Jung and the Metaphorical Mind with Dr Mark Winborn
August 9, 2025 at 10:27AM
In this episode of the podcast I am speaking with Jungian psychoanalyst Mark Winborn about Jung and the Metaphoric Mind. Amongst other things we talk about the early influences which led him towards Jung. Metaphor and Meaning in Psychotherapy, The Metaphors we Live By, Shakespeare, metaphor is the language of the soul, what Neuroscience is telling us about how metaphor lights up the brain, Left Brain/Right Brain, the bicameral mind, literalism, art, music, movies, Bob Dylan, the Blues and BB King.
Mark Winborn, Ph.D., is a Jungian psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist. He is a training analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, the C.G. Jung Institute – Küsnacht, and the Romanian Society for Analytical Psychology. He is also on the adjunct faculty of the Russian Society for Analytical Psychology and the Moscow Association for Analytical Psychology. His primary areas of interest are analytic technique and the integration of psychoanalytic theories. He has published or edited five books: Deep Blues: Human Soundscapes for the Archetypal Journey, Shared Realities: Participation Mystique and Beyond, Interpretation in Jungian Analysis: Art and Technique, Beyond Persona: On Individuation and Beginnings with Jungian Analysts (with Lavinia Țânculescu-Popa), and Jungian Psychoanalysis: A Contemporary Introduction (part of the Routledge series – Introductions to Contemporary Psychoanalysis).
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