Skip to content
HeyJared

Digital Jung

Reflections on living a life of meaning in a digital age, explored through the lens of Jungian psychology. A companion to the Digital Jung Podcast.

Newsletter · By Jason E. Smith · Official site

Indexed issues, last 90 days
3
Latest publication
Sep 24, 2026
Audience
Checking…
Earliest in this view
Sep 10, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    The Mystic Way (opens the original)

    Excerpt

    Read excerpt

    The latest episode of Digital Jung is now available: The Iron Way and the Mystic WayIn this episode I discuss three possible responses to the encounter with the numinous as embodied by the figures of Ahab, Starbuck, and Ishmael in Melville’s Moby-Dick. In particular, I look at the contrast between the ‘Iron Way’ of Ahab and what I call Ishmael’s ‘Mystic Way’. In the character of Ishmael, I suggest, is an image of a path of self-emptying that makes possible a deeper experience of life.<a class

  2. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    Symbols of the Mystery (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Positive tone

    Read excerpt

    The latest episode of Digital Jung is now available: The Symbol of the Whale and its Meaning for The Symbolic LifeIn this episode I explore the image of the whale in Melville’s Moby-Dick and consider it as a symbol of Jung's concept of the Self. I give particular attention to the way this symbol expresses the numinous experience of the divine mystery: The Mysterium Tremendum et Fascinans.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MygD!,f_auto,q_aut

  3. Issue · Sep 10, 2026

    Long Time No See (opens the original)

    Excerpt

    Read excerpt

    The latest episode of Digital Jung is now available:Full Transcript:It’s possible I am pushing through solid rockin flintlike layers, as the ore lies, alone;I am such a long way in I see no way through,and no space: everything is close to my face,and everything close to my face is stone.I don’t have much knowledge yet in grief—so this massive darkness makes me small. You be the master: make yourself fierce, break in:then your great transforming will happen to me,and my great grief cry will happe

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Audience

No verified audience measurement yet.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about Digital Jung