Not As Crazy As You Think Podcast
Mental Health is attainable for anyone--especially those labeled with mental illness. Join artist, memoir writer, and bipolar psychiatric survivor, Jen Gaita Siciliano, as she challenges our world's current limited understanding of mental illness in interviews with artists, healers, educators and shamans, who offer fresh perspectives on mental health and creativity. Episodes also include Jen's personal writing on living as a bipolar creative, as well as news commentary that exposes psychiatry as an incompatible paradigm with the true landscape of the human mind. If you are ready for a new narrative on the mental realm in a place that celebrates crazy and cool without penalty, then Not As Crazy As You Think is for you!
Not As Crazy As You Think Podcast
On Trump, His Shadow Archetypes and the Symbolic Pulse of the Nation with Jungian Dream Analyst, Warren Falcon (S6 E10)
In the episode, "On Trump, His Shadow Archetypes and the Symbolic Pulse of the Nation with Jungian Dream Analyst, Warren Falcon (S6 E10)," Jungian-oriented counselor and dream expert, Warren Falcon, illuminates the many shadow archetypes of Donald Trump as America currently deals with its cultural complex of a lost dream. The conversation opens up with reference to a podcast interviewing Thomas Lavin, the now deceased Jungian analyst, who served as the chief clinical psychologist for the US army from 1977 to 1981. In the podcast mentioned, Lavin speaks about the dictators of the last century, those of Europe in both World Wars, and presents Jung's takes on Trump and Hitler. (link below)
Warren further speaks on America’s cultural complexes and our loss of the symbolic life. He highlights the active archetypal expressions of Trump-- from the trickster, to the god of war, to the king. Warren tackles the symbolic chaos we are currently wading through and reminds us about the American dream that is linked to the overriding complex we have as a nation, as we both run away from and embrace the king archetype collectively. Warren also speaks about Pete Hegseth’s rant to the military generals, the event during which Trump chimed in with his declaration of "the enemy within", which is namely his own shadow projected outward onto anyone but himself. In the midst of Trump’s last-ditch effort to be the voice to prevent the Great Replacement in America—the idea that black and brown people will replace the white race—will Americans finally wake up to the demise of our multi-cultural American immigrant story?
Warren encourages the listener to do their own study and research regarding the topics approached, especially the work of C. G. Jung, which are "loosely" sketched in this "free range" conversation. Folks can email Warren if they want to quibble or offer differing views at: falconwarren@gmail.com. In subject line put: “Jen’s podcast- dreamwork”
References:
Thomas Lavin, Ph.D. | The Trump Phenomena | Speaking of Jung #17
Opinion | Trump’s Il Duce Routine - The New York Times
Opinion | Trump’s Last Stand for White America - The New York Times
Trump AI video posted after No Kings 2:
https://youtu.be/nWHDKDwnJZs?si=3Lcygb4kCVjYSe3G
The poem by Ginsberg is his famous poem HOWL...the Molloch portion:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/zulzd4/poem_allen_ginsberg_moloch/
Books mentioned on podcast:
Jungs Collected Works online free download: https://jungiancenter.org/books/
The Anatomy of the Psyche, Alchemical Symbolism in Psychotherapy by Edward F. Edinger
A Little Course On Dreams by Robert Boznak
Jung's autobiography of his inner life: Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Modern Man In Search Of A Soul by C. G. Jung
Boundaries of the Soul by June Singer
Jung For Dummies or Jung for Beginners
The New Penguin History of the World by J. M. Roberts
Suggested media:
On Jung and his Psychology: Matter of Heart: The Best Documentary on CG Jung (1986)