Howl in the Wilderness

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Howling about the Greek titan Prometheus, technology, Carl Jung and the religious function with depth psychologist, writer and teacher Glen Slater
“An honest admission of modernity means voluntarily declaring oneself bankrupt, taking the vows of poverty and chastity in a new sense, and-what is still more painful-renouncing the halo of sanctity which history bestows. To be “unhistorical” is the Promethean sin, and in this sense the modern man is sinful. A higher level of consciousness is like a burden of guilt.”
— C.G. Jung, The Spiritual Problem of Modern Man
Glen Slater, Ph.D. was born and grew up on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. After studying psychology and comparative religion at the University of Sydney, he moved to the United States for doctoral studies in clinical psychology. For the past 25 years he has taught in the areas of depth psychology and mythological studies at Pacifica Graduate Institute, near Santa Barbara, California, most recently chairing Pacifica’s Jungian and Archetypal Psychology Program. 
Glen is the author of Jung vs Borg: Finding the Deeply Human in a Posthuman Age (2024), editor of the third volume of James Hillman’s Uniform Edition, Senex and Puer (2005), and co-editor of the essay collection, Varieties of Mythic Experience (2007). He has written a number of articles and book chapters for Jungian publications. His research and writing interests concern Jung and film, the psychology of religion, and depth psychology and technology.
References:
https://www.glenslater.com

Glen’s 1997 essay “Resink the Titanic: https://www.glenslater.com/s/Slater-ResinktheTitanic-Final.pdf

HITW 172 James Hillman & Archetypal Psychology 101 w/ Glen Slater https://www.patreon.com/howlinthewilderness/posts/video-james-101-124500990
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Tags: carl jung, james hillman, archetype, prometheus, psychology, podcast

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Howling about Greek goddess Artemis with archetypal astrologer, writer and mythologist Safron Rossi
“Never, believe me, never do the gods appear alone.” 
— Friedrich Schiller, quoted in James Hillman’s essay A Note on Hermes Inflation, UE 6
Safron Rossi, PhD has spent her life steeped in literature, religion and mythology, fields in which she holds her degrees. Her writing and scholarly studies focus on archetypal psychology, astrology, alchemy, goddess traditions, and Greek myth. 
She is a member of the core faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute, teaching mainly in the Jungian and Archetypal Studies program. 
For many years she was the curator of the Joseph Campbell, James Hillman, and Marija Gimbutas manuscript  collections at Opus Archives & Research Center.
Safron is faculty at Astrology University and at the Centre for Astrology, Myth and Symbol (CAMS) and regularly lectures at MISPA. Her studies in Jungian and archetypal psychology, myth and alchemy informs her astrological work.  
Safron is author of The Kore Goddess: A Mythology & Psychology (2021), editor of Joseph Campbell's Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine (2013), and co-editor of Jung on Astrology (2017). She has published articles in Jungian, archetypal, and astrological journals, and lectures across the US and internationally in Europe, South America and Australia.
Safron and her husband Glen Slater are founders of Winter Press, an imprint of Spring Journal. They also serve on the editorial board of Spring Journal. 
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References:
https://www.thearchetypaleye.com

https://thearchetypaleye.substack.com

https://www.winterpresspublishers.com

Ginette Paris, Pagan Meditations

“Lava”, Danusha Laméris: https://www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/26895-lava

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Howling with Justine Toms about New Dimensions Radio, her late husband Michael Toms, the power of deep listening, and the life changing meetings with remarkable people she’s had over the past 50 years.
Since 1973, Justine Willis Toms has been exploring personal, social, and spiritual transformation through her work as an electronic journalist, editor, and writer. She is the Co-founder, Managing Producer, and Host of New Dimensions Radio/Media.  New Dimensions is an internationally syndicated radio series, featuring dialogues addressing “the history of the future” with the world’s most visionary wisdom leaders. 
She has also hosted the radio series In Her Company: Deep Dialogues with Women of Wisdom, and has produced many award-winning radio series, including Deep Ecology for the 21st Century, and Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of Nature. Besides her radio work, she leads workshops on Finding Grace in a Chaotic World. She is coauthor with Michael Toms of True Work: Doing What You Love and Loving What You Do, and author of Small Pleasures: Finding Grace in a Chaotic World. She, along with Michael Toms, was selected for induction to the 2011 Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
References:
https://newdimensions.org

