Golden Shadow Podcast

How might Halloween be a manifestation of banished energy? What are the different ways in which people express their naughty, evil, or dark side? How does Arran's embrace of the Trickster and Alyssa's embrace of the Priestess reflect their respective Shadows?

This episode was submitted to the 2020 Jungian Conference at the Institute For Conflict (hence the unusual format). How is conflict foundational to our growth as individuals? How do the same patterns of conflict between individuals play out at larger scales in society? Do we have personal responsibility for integrating society's shadow? https://www.goldenshadow.org/

How do archetypes and complexes reflect nature and nurture, respectively? How does a complex fall into shadow? In what way are neuroses the product of an antagonism between the ego and the unconscious?

What does it mean when someone doesn't know who they are? How do complexes form the building blocks of self? What structures guide the process of becoming the people we are meant to be?

Why do we have bad dreams? How does each individual's dreamscape reflect their personal experience, perception, and worldview? What is the archetypal significance of Panda Express?

What does the imagery of dreams represent? How does examining multiple dreams reveal an evolving landscape of the unconscious? Why does Alyssa hate chihuahuas?

How does the feminine/masculine duality map onto the notions of yin and yang, chaos and order, disintegration and integration? How are feminine and masculine principles linked to biological sex, and how might they become uncoupled from it? What makes Frodo feminine and Aragorn masculine?

Are meaningful coincidences an act of fate, a push from the unseen hand of the unconscious, confirmation bias, or some combination? How might we be over- or under-reading implicit patterns in the world? How can we play with the synchronistic experience to gain insights?

How do our daily behaviors reflect a religious orientation towards the world? Why do we seek out a shared myth? Should we adapt major religions over time or maintain traditions?

How do we regulate our energy boundaries? How does our internal world mingle with the external? How might we bring into awareness the underdeveloped extraverted or introverted aspects of our personality?

How is our psychology defined by narrative? How do we derive meaning from a personal story? What happens when that story is destroyed? How can we explore this story through active imagination?

What is romantic love? How do our self-preservation instincts prevent us from loving? How does a relationship develop its own Shadow? How do relationships bring us into personhood?

What is music? How did our musical minds evolve? What does one's musical preference say about their experience, personality, and relationship with reality? How does Alyssa feel about death metal? Find out in episode 12 of the Golden Shadow Podcast!

Arran and Alyssa discuss the tarot: a powerful tool for self-reflection and a gateway into the unconscious.

Alyssa and Arran explore the concepts of virtue and vice, the golden mean, and the light/shadow attributes of archetypes.

Arran and Alyssa explore the Big Five Personality Traits, a system by which we can better understand ourselves and how we relate to others and the world.

Arran and Alyssa discuss individuation, the journey of becoming a person, and why we shy away from who we're meant to be.

Arran and Alyssa explore the nature of trauma, how it relates to the shadow, and how we can approach working with it.

Arran and Alyssa discuss the nature of dreams and their significance as a gateway into the realm of the unconscious.

Arran and Alyssa explore the conscious and unconscious aspects of the psyche.

Arran and Alyssa discuss archetypes. Archetypes are organizing principles of experience, which are distilled down into the characters, stories, and motifs we find in mythology.

Are you a thinker or a feeler? Arran and Alyssa discuss the thinking/feeling aspect of personality typology.

In this episode, Arran and Alyssa explore the character of the Fool as it appears in the Tarot, how it relates to the Hero’s Journey, and how the archetype manifests in our daily lives.

Welcome to the Golden Shadow Podcast. In this episode we discuss the concept of the shadow and the untapped potential that lies within.