Thinking With Somebody Else's Head

 I'm Richard Lloyd Jones, and this is Episode 4 of our Modern Relevance of God special podcast series on Thinking with Somebody Else's Head. In our last episode, we looked at some of the... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

 If you were watching a TV series about the pandemic lockdown we are currently suffering through, you might look at it as a phantasmagorical kind of thing. "Oh, that could never happen," you... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

 As we turn the page on what was surely one of the most unprecedented years in modern history, we look forward to better times in 2021. It's natural to do that - greet the new with optimism.... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

It's as old as philosophy itself. Freedom. Free will. Free choice.  We've taken it for granted in our western world. "Of course we're free," we gloat when comparing ourselves to those in the... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

It's July, and we're still in the middle of the pandemic. Actually, we've been in the middle of this for what, 4 months now? You ever seen anything like this? Of course not. Unless you're a... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

It's week 8 of the quarantine here in Brazil. Restaurants and shops are still closed, they're taking temperatures before they let me in to the supermarket across the street, and no end in sight to... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

There must have been a "Eureka!" moment back in the late 1800s when, investigating an infection in the French wine industry, Louis Pasteur happened upon the discovery of micro-organisms. He must have... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

One of the challenges in our modern philosophy lies in the difficulty of acknowledging right and wrong, good and bad. We've blurred the lines so much it's almost impossible to clarify this in any... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

One of the things that's happened to me over the 18 plus years I've been in Brazil working with the science of Analytical Trilogy elaborated by Brazilian psychoanalyst and social scientist, Norberto... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

I was walking down the streets of Vancouver a number of years ago after I'd been living away from the west coast for some time, and I bumped into an old acquaintance of mine in Kitsilano, the old... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

In Shakespeare's The Tempest, Ferdinand, in desperation at the terrible plight of ship and crew, cries out, "Hell is empty and all the devils are here!" And looking around at our situation today, it... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

The nature of good and evil. That’s a nice light topic for your next Sunday afternoon bbq! If I had a dollar for every time a friend wanted to discuss the nature of good and evil with me over the... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

A belief in immaculate conception, overcoming death with resurrection, divine miracles of creation … modern thinkers complain these tenets suffer from a lack of evidence. “Faith is a great evil,”... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

All of us, if we've lived a little, have had to contend with the lure of temptation. From the mundane, "Just one more piece of chocolate cake," to the come on of a cold beer when you've got a... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

"The idea of being a victim of evil is quite a comfortable one," writes Norberto Keppe in his book, Psychotherapy and Exorcism. "But what's really going on," he continues, "is that the human being... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

Temptation. Like most religious words, that one's been banalized and reduced from its original meaning. It means literally a trial or a test. A moment in your life when you have a choice to be... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

We're just out of the Easter period and some reflections. It was a tough week for the faithful. The burning of Notre Dame striking hard in that major center of Christian faith for 800 something... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

Back when I was a kid playing street hockey in my hometown, a couple of Dutch immigrant kids came out hoping to join us. They were carrying hockey sticks their father had made by nailing a piece of... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

As we head into Christmas, we often take time to reflect on friends and family, on hopes and dreams, on plans and logistics. After all, we've got the trips to hometowns, the Christmas gift buying,... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.

In Norberto Keppe's extraordinary book, Liberation of the People, he writes, "Humankind reckons among its numbers a few individuals who are completely sick. This includes those who have succeeded in... Podcast from the International Society of Analytical Trilogy. Important psychological and social science discussions are found here.