Blue Medicine Journal : A Jungian Podcast

Our last episode of Season 1: A Solstice Lament, Creation Myths, Huitzilopochtli, Aztec God of the Sun and War, Utopia, Dystopia, & the Power of the Word. Join us for the last episode of Season One!

This episode Dr. Stephen Rowley takes us on a soulful mystery tour of his life as  "orphan and searcher." Reading from his newly-published memoir,The Lost Coin: A Memoir of Adoption and Destiny, Stephen shares poignant moments and through a Jungian lens, unveils his two quests, outward quest to find his birth parents and the quest inward, to find Self. In the search, he discovers "the journey is home."
Welcome as we imagine a new world into being!    

Join me for some Halloween lore and family ghost stories; two occur in an old Hollywood Hotel known for its ghosts on the 9th floor!
I narrate the first-hand accounts of ghost stories by my sister and daughter, as well as my own; and I am joined live by my son Lucas Bakker, (musician, editor, and producer) who tells his own tales of encounters with ghosts! 
Theme Song "Paris" by Lucas Bakker and the eerie song featured for Halloween is his "Liquid Lily!" 

This episode blends Raven lore and considers the trickster-redeemer archetype. Poe's gothic poem of the same name explores the loss of the maiden archetype, and we explore Raven as my guardian spirit throughout my postpartum blues and as lifelong companion.  

Today we honor the autumn equinox in the northern hemisphere. As our circle around the sun takes into the darkness~ storytelling season is upon us! In this spirit, I’ll be sharing a 12,000 year-old prophesy and a poem about the power of story.
Thanks, as ever, to my producer and editor, Lucas Bakker; his original music, "Paris," is our theme song, and today features "Orpheus."  

Meet Dama, Brazilian artist  on her journey into " the labyrinth of postpartum blues, "womb intelligence," ghost mentors, and art as Ariadne's thread that has helped her through the maze.
Special thanks to the Tonantzin Society for their generous donation to Blue Medicine Journal. Mil gracias for helping to keep the voice and vision alive as we imagine a new world into being. Mil gracias!
As always, thanks to Lucas Bakker, producer and editor, whose wizardry and original music bring this podcast to life; theme song "Paris," featuring "Morning Blossoms."
 

The Chrysalis: join us for a guided meditation and exploration of profound~yet practical healing modalities that feed the soul with Thea Palencia. Thea is a doctoral student at Pacifica Graduate Institute in the Counseling psychology program, where she brings her own experience with postpartum blues to her research and dissertation topic. Good medicine!

"Somehow entering a very dark room forgotten, at the end of a very big castle and I have to find the key." -Cornelia Tae
The poignant and profound stories of two women from two different parts of the world as they share their journeys into and out of the world of postpartum blues, and their paths to healing.
My guests are Christina Valdivia Alcala, founder of the Tonantzin Society, and Romanian artist, Cornelia Tae. The quote is from Cornelia as she returns to contemplate her experience a decade later.
Part 2 of a 5 part series!
Depression and suicidal ideation are themes discussed.   
 

This is the first in a series that weaves together Jungian depth psychology with the myth of La Llorona, postpartum blues, and drawing from ancient Mesocamerica, reclaims childbirth as the profound rite of passage that it is.

In this first episode, Dr. Sandra del Castillo  introduces the vision of Blue Medicine Journal and imagining into a new world, and clarifies the language of a Jungian podcast on dreams, myth, and imagination!
Producer and original music by Lucas Bakker