NDR Fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-692-rare-recordings-before-theyre-lost-skm3h

A few of my favourite Michael Toms interviews:
Robert Bly on Shame https://programs.newdimensions.org/products/the-power-of-shame-with-robert-bly

A Society Of Siblings with Robert Bly https://programs.newdimensions.org/products/a-society-of-siblings-with-robert-bly

Into The Deep: Male Mysteries with Robert Bly https://programs.newdimensions.org/products/into-the-deep-male-mysteries-with-robert-bly

Revisioning Psychotherapy with James Hillman & Michael Ventura https://programs.newdimensions.org/products/revisioning-psychotherapy-with-james-hillman-michael-ventura

Shedding Light On The Dark Goddess with Marion Woodman https://programs.newdimensions.org/products/shedding-light-on-the-dark-goddess-with-marion-woodman

The Wisdom of Joseph Campbell (series) https://programs.newdimensions.org/collections/mythology/products/the-wisdom-of-joseph-campbell-part-1-of-13

Embracing Beauty with John O'Donohue https://programs.newdimensions.org/collections/soul-2/products/embracing-beauty-with-john-odonohue
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Tags: spirituality, james hillman, podcast, robert bly

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Howling about Greek gods Hermes and Hestia and the remedy for what James Hillman called “Hermetic Intoxication” with depth psychologist, writer and teacher Elizabeth Eowyn Nelson
Elizabeth Éowyn Nelson, faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute since 2003, has been a professional writer and editor for four decades. Dr. Nelson’s books include Psyche’s Knife (Chiron, 2012), The Art of Inquiry (Spring, 2005 & 2017), coauthored with Joseph Coppin, and The Art of Jungian Couple Therapy, coauthored with Anthony Delmedico (Routledge, 2025). 
“Any archetypal understanding of contemporary life must honor two gods, Hestia and Hermes, who are a very unlikely pair—though are paired in the western classical tradition. 
In our love affair with mobile digital life, we have been in a Hermetic frenzy, individually and culturally, for decades. I do not see it ending because we are fully invested in instantaneous communication—sending messages to each other at the speed of light. This is Hermes, the Greek god of communication and commerce (in the broad) sense who also is a trickster and thief.
To counterbalance Hermetic frenzy we need Hestia, the goddess of the hearth. In fact, Hestia is the hearth, the center of the home, the one who dwells. Hestia also brings us back home to the body, to soma, to our embodied home on the earth. Since Hestia dwells, she also signifies patience, slowness, settling down, the part of us who longs to stop after too much activity. You might say that Hestia is necessary medicine, the divine remedy for too much Hermes.”
— EON, “Hestia & Hermes: The Tension of Opposites in Mobile Digital Life
References:
http://www.elizabethnelson-phd.com

Karl Kerényi, Hermes Guide of Souls

Barbara Kirksey essay on Hestia in Facing the Gods (edited by James Hillman)

Sherry Turkle, Alone Together: Why we expect more from technology and less from each other
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Tags: carl jung, james hillman, archetype, hestia, hermes, greece, psychology, podcast

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This month, May 2026 marks the 8 year anniversary of the podcast. To celebrate this occasion, I thought it would be fun to reissue some early episodes from back when the podcast was called Medicine Path.
Over the next few months I’ll be re-releasing some of those archival episodes that have previously only been available to paid Patreon members.
What follows is my first in-person conversation with pioneering new age musician Laraaji and his partner Arji OceAnanda, recorded the day after their laughter workshop and sound meditation at the Never Apart artspace in Montreal, Canada back in June 2018.