Carl Jung, The Paranormal and Soul Searching | Mollie Adler

Mollie Adler enters the mind meld!
In this one, we riff on finding meaning through creativity, the terrifying yet liberating decision to quit our day jobs, the myth that feeling bad is a pathology, the soul-enlivening philosophy of Carl Jung, the paranormal, soul vehicles, the so-called "gateway process" and much more!
Mollie is the host of two fantastic podcasts -- Back From the Borderline and Night Night B*tch, Esoteric Stories for Sleep and Meditation.
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[@kathyannk]

Paused to say I’ve recently come to realize that I love crying too. I can’t explain it. I even cry for no reason. It feels so great! 😭

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

Need that catharsis 🙏

[@allmixedup058]

Every time!

[@inaKristinatina]

At some point in my difficult time i lost ability to cry, the tears were just not comming out, and i felt so bad i couldnt get out of myself all emotions as i used to since childhood with crying on everything... Instead i went through anxiety, panic attacts abd depressive moods... Crying is a gift, that helps to clean out soul...

[@kathyannk]

@@inaKristinatina Aw, I’m so sorry to hear that. There are many ways to reconnect with your heart. I hope you get reconnected. 💛

[@poloparker8624]

There is always a reason to cry...at least one; any time.

[@deb4610]

“Do mundane acts as if they’re sacred”…yes, that resonates. There is so much here, I will have to listen again. Beautiful conversation, thank you 🙏🏻❤️

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

🙏🙏🙏

[@christinaforras]

Ha, I just wrote that one in my journal a minute before seeing your comment! I texted a friend last week “even the mundane is sacred.” ❣️

[@BackFromTheBorderline]

❤️❤️❤️

[@jessicaporter4194]

I literally had my first ever lucid dream last night. After a lifetime of extremely vivid often terrifying dreams it was a beautiful breakthrough moment.

[@omegapointsingularity6504]

wow congrats! must be an amazing sign!!

[@cstoneconsultant]

I have a ritual process that you could take and tailor for yourself. It requires the 22 major cards from the tarot and a big injection of personal creativity. I make a challenge up for each one and then shuffle them up and pull random challenges to do. Fasting, exercise, meditation, acts of service etc.

[@elzbietauher8651]

I couldn’t agree more with the need to combine bio-, psycho-, socio-, spiritual-, and perhaps cultural aspects together in the process of combating the mental health problems. I am fascinated by the research about possibilities opened by nature itself (psilocybin „ concoction”) which seems to embrace bio-, psycho-, and spiritual avenues in healing symultaniouslhy. And I am far away from the idea of competition between mentioned approaches. From my perspective unity is the best answer.

[@vanilla_abstract]

Tickling for the algorithm 🙏

[@atypicaltexan3834]

Jung's idea of "complexes" sounds like what Richard Schwartz"s idea of parts are in his model he calls Internal Family Systems

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

For sure. Richard is definitely heavily inspired by Jung.

[@starmothpress]

Fabulous conversation. I have fallen into the spiritual rabbit hole of Marian apparitions for the past couple of years and I love hearing from other folks who’ve done the same

[@poloparker8624]

You don't know or haven't even heard about "The Lady"? She buys the Stairway to Heaven...I thought we all knew her. I'm in my 4th decade of this life and have been aware since before grade school indoctrination. I didn't allow brainwashing as authenticity is what I pride myself on. Anyhow...Led Zeppelin sings well of this wonder woman in history's greatest song(in my opinion). Sidenote: This is the first I've viewed content from either of you. I'm glad the encounter happened this way otherwise I may not have been so interested. I've studied Jung, Plato, Aristotle, etc...amount of old wise guys since middle school. I can't seem to find like-minded others, ANYWHERE. So glad to have stumbled upon this accidentally...it's more than just a breath of fresh air amidst all the pollution of narcissism swirling about. I don't usually make plans, but am allowing you both to be one for my future... continuing now. Thanks for the knowledge you bring and the connection we foster. Take care. Love&Peace Be With You.

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

Much love my friend!

[@omegapointsingularity6504]

2:40 exactly like this for me

[@darinbasile6754]

Those straw hats. Hahahahahah! “Abundance Hats”. Such a cliché. Good exchange!

[@darinbasile6754]

That holding animation/music is great!

[@chrismontoya4266]

Love the grind!!!

