Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
🎙️ This is a free episode of The Jung Project — my members-only weekly podcast running alongside the YouTube channel.
Each Friday we go line by line through Carl Jung’s Collected Works (CW8 and beyond), with full historical context, zero algorithmic fluff, and a private Discord for proper discussion.
🔗 Join here: jamespdowling.com/the-jung-project
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🧬 Carl Jung’s “Instinct and the Unconscious” (1919) — the very first time he uses the word archetype. In this launch episode of The Jung Project, we break down this seminal essay in CW8, line by line, to uncover exactly what Jung meant by instinct, why the definition matters for depth psychology, and how it connects directly to his archetype theory.
You’ll get context from biology, ethology, philosophy, and psychology — from Darwin and Konrad Lorenz to William James and Lloyd Morgan — plus a few detours into yucca-moth heists, a caterpillar playing lord of the den, and why Jung refused to settle for “dunno mate, feels unconscious!”
Whether you’re studying Carl Jung seriously or just curious about archetypes, instincts, and the foundations of analytical psychology, this is where the journey through the Collected Works begins.
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🌍 My Website:
jamespdowling.com
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🔬 Who am I?
I’m James P. Dowling — a British molecular biologist turned depth psychologist and Jungian podcaster. I build serious, no-nonsense resources for autodidact education and personal development, and push into the unanswered frontiers of depth psychology, grounded in actual science.
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🕑 Timestamps
Forthcoming
🎙️ This is a free episode of The Jung Project — my members-only weekly podcast running alongside the YouTube channel.
Each Friday we go line by line through Carl Jung’s Collected Works (CW8 and beyond), with full historical context, zero algorithmic fluff, and a private Discord for proper discussion.
🔗 Join here: jamespdowling.com/the-jung-project
________________________________________
🧬 Carl Jung’s “Instinct and the Unconscious” (1919) — the very first time he uses the word archetype. In this launch episode of The Jung Project, we break down this seminal essay in CW8, line by line, to uncover exactly what Jung meant by instinct, why the definition matters for depth psychology, and how it connects directly to his archetype theory.
You’ll get context from biology, ethology, philosophy, and psychology — from Darwin and Konrad Lorenz to William James and Lloyd Morgan — plus a few detours into yucca-moth heists, a caterpillar playing lord of the den, and why Jung refused to settle for “dunno mate, feels unconscious!”
Whether you’re studying Carl Jung seriously or just curious about archetypes, instincts, and the foundations of analytical psychology, this is where the journey through the Collected Works begins.
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🌍 My Website:
jamespdowling.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
🔬 Who am I?
I’m James P. Dowling — a British molecular biologist turned depth psychologist and Jungian podcaster. I build serious, no-nonsense resources for autodidact education and personal development, and push into the unanswered frontiers of depth psychology, grounded in actual science.
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🕑 Timestamps
Forthcoming
