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The Shadow Within | Carl Jung & the Unconscious Mind
Published 3 weeks, 5 days ago
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A calm, carefully researched bedtime story exploring Carl Jung’s ideas about the shadow, the persona and the parts of ourselves we find difficult to recognise.
Tonight, we begin at an ordinary family dinner with someone who is always keeping the peace. They know how to ease a disagreement and make everyone comfortable. But later that evening, they realise how angry they are — and how difficult it feels to admit it.
Through this imagined peacemaker, we explore the roles we become used to playing, the feelings we leave unspoken, and Jung’s ideas about projection, the shadow and individuation. Along the way, we consider envy, the wish for recognition, neglected creativity and the possibility of knowing ourselves more fully.
We also visit Jung’s early word-association research in Zürich, his relationship with Sigmund Freud, and the inner explorations that led to The Red Book. Dreams and the modern language of shadow work enter the story, with care taken to distinguish Jung’s theories from established findings and from claims sometimes made in his name.
This is the 32-minute story edition. A brief settling introduction opens the episode, and the narration gradually comes to rest. Listen for as long as you like. You never need to reach the end.
This is an original narrated introduction to selected ideas from Jung’s psychology. The peacemaker, everyday scenes and illustrative dream are invented examples, not documented cases. It is not a recording of Jung speaking, an audiobook of his work, a complete biography, or an official or endorsed production.
For education, relaxation and sleep. It is not medical advice, psychological treatment or therapy.
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Tonight, we begin at an ordinary family dinner with someone who is always keeping the peace. They know how to ease a disagreement and make everyone comfortable. But later that evening, they realise how angry they are — and how difficult it feels to admit it.
Through this imagined peacemaker, we explore the roles we become used to playing, the feelings we leave unspoken, and Jung’s ideas about projection, the shadow and individuation. Along the way, we consider envy, the wish for recognition, neglected creativity and the possibility of knowing ourselves more fully.
We also visit Jung’s early word-association research in Zürich, his relationship with Sigmund Freud, and the inner explorations that led to The Red Book. Dreams and the modern language of shadow work enter the story, with care taken to distinguish Jung’s theories from established findings and from claims sometimes made in his name.
This is the 32-minute story edition. A brief settling introduction opens the episode, and the narration gradually comes to rest. Listen for as long as you like. You never need to reach the end.
This is an original narrated introduction to selected ideas from Jung’s psychology. The peacemaker, everyday scenes and illustrative dream are invented examples, not documented cases. It is not a recording of Jung speaking, an audiobook of his work, a complete biography, or an official or endorsed production.
For education, relaxation and sleep. It is not medical advice, psychological treatment or therapy.
📚 Explore our Carl Jung book:
Carl Jung: Life, Depth Psychology, Inner World, and Legacy — A Master Edition
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H331RVGW
🌙 Prefer extended sleep videos with hours of gentle nighttime ambience?
Explore Sleep Stories from the Pioneers on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@SleepStoriesFromThePioneers
🌐 Read more about Carl Jung:
https://pioneersofhumanbehaviour.com/carl-jung/
☕ Support Sleep Stories from the Pioneers:
https://ko-fi.com/pioneersofhumanbehaviour
🌐 Explore Pioneers of Human Behaviour:
https://pioneersofhumanbehaviour.com/
Sleep well. 🌙
Stories to fall asleep to. Ideas worth waking up with.