[@user-wl2mn6sw3r]

I’m so excited that you guys did an episode together!! My 2 favorite podcasters - y’all are amazing!

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

✨💓✨

[@pickletown]

Wow, absolute dream MELD ❤

[@bingobabymusic]

New Favorite channel on KZbin…. Thx for this

[@baljithayre1252]

Thank you

[@mike215-risingspiritworldwide]

Another great pod! Definitely reignited my interest in the Gateway Process

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

Same 🤝

[@theomniscientvoid9553]

This was an extremely good one. Thanks so much to you both 🙏🌌

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

✨🙏✨

[@GiGiHaylett]

I'm loving your podcasts so much. It's been really good listen too when I've been sick and my nervous system can't seem to stand the sound or visuals of anything. I'm also going through really intense sleep paralysis all night every night at times and really struggling with trauma integration, social integration and spiritual and neurological stuff. It starts to feel really isolating. Been sort of isolating, hardcore meditating and reading then watching these. It's nice to hear people talking more about these processes as it's something that was forced upon me and I've had no choice but to dedicate myself to practice. Would love to watch/hear your thoughts and guests talk about the individuation process in survivors of extreme trauma as most ashrams and retreats turn us away but I've found this way essential in my recovery and development, the same with psychedelics.

[@Rebecca0010]

I’m turning 40 this week and I was just thinking how growing up when I did, it was so much repression and Guinea pig trauma related stuff regarding chronic illness. I hope it’s like a turning point decades later for people to not go through that.

[@CreativeCodex]

Loving this episode! So great to hear the origin stories of both of your shows! And so much heart in the things shared between you.

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

Thank you brother 🙏

[@BackFromTheBorderline]

❤️❤️❤️

[@thetreeoflife6018]

Very resonant episode, Psychedelics as a young person , spiritual seeker, and FreeMason.💫

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

🙏Love it! This is the only kind of demographic data I want to see. 🙏

[@atreesto5002]

What a fantastic podcast. I recently had an active imagination experience while on mushrooms that has shifted my perspective of myself and I've been wanting to get into a sober practice. I'm gonna check out this book Mollie talked about, the Imagination Matrix sounds like its right up my alley.

[@apex_agile713]

Just found this pod. First episode. I dig it. I'll be back...👊🏼👊🏼

[@CrimsonVioletMoon]

Really interesting podcast. I have to say it was hard to hear my favorite bpd advocate singing Duncan trussels praises, as I strongly suspect him of having blocked me from joining his discord during a really vulnerable point in my life because I was very active in bpd communities at the time. I was genuinely heartbroken for years afterwards I’d looked up to him so much. But I really respect this pairing because if there’s one thing I want to explore and understand in this life it’s the wildly dynamic interplay between spirituality and mental illness. Understanding spirituality from a grounded place that doesn’t ignore or minimize the darkness we all carry and the importance of forming a healthy relationship with it is something that I’ve never managed to do, but Jung was just the perfect doorway into exploring these connections. Thank you for seeing the human behind the label, I adore seeing pairings like this and look forward to exploring more life maps through your content in the future. 💜

[@hhwippedcream]

Thanks so much!

[@hhwippedcream]

If you're searching for a connecting practice or at least a work that connects one to the wider existence around I encourage you to check out Heron Michelle's The Pentacle Path of Elemental Witchcraft. I've been reading through and trying it on for size and it has soo much good info and contextualization it's worth a read - even if not into witchcraft or esotericism. I feel she brings the world to the craft and the craft to the world. In congruence but also alternatively, a Place "capital P" based spirituality is so rewarding. Taking time to observe and reflect on the scales and cycles of lifeforms where you live or connect with has soooo many knock on therapeutic effects. I characterize this as gaining deep knowledge of a place, integrating ones' life experience and forming regular experiential connections and setting "appointments" with these places to reconnect and contextualize. These important places in our life are psychological and spiritual "touchstones" one can use as reference points and places of safety and power. Everything is absolutely connected. Personally, I connect with the native Sycamore trees where I grew up. They are very personally sacred to me and hold importance. They wear their life on the sleeves (bark) and are the lowland redwoods of California.

