PT513 – Depth Psychology, Archetypal Energies, and How Psychedelics Reveal the Soul, with Simon Yugler
Psychedelics Today
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4.6 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2024
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Kyle interviews Simon Yugler: psychedelic-assisted therapist, educator, and author of the book, Psychedelics & the Soul: A Mythic Guide to Psychedelic Healing, Depth Psychology, and Cultural Repair, which comes out this fall.
He digs into depth psychology and why it's a beneficial framework for navigating non-ordinary experiences – a practice he believes will be the next focus in psychedelic education and understanding, alongside more analysis into the archetypes and myths that reside within (and all around) us. In an age of hyper-individualism and isolation, the stories and archetypal energies we share (which can be brought more to the forefront with psychedelics) can be incredibly healing and connecting.
He discusses:
- The challenges of reintegrating to reality after the classic Hero's Journey, and how some people don't want to
- The time he ate 7 grams of strong mushrooms and nothing happened, confirming to him the omnipresence of trickster energies
- Jung's theory on individuation, and how true individuation actually creates deeper engagement with the world
- How myths offer windows into deeper realms, and a breakdown of his Mythopoetic Integration Method
- How psychedelics show us our souls, and how so much of the chaos in the world can be related to a denial of the soul
and more!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Psychialics today. My name is Kyle Biller. I am the host for today's |
| 0:15.8 | episode. And on today's episode, I get to chat with Simon Eugler. Simon is a depth psychotherapist, author, |
| 0:22.9 | Psychedelic Guide, and Educator with various psychedelic training organizations across the U.S. |
| 0:28.2 | and also practices in Oregon. |
| 0:30.8 | In today's episode, we chat about depth psychology. |
| 0:34.5 | What is it? |
| 0:35.1 | Why depth psychology can be an important field for psychedelic |
| 0:39.8 | integration and psychedelic experiences. We chat a lot about the archetypal, the mythopoetic, |
| 0:45.8 | and also a big focus on the trickster archetype, which showed up in our last recording, |
| 0:52.0 | which you'll hear us just kind of talk about in the beginning of the episode. |
| 0:55.9 | We also chat about the power of storytelling and metaphor and myth, and also how that can really be |
| 1:02.0 | used in the psychedelic integration process. So this is a fun episode. I always love depth-oriented |
| 1:08.9 | content and conversations. |
| 1:11.3 | So I hope you enjoy this episode with Simon Eugler. |
| 1:14.6 | And if you're interested after this episode to learn more about Simon, |
| 1:17.9 | you can check out his substack. |
| 1:19.5 | That's substack.com slash at Simon Eugler. |
| 1:23.7 | And that's Y-U-G-L-E-R. |
| 1:26.2 | And Simon will be releasing a book pretty soon soon which we discuss in this episode as well. |
| 1:31.7 | So probably the best way to stay up to date is subscribing to Simon's substack where he's writing, content, and posting it there. |
| 1:39.6 | So check that out, Simon Yugler on Substack. |
| 1:42.3 | So I hope you enjoy this episode and we will catch you |
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