James Hollis, Ph.D. is a Jungian analyst, author, and lecturer in private practice in Washington, D.C.
He earned a Ph.D. 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 Zürich where he earned a Diploma in Analytical Psychology (the degree of a Jungian analyst) in 1982.
Dr. Hollis is the co-founder and first director of training of the Philadelphia Jung Institute, worked as a senior training analyst for the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, and for many years served as Executive Director of the C.G. Jung Educational Center in Houston, Texas.
In 2014, he relocated to Washington, D.C. to work as 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of the Philemon Foundation, a group of scholars, board members, and donors who share the mandate to prepare the unpublished works of C.G. Jung.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 continues to write and to lecture, both nationally and internationally. He is now the author of 19 books, many of them bestsellers. They are, in order: Harold Pinter, The Middle Passage, Under Saturn’s Shadow, Tracking the Gods, Swamplands of the Soul, The Eden Project, The Archetypal Imagination, Creating a Life, On This Journey We Call Our Life, Mythologems, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life, Why Good People Do Bad Things, What Matters Most, Hauntings, Living an Examined Life, Living Between Worlds, Prisms, The Broken Mirror, and his latest, A Life of Meaning: Relocating Your Center of Spiritual Gravity, published in July by Sounds True. (books are linked below)
He has joined us on six previous episodes of Speaking of Jung, including last year’s celebratory 100th episode. Please visit our special James Hollis page for a comprehensive look at his work including links to his previous episodes, his books, audiobooks, films, print interviews, lecture schedule, and a series of online video courses (through the Jung Society of Washington and Soul at Play) that you can start any time, work at your own pace, and enjoy lifetime access to the material.
This video interview was recorded on Monday, November 20, 2023. It’s 57:37 long and 55.5 MB. You can listen to it right here in your browser (click the play button in the bar below) or watch the video edition on YouTube.
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SHOW NOTES
Dr. Hollis’ 5 stages of a projection Laura’s tweet
Projection & Re-Collection in Jungian Psychology: Reflections of the Soul by Marie-Louise von Franz, Ph.D., Jungian analyst
The Symbolic Life: Miscellaneous Writings Vol. 18 of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung (now available in paperback at a much lower price!)
The Symbolic Life Item in the Library of Congress’ “The Red Book & Beyond” exhibit
EPISODES
Previous episodes of Speaking of Jung with James Hollis:
Episode 25 Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves
Episode 27 The Eden Project: In Search of the Magical Other
Episode 32 Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey
Episode 65 Living Between Worlds: Finding Personal Resilience in Changing Times
Episode 79 Prisms: Reflections on This Journey We Call Life
Episode 100 The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves
BOOKS
By James Hollis:
A Life of Meaning: Relocating Your Center of Spiritual Gravity Sounds True, 2023
Creating a Life: Finding Your Individual Path Inner City Books, 2001
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up Gotham Books, 2005
Harold Pinter: The Poetics of Silence Southern Illinois University Press, 1970
Hauntings: Dispelling the Ghosts Who Run Our Lives Chiron Publications, 2013
Living an Examined Life: Wisdom for the Second Half of the Journey Sounds True, 2018
Living Between Worlds: Finding Personal Resilience in Changing Times Sounds True, 2020
Mythologems: Incarnations of the Invisible World Inner City Books, 2004
On This Journey We Call Our Life: Living the Questions Inner City Books, 2003
Prisms: Reflections on This Journey We Call Life Chiron Publications, 2021
Swamplands of the Soul: New Life in Dismal Places Inner City Books, 1996
The Archetypal Imagination (free PDF) Texas A&M University Press, 2000
The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves Chiron Publications, 2022
The Eden Project: In Search of the Magical Other Inner City Books, 1998
The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife Inner City Books, 1993
Tracking the Gods: The Place of Myth in Modern Life Inner City Books, 1995
Under Saturn’s Shadow: The Wounding and Healing of Men Inner City Books, 1994
What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life Gotham Books, 2009
Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves Gotham Books, 2007
AUDIOBOOKS
The Eden Project: In Search of the Magical Other Inner City Books, 2023
Under Saturn’s Shadow: The Wounding and Healing of Men Inner City Books, 2023
Read by James Hollis:
A Life of Meaning: Exploring Our Deepest Questions & Motivations Sounds True, 2020
Through the Dark Wood: Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life Sounds True, 2014
VIDEO COURSES
Jung Society of Washington:
▫️ The Interpretation of Dreams: Dreams as a Path to Personal Authority ~ $97
▫️ Creating a Life: Living in the Intersection of Fate, Character & Choice ~ $197
▫️ Living an Examined Life: 21 Strategies for a Richer Journey ~ $197
▫️ Tracking the Gods: The Movement of Archetypal Powers in Our Time ~ $197
Soul at Play:
▫️Romance, Love, & the Psyche’s Peculiar Engines ~ $97
▫️Re-Collections of Childhood Past ~ $75
FILM
Soulheal the Film 23 minute documentary directed by José Enrique Pardo and starring James Hollis and Nancy Swift Furlotti (Ep. 94); now available On Demand