mini course!
Romance, Love, & the Psyche’s Peculiar Engines
Re-Collections of Childhood Past
In memory of Daryl Sharp (1936-2019)