[@christinaforras]

Our lady of perpetual sorrow… “Damn, that is emo” 🤣💀

[@soniacheffer2566]

I love this regarding just being done with you day job bs! Also an artist here and my creativity at work is not valued or recognized (even tho I came up w the current design we r using!) This was mentioned at a brief work meeting and then never again...I've tried to be part of the "team" through my creativity but the boss even takes my strengths from me at work by failing to value them. Proud of you guys for paving the way! This artist is on the verge of making the leap! Would love another business related podcast from your perspective ❤

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

Thank you and Godspeed to you!

[@ryanrohn4561]

Listening to this podcast is a refreshing window in a long string of synchronicities in my life. Rapid and extreme changes which haven't allowed time to mentally process, are shifting my physical and psychological reality. My creative endeavors have not covered my bills, along with my job, and I am forced to leave my home and get into a housing program. It is a real blow to my ego, but thanks to a spiritual awareness and growth, which I highly credit to what I've learned from CG Jung, I can grasp a perspective and be humbled and encouraged at the same time; disillusioned but not defeated; a necessary chapter to propel me forward. All in all, it's an opportunity. Thank you both!

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

Thank you and good luck my friend. Hope you’re having a nice thanksgiving 🙏

[@ryanrohn4561]

@@THIRDEYEDROPS Thank you, my friend. Enjoying some wine and listening to the second half of this podcast. Today feels like a gift. Keep up the good work!

[@DeadManVlog]

Excellent wonderbro episode. Woke up from a vivid dream then found this podcast episode on live (I was on my way to help an exorcism in a hybrid Cathedral. ⛪✝️

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

Woah

[@tonyawest_]

Thank you both. I’m here at this specific juncture in my life. I love Jung and appreciate all that you brought from him. It’s such a beautiful place to be expanding with the collective.

[@Aarya_Sufiana]

Thank you this is amazing but for such a long podcast please try to do time stamps very important❤

[@jeffwhite2511]

Love all the stuff you discuss and my comment is not specific to this discussion, I resonate with so much you discussed. but Deep Nature Connection is the ultimate sojourn, all religions and spirituality and the psyche are ultimately rooted in Nature. Too much modern spirituality is anthropocentric and egocentic and not ecocentic or truly soulful. The hubris of humans and disconnection from Nature is the reason why our society has no soul, not to mention the ultimate cause of nearly every major problem that we are experiencing from climate change to war to AI. Nature is the only reason I survived my insane challenges with bipolar and trauma. Society failed me and as Terrence McKenna stated that 'culture is not your friend'. All true spiritual paths lead to Nature, so why not cut to the chase.

[@Dino_Medici]

57:40 that’s incredibly interesting wow

[@sonicaftermath5776]

Muzzy here….connected to transmission

[@chrismontoya4266]

I'll say it again IFS therapy would speak a lot to the nodes 😁👍 keep up the good work!

[@Agent_Exodus]

For what it’s worth, part of the work is innovating it, personally as a custom tailored process. Universal similarities but no one size fits all. Like putting the pieces of a puzzle together along with the cultivation of intuition. It’s always there 🙃🙂 Softening up, so to speak. Octopus shamanism 🐙 (long story 🙃) Love your work, btw 💯

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

Hugely agree and please fill me in on the Octopus thing. I have a close friend that’s very relevant for.

[@Agent_Exodus]

@@THIRDEYEDROPS id be happy to buy the easiest way, if you’ve got about… 15 minutes or so, I’ve got a video on my channel called “octopus shamanism, eb and flow” that sums it up as a memetic concept with a story or two 🙃🐙🙂

[@evelynannrose]

I have had crazy visions with no psychodelics by using the wake induced lucid dreaming method. Similar to Gateway Project methods. It took me a long time to get good at it. But I don't take this lightly. My last experience meeting the guardian on the threshold was so intense, I haven't attempted it again. It can feel scary because it's like I'm in another dimension or something. I am afraid I wont be able to get back.

[@omegapointsingularity6504]

you make yourself do it. you are brave, muster up the courage and do it!

[@Dino_Medici]

50:59 theia mania 💚

[@mikwilpir6940]

For some reason saying we are facing A.I. opened the way for the like 👍🏼

[@mattcraigmusic1946]

Everything this episode discussed can directly transfer over to recovery from drugs and alcohol. Going from a masters degree and a career in computer science to a homeless fentanyl addict - I have found my way again and there’s too much to say in this post, but I’ve realized our entire way of life is backwards and broken as a society.

