The most recent issue of Psychological Perspectives offers a rich exploration of psyche, artificial intelligence, and Jungian thought. Christophe Le Mouël introduces the issue with Psyche in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, setting the stage for discussions on AI’s impact on human consciousness and symbolism. Mike Diehl and Nancy Mozur, in their piece About the Art: Artificial Intelligence, reflect on the interplay between AI and artistic creativity. Pamela Power and Sheryl Corchnoy’s article The World of Gaming and Jungian Analysis examines the psychological dynamics of gaming, linking it to Jungian themes of individuation and the unconscious. Glen Slater contributes A New Global Crisis?, an analysing how the rise of AI creates existential questions about the future of humanity, using excerpts from Jung vs Borg: Finding the Deeply Human in a Posthuman Age. S. Robert Moradi’s piece On Relating to the Unconscious: An Outlook explores how AI influences our relationship with the unconscious. Robin Wiley’s Artificial Intelligence and Psyche: The Trickster and Our Moral Compass uses the Trickster archetype to investigate AI’s ethical dimensions, while Robert Etheredge Juliano’s Calculemus! AI, Number, and the Modern Solve et Coagula links AI’s computational power to alchemical processes, examining its transformative effects. The issue also features an interview with Christophe Le Mouël by Robert S. Henderson, offering insights into AI and Jungian psychology. In addition, Lynette Walker’s Of Flotsam and Jetsam and Dennis Patrick Slattery’s Ancient Wisdom in Northwest New Mexico reflect on cultural and mythological themes. Fiction is included through Merle Molofsky’s short story Interview, and Carol Dieckmann’s Working the Salt Mines of Eros with the Healing Psychoidal Dimension addresses the psychoidal nature of healing. The issue rounds out with several poetry contributions, including Melissa Ann Reed’s Anima et Animus and Dream of a House Falling Apart Inside Out, and Chun Yu’s The Moth and Butterfly Dream. The final section offers reviews of works such as Marika Henriques’ The Hidden Girl: The Journey of a Soul, Joseph Campbell’s Myth and Meaning, and the films Chaos Dragon and the Light and Dante: Inferno to Paradise, offering reflections on myth, psyche, and contemporary culture. You can read the full journal for free, here. |