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Howl in the Wilderness

Howl in the Wilderness

By: Brian James
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Depth counselor, writer and cultural activist Brian James has deep and insightful conversations with renegade artists, philosophers, psychologists and spiritual teachers who are working on the edge of dominant culture to recover and revive soul in people and the planet.


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  • Soul-Making: The Meaning of Suffering | Christina Becker | HITW 179
    Jun 25 2025

    Howling about addiction, loss and soul making as a spiritual path with Jungian analyst and astrologer Christina Becker, author of the forthcoming book Soul-Making: A Journey of Resilience and Spiritual Rediscovery


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    Christina Becker is a registered psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, a clinical member of the Ontario Society of Psychotherapists, a senior analyst with the Association of Graduate Analytical Psychologists, and a senior training analyst with the IRSJA. She is also a faculty member of the Toronto Art Therapy Institute and a member of the Canadian Association for Sandplay Therapy.


    In addition to her Jungian training, she has studied astrology at the Faculty of Astrological Studies in London as well as with Liz Greene through the Astrodeinst seminars in Zürich. Ms. Becker has lectured at Jungian training institutes in Buffalo, Calgary, Halifax, Johannesburg, Montreal, New York, Toronto, and Zürich. She has also spoken at various astrological conferences and local Jungian societies across North America, and currently maintains a private practice in the west end of Toronto. She is the author of the book, The Heart of the Matter: Individuation as an Ethical Process, originally published by Murray Stein’s Chiron Publications in 2004. A second edition has been published by Chiron in 2014.


    Listen to my first conversation with Christina here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/finding-purpose-49290575


    Christina’s website: https://cjbecker.com

    Soul-Making Book: www.cjbecker.com/soul-making-book

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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • A Jungian View of Pornography & Sexuality | Rob Hopcke | HITW 178
    Jun 18 2025

    Howling about pornography, addiction, sex and commitment with Jungian psychotherapist Robert Hopcke MFT


    Hosted by depth counselor, writer and cultural activist Brian James: http://brianjames.ca

    Check out my new book Traumadelic: Re-Visioning Psychedelic Therapy http://traumadelicbook.com


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    Robert Hopcke MFT is a Jungian therapist in San Francisco and the author of a number of books, articles, translations on a variety of topics within the areas of psychology and religion, including his most recent contribution to the literature on synchronicity, There Are No Accidents in Love and Relationships, a follow-up book to his 1997 national best seller, There Are No Accidents: Synchronicity and the Stories of our Lives.

    He has also authored two standard reference works within Jungian psychology: A Guided Tour of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung and Jung, Jungians and Homosexuality


    Contact Rob: https://www.robhopcke.com

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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • Poetic Faiths: The Art of Embodied Philosophy | Tony Wolf | HITW 177
    Jun 11 2025

    Howling about poetic faith, religion as art and making meaning through creative practice with Tony Wolf


    Hosted by depth counselor, writer and cultural activist Brian James: http://brianjames.ca

    Check out my new book Traumadelic: Re-Visioning Psychedelic Therapy http://traumadelicbook.com


    If you’d like to gain access to early release of full, ad-free episodes and support the podcast, consider becoming part of the pack over at patreon.com/howlinthewilderness. We are an independent production and rely on the support of listeners like you. Make a one-time contribution to http://paypal.me/brianjamessoul


    Listen to or watch my first conversation with Tony here:

    https://www.patreon.com/posts/cultpunk-death-107564746

    https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ap98ZoZBQuo21Z0uePb91?si=5153fa9d81504abb

    https://youtu.be/WtJxfM4iJDI


    Poetic Faiths: New Religions and Rituals as Works of Living Art is an anthology of illustrated interviews with an emergent counterculture of artists and activists who take secular humanism as a given, then ask, “Now what?” and find their answers in artistic creation. Poetic Faiths embody soulful practice through ritual participation in mythopoetic art; they are ways of taking as profound that which may not be taken literally.


    Volume I includes:

    Aretéanism – a ritualistic path toward personal and communal excellence, inspired by ancient Greek philosophy

    CREATION – a queer, science-fiction-infused religious response to climate change, mourning the Anthropocene

    The First Church of David Bowie, Phonomancer – a psychedelic blend of role-playing, music and personal development

    The Orphan Wisdom School – a redemptive practice rooted in knowing history, being claimed by ancestry and working for a time that we won’t live to see

    The Mysterium – an immersive experience of Deep Play guided by 'memento mori ergo carpe diem'—remember death, therefore seize the day


    With a foreword by Professor Carole Cusack and the provocative Cultpunk Manifesto, this collection explores the dynamic intersection of ceremony, art and philosophy in the search for metamodern meaning.


    Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DV92J27N

    Blog: https://cultpunk.art


    Tags: Howl in the Wilderness Brian James #podcast #brianjames #hitw #psychology #depthpsychology #spirituality #religion #philosophy

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    1 hr and 53 mins
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