Get your DEMYSTICON 2024 tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demysticon-2024-tickets-727054969987 Dr. James Hollis is a Jungian psychoanalyst, author, and public speaker who has written seventeen books and served as the executive director of the Jung Society of Washington. He stopped by the podcast for a short conversation on the search for meaning in a modern world, the way that mythology allows us to take some of the load off of our shoulders, and how the disappearance of the gods from Mount Olympus means that we are operate in a disorienting era of personal responsibility without any of the guideposts that we used to rely on. Check out Dr. Hollis’ books on amazon (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3LGYn86 Check out his website: https://jameshollis.net/ 00:00:00 Go! 00:02:33 J functions and P functions 00:05:39 The Cliff of Isms 00:07:50 Humans haven't changed much 00:13:10 A solution to addiction 00:18:15 A tradition of shamanic healing 00:22:07 When the gods leave olympus 00:25:48 Depth psychology and the god of rage 00:31:58 A vapid cosmology 00:40:44 a modern fracture 00:43:53 Mythological escape 00:51:07 An individual or collective process? 00:53:55 Escaping commercial culture 00:55:46 Shifting the task of meaning Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub #mythology #meaning #psychoanalysis #jungianpsychology #myths #collectivewisdom #unconsciousknowledge #socialmysteries #makingmeaning #manssearchformeaning Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671