Stephen Aizenstat: Increasing Your Imaginal Intelligence

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

When we’re children, we’re encouraged to use our imagination. Yet over time, we tend to leave the imagination behind and emphasize logic and rational thinking. In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with Pacifica Graduate Institute founder Stephen Aizenstat, Ph.D., about reclaiming the vast resources of our imagination and boosting what he refers to as imaginal intelligence.

Covering fascinating insights in his new book, The Imagination Matrix, Tami and Professor Aizenstat discuss: imaginal intelligence—the capacity to evoke imagination; how curiosity opens a different quality of being in the world; imagination and the neuroplasticity of the mind; the Dig—Aizenstat’s term for journeying into the matrix of the imagination; the practice of Dream Tending; active imagination and the work of Carl Jung; the autonomy of the deep imagination; two questions that shift us from the person-centric view of our dreams; the sense of support and belonging we find through dreamwork; how imagination evokes innovation, creativity, and motivation; the four quadrants of the Imagination Matrix—Earth, Mind, Machine, and Universe; “the place of confluence” and accessing the gifts of the imaginal realms; dreamwork as complementary medicine; the Wounded Healer; listening to the stories coming forward at this time in human history; and more.

Note: This episode originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of Insights at the Edge are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&As with our guests. Learn more at join.soundstrue.com.

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0:00.0	Hello friends. My name is Tammy Simon and I'm the founder of Sounds True and I want to welcome you to the Sounds True podcast, Insights at the Edge.
0:11.5	I also want to take a moment to introduce you to Sounds True's new membership
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0:59.0	sounds true foundation, our nonprofit that creates equitable access to transformational tools and
1:07.3	teachings. You can learn more at sounds true foundation.org and advance, thank you for your support.
1:16.4	In this episode of Insights at the Edge,
1:19.5	my guest is an old friend to both me and to sounds true. Dr. Stephen Eisenstadt. Steve is the
1:28.1	founding president of Pacifica Graduate Institute. He's a professor of depth psychology with a PhD in clinical psychology and he's an
1:38.9	expert in the area of dream work. He teaches his dream tending methodologies worldwide and is the author of the book and audio series
1:50.4	Dream Tending and now he's written a new book with sounds true. It's called The
1:57.0	Imagination Matrix, how to access the greatest power you have for creativity, connection, and purpose.
2:06.2	So here we go. Entering the Imagination Matrix with Dr. Stephen Eisenstadt.
2:13.3	Steve, welcome.
2:15.3	Welcome.
2:16.2	Also, it's great to see you, Tami,
2:17.7	and wonderful to be here with you.
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