Imagining Our Proper Life-Task

Digital Jung

In this episode:
I discuss the idea of vocation -- what Jung calls “our proper life-task” -- and explore the challenges that come with taking up such a task in our own lives.

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For more on living a symbolic life:
Please check out my book, Religious but Not Religious: Living a Symbolic Life, available from Chiron Publications.
Sources for quotes and more:

1. 'Letters, vol. 1' by C.G. Jung
2. Mysterium Coniunctionis in 'Collected Works, vol. 14' by C.G. Jung
3. The Holy Men of India in 'Collected Works, vol. 11' by C.G. Jung
4. 'A Life at Work' by Thomas Moore
5. Psychology and Alchemy in 'Collected Works, vol. 12' by C.G. Jung
6. 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections' by C.G. Jung
7. 'The Way of the Dream' by Marie-Louise von Franz
8. The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog in 'Favorite Folktales From Around the World' edited by Jane Yolen
9. The Development of the Personality in 'Collected Works, vol. 17' by C.G. Jung
10. Is Analytical Psychology a Religion? in 'C.G. Jung Speaking' edited by William McGuire
11. The Golden Key, fairy tale by George MacDonald

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