Howl in the Wilderness

Hosted by depth counselor, writer and cultural activist Brian James: http://brianjames.caCheck out my new book Traumadelic: Re-Visioning Psychedelic Therapy http://traumadelicbook.comIf you’d like to gain access to early release of full, ad-free episodes and support the podcast, consider becoming part of the pack over at patreon.com/howlinthewilderness. We are an independent production and rely on the support of listeners like you. Make a one-time contribution to http://paypal.me/brianjamessoulRose Cartwright is a screenwriter and bestselling author. Her non-fiction book about psychedelics, The Maps We Carry, was published by HarperCollins in April 2024. She is a writer and producer on the Netflix sci-fi series 3 Body Problem, from Game Of Thrones' creators Benioff & Weiss, and Alex Woo. Rose wrote a memoir called Pure about intrusive sexual thoughts that became a Channel 4 drama series. Listen to her three-part BBC Radio 4 series about psychedelic therapy here.“Treating misery as a primarily medical problem is part of the reason why so many people are miserable. Whether or not you agree with that, we can probably all agree that something about the way we are approaching mental health isn’t working, and that radical change is desperately needed.”— Rose Cartwright, The Maps We Carryhttps://www.rosecartwright.com

Howling about ketamine, magic bullet cures, psychiatric bullsh*t and traumadelic culture with clinical psychiatrist and writer Bruce E. LevineHosted by depth counselor, writer and cultural activist Brian James: http://brianjames.caCheck out my new book Traumadelic: Re-Visioning Psychedelic Therapy http://traumadelicbook.comIf you’d like to gain access to early release of full, ad-free episodes and support the podcast, consider becoming part of the pack over at patreon.com/howlinthewilderness. We are an independent production and rely on the support of listeners like you. Make a one-time contribution to http://paypal.me/brianjamessoul“It is always refreshing to find someone who stands at the edge of his profession and dissects its failures with a critical eye, refusing to be deceived by its pretensions. Bruce Levine condemns the cold, technological approach to mental health and, to our benefit, looks for deeper solutions.”— Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States“Between 500 and 750 ketamine clinics have cropped up across the United States,” NPR reported early in 2024 (“The Ketamine Economy: New Mental Health Clinics are a ‘Wild West’ with Few Rules”). This may be an underestimation, as Psychiatric News reported later in 2024, “More than 1,500 intravenous (IV) infusion clinics have proliferated nationwide.” Ketamine industry revenues of $3.1 billion were reported in 2022, and projected to be $6.9 billion by 2030. All this has occurred despite the fact that the Food and Drug Administration has warned: “Ketamine is not FDA approved for the treatment of any psychiatric disorder.”Bruce’s Ketamine article with lots of citations and links: https://brucelevine.net/psychiatrys-latest-insane-magic-bullet-treatment-for-depression-why-ketamine-2/

Howling about Louis Brawley's time with anti-guru UG Krishnamurti and that other Krishnamurti (Jiddu)Hosted by depth counselor, writer and cultural activist Brian James: http://brianjames.caCheck out my new book Traumadelic: Re-Visioning Psychedelic Therapy http://traumadelicbook.comIf you’d like to gain access to early release of full, ad-free episodes and support the podcast, consider becoming part of the pack over at patreon.com/howlinthewilderness. We are an independent production and rely on the support of listeners like you. Make a one-time contribution to http://paypal.me/brianjamessoulLouis Brawley met UG Krishnamurti in 2002 and spent the following five years travelling with him in the USA, India and Europe keeping a record of this remarkable non-teacher and documenting his own inner struggles as his ideas about life, love and Enlightenment were constantly tossed around and demolished. Louis fell into the role of foil and sidekick to UG’s bizarre interactions with his friends and audience and, as UG’s health deteriorated, he became his informal caregiver.Louis works as an artist, photographer and freelance art handler worldwide—occupations which fund his travels around the world writing and recording accounts and impressions from friends of the “Raging Sage.”Louis' website (for now) https://louisbrawley.comIG: https://www.instagram.com/louisbrawley

Howling about James Hillman, Carl Jung, Henry Corbin, cosmology, phenomenology & psychedelics with writer, poet and rogue scholar Tom Cheetham.Hosted by depth counselor, writer and cultural activist Brian James: http://brianjames.caCheck out my new book Traumadelic: Re-Visioning Psychedelic Therapy http://traumadelicbook.comIf you’d like to gain access to early release of full, ad-free episodes and support the podcast, consider becoming part of the pack over at patreon.com/howlinthewilderness. We are an independent production and rely on the support of listeners like you. Make a one-time contribution to http://paypal.me/brianjamessoulTom Cheetham is the author of five books on the imagination in the sciences, psychology, religion and the arts, and one