Jung Journal’s Summer 2025 issue, opens with an editorial from Audrey Punnett (free access), which introduces a diverse collection that spans poetry, interviews, cultural analysis, and historical scholarship. The issue features a special poetry section dedicated to haiku, with a Poetry Editor’s introduction (free access) presenting a collection of these condensed, contemplative forms that align well with Jungian approaches to capturing moments of psychological and spiritual insight.
Janice Teece conducts an illuminating interview titled Beyond Synchronicity—Tarot, Compassion, and Empathy with the World and Beyond with Terry Iacuzzo, exploring how tarot practice extends Jung’s concept of synchronicity into realms of compassion and empathic connection that reach beyond conventional psychological frameworks.
Lisa Hester contributes From Romanticism and Modernism to Psychedelia: Tracing the Roots of Contemporary Visionary Art (open access), an extensively illustrated essay that maps the historical development of visionary art movements. Hester traces how Romantic and Modernist artistic impulses evolved into the psychedelic art movement, examining how these artistic expressions relate to altered states of consciousness and archetypal imagery central to Jungian psychology.
Dennis Patrick Slattery offers Dante’s Divining Comedy: A Path to Personal Wisdom in Paradiso, explores how Dante’s journey through Paradise provides a map for personal wisdom and individuation, examining the archetypal patterns and spiritual insights embedded in this medieval masterwork.
Jacqueline Sitterle presents a biographical tribute with Baroness Vera von der Heydt (1899–1996): The Gift of Friendship, honoring this important but perhaps lesser-known figure in Jungian history. Sitterle explores von der Heydt’s contributions to analytical psychology and her significant relationships within the Jungian community, preserving the memory of someone whose influence shaped the field through personal connection and dedication. John Beebe reviews the film Caught by the Tides in the journal’s Film & Video section, offering his characteristic depth psychological reading of contemporary cinema.
Stacy Hassen contributes to the ARAS section with Indigenous Vision: Planting a Seed of Insight, which examines indigenous imagery and perspectives through the archetypal lens, exploring how native wisdom traditions intersect with Jungian concepts of the collective unconscious and archetypal patterns. Thom F. Cavalli reviews the Netflix series Macondo: One Hundred Years of Solitude, based on Gabriel García Márquez’s masterpiece, examining how the adaptation captures the magical realism and archetypal depths of the original novel.
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