Nekyias (@CarlJungMemes)

The Reading List — Looking for a Radical Elsewhere

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Attached below is the full, 6k+ word list of over 50 reading recommendations, including my thoughts on why each book is important + the order in which I think some of them should be tackled. I may come back and make a few edits (I'm working with limited wifi at the moment and am trying to...

EPISODE 6 PT 2: THE HANGED MAN

In this continuation from our last episode, we move into a discussion of how the ineffable contributes to two major topics we've covered in earlier episodes: reference points and the empowered surrender. Using our "worlding" puzzle metaphor from the last episode, we explore how reference points operate, and attempt to visuali...

EPISODE 6 PT 1: THE HANGED MAN

In this special, intermission-style episode, we take a winding road toward a major topic in this series: the ineffable. Starting with a discussion about the role of perspective in our approach to depression, I share my personal experience with the ineffable and dissociative states (...and a bad acid trip). We also touch on Go...

Intermission & Q&A

Hello friends! 

After careful consideration and a number of messages asking for clarification on some of the topics we've already discussed, I've decided to release Episode 6 (Birth of the Rebel) next month—in its place, I'd like to slow things down a bit and try a wrap-up/Q&A/synthesis episode on the first f...

EPISODE 5 PART 2: THE EMPOWERED SURRENDER

Part 2 is here! 

In this continuation from our last episode, we cover a psychological theory with roots in clinical research and Terror Management Theory that helps to explain why the Empowered Surrender works for combatting depression. We discuss attachment, value hierarchies, self-esteem, self-focus, the "lost ob...

TRANSCRIPTS (Episodes 1-4)

Below you'll find the text for our first four episodes, in case reading is a bit easier for you than audio, you'd like to read along, or would just like to revisit the content visually. Obviously these were written with the podcast in mind, but I did try to clean it up a little for a better reading experience. I've also itali...

Close Friends

Hi all! 

Thank you so much for coming along with me on this journey, and I hope the content has been clear and helpful so far. As mentioned on the benefits list for your subscription, being a patron also gets you access to my Close Friends list on Instagram. Close Friends allows you to see my private story posts on...

EPISODE 5 PART 1: THE EMPOWERED SURRENDER

In this episode*, we approach the first step of the Katabasis. Beginning with a quick clarification about the connection between imagination and depression, we introduce a major concept I'll be referring to as "reference points." Then, we move into a discussion of the three options between which someone caught in the land of ...

EPISODE 4: THE FAILED RETURN TO THE GARDEN

The last of our foundational episodes, we attempt to outline a "topography" of the land of depression under the collapsing Dream. We talk the characteristics of depression, simulations as metaphor, nostalgia, and David Lynch. As the final stage before the Katabasis can truly begin, I hope this episode also serves as a wrap-up...

EPISODE 3: THE COLLAPSE OF THE DREAM

Welcome all Patreon subscribers! In this episode we're going to be tackling what, exactly, causes the Dream to collapse. We start with a very brief recap of the previous episodes, as well as a few clarifications. Then we move on to explore what causes depression from what we know today, as well as a continued discussion of Fe...

EPISODE 2: THE DREAM (old version)

In our second episode, we explore the first stage, or "starting point" of the Katabasis and journey through depression. Specifically, we are interested in defining the "Dream," in order to build a foundation for Episode 3 (The Collapse of the Dream). We talk about moths, metaphysics and meaning, as well as our modern understa...

EPISODE 1: KATABASIS

The first episode of our series exploring a new model of depression. The first half is a bit of an introduction to what exactly I'm trying to do with this series—then, we get into a brief discussion of Carl Jung. Works referenced in this episode include Dante's Inferno, The Red Book (C.G. Jung), and Catafalque (Peter Kingsl...

KATABASIS//ANABASIS (Original Guide)

1. The Dream 

2. Collapse of the Dream 

3. Failed Return to the Garden 

4. Crisis

5. The Empowered Surrender

6. Birth of the Rebel

7. The Bargainer's Dream

8. The Body & The Labyrinth 

9. Reclamation of the Soul

10. The 3rd Function 

11. ...