[@LifeOfMasson]

Do you guys ever do any sort of dream analysis? I have a few that are interesting and involve a lot of alchemical, mythological motifs. Ive put a couple on /Jung subbreddit

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

I have a video coming out on that very topic this coming week 🙏

[@anthonyhudson3158]

Cool

[@editorjeannie2318]

Go down the Seth Speaks (Jane Roberts) rabbit hole

[@BackFromTheBorderline]

Big fan of the Seth material! I find it incredibly fascinating, especially with all the current dialogue around UFO/UAP NHI disclosure.

[@DarthMadV]

What the ferk. Molly has a very similar storyline to me.

[@auggiemarsh8682]

Who is Sarah Mergon (?)? I can't find her

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

I think you’re looking for Sarah mergen @carljungmemes on insta. She’s great 🙏

[@angelcandelaria6728]

She is like the real Scarlet Witch, But better. 🎉❤

[@BackFromTheBorderline]

Best compliment I could receive. 🥰

[@christinevandenberg8]

The Vikings is the shiz!

[@Streangth]

I stoped at 30min. Not trying to be rude. But can anyone tell me if this podcast is worth listing too? So far they have only talked about her.

[@Dino_Medici]

1:05:05 what 💀

[@pablosirreno]

7.5k views on this video at time of viewing - talk about sleeping on some important stuff!

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

✨✌️✨

[@hengi956]

*tickle* 😊😉

[@katelambros2454]

🐇

[@nyl4001]

This awesome podcast is becoming for subscribers only, every 2mins commercial break

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

I agree, they placed an INSANE amount on this episode for some reason. I went in and removed a bunch

[@deadxmouth]

Hey, funny story! Check out my old writing instructor from USF's story -- Stephen Beachy! Also fascinating man and writer. But, if you want to hear about the amish situation from a legitimately intelligent, worldly, and gay man: woo boy!

[@deadxmouth]

also was the main person i believe who broke the jt leroy story way back, and that itself is huge and fascinating.

[@nathanpayne5009]

The Instagram Heroine's Journey: 2012: lol here's my brunch 2018: lol here's my boobs 2024: I am your wellness coach.

[@THIRDEYEDROPS]

She’s not a coach though?

[@nathanpayne5009]

@@THIRDEYEDROPS it's in regards to you two touching on that subject early in the discussion--meme about having the confidence of a 20 year old life coach. I have been noticing this story arch with the collective for awhile now. Millennials move like locust over fields. They are running out of identities to consume. Hopefully some good comes from this. If 1% actualize down a meaningful path, then it is worth the growing pains. But I have been predicting a reawakening of the Mystery school for 10 years now. I see it taking on a major role over the next 200 years.

[@nathanpayne5009]

at its roots, however, it is a symptom of how millennials and zoomers feel the need to validate an internal growth via a digital projection. these are further expressions of how we have become fractured into groping expressions on the internet as a surrogate for the ether/astral. however, there are instances that the virtual expression and astral expression coincide and these are grand and kismet voyages. they are rare, however, and most often accidents. Bjork's Vespertine comes to mind. I think she accidentally expressed her Kundalini awakening and documented it in that album and pollenated the entire collective in the process. Bjork is a rare incarnation, however, very much possessed by the divine feminine archetype.

[@nathanpayne5009]

I do think Chelsea Wolfe might be bringing some people along on her alchemical journey via She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out to She. Again, though, more than likely accidental or at least unintentional. And she certainly isn't announcing to the world her role as a wellness coach. However, it is hopeful, as the divine feminine is blinking and stretching in the beginnings of her expression across the collective. This is definitely something to be breathless about.

[@fatuusdottore]

AI is not bad. Content farms are bad regardless of whether they’re AI or not.

[@claudesilverio677]

Scholars live to much in their ivory tower, practice makes your Fingers dirty 😈

[@jackjack8390]

The casual use of the word “fuck” distracts from your message. Is this a generational thing?

[@auggiemarsh8682]

Good question. I was wondering the same. Here and there for emphasis is okay but regular use is quite distracting

[@lifematters687]

Maybe generational? It's just everywhere now in many contexts. I didn't grow up with it but I've just gotten used to it. Don't wanna miss great stuff over it.

[@auggiemarsh8682]

A bit too many F-bombs-at least for a podcast.

[@averybeaux]

hi im Avery, in the future you might remember me for a "training video" I filmed in UWO Western Medicines psychiatric ward haha synchronicity and thanks for the video! x@averybeaux

[@editorjeannie2318]

Thank you