‘In this fascinating interview, Julienne McLean discusses the false self and true self, alchemical philosophy, poetry, and the importance of developing a rich interior life. The conversation explores midlife crisis, artificial intelligence, spirituality, and the religious function of the psyche.
Julienne shares the story of her early visionary experiences and the lifelong vocation that led to her magnum opus, expressed through two major works: ‘Towards Mystical Union: A Modern Commentary on the Mystical Text The Interior Castle by St Teresa of Ávila’ and ‘The Diamond Heart: Jungian Psychology and the Christian Mystical Tradition.’
This conversation offers profound insights into Jungian psychology, Christian mysticism, personal transformation, and the quest for spiritual wholeness.
Recorded 2026 in London, U.K.
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Credits:
Guest speaker: Julienne McLean
Host: Marcos Cortés Carroll
Videographer & Editor: Adam Rhodes
Wardrobe: Vanesa Regatos Ávila
Bio: Julienne McLean practices as a psychologist, Jungian analyst and training supervisor in north London, as well as being a spiritual director and retreat conductor. She has been in private practice for more than 30 years. She has had a lifelong involvement in the Christian contemplative tradition, with a particular interest in the relationship between modern depth psychology and thelogica mystica. She has taught on The Jungian Analytic Training for Qualified Psychotherapists, organised by A.J.A. London, at St Mary’s University, Strawberry Hill, London and Sarum College, Salisbury, where she is a Visiting Scholar in Christian Spirituality. Since 2018, she has been involved with the Centre for Applied Carmelite Spirituality (www.oxcacs.org), as a lecturer and accompanier on the Carmelite Spiritual Direction Formation Programme. She has published many papers and is the author of ‘Towards Mystical Union: A Modern Commentary on the Mystical Text ‘The Interior Castle’ by St Teresa of Avila and ‘The Diamond Heart: Jungian Psychology and the Christian Mystical Tradition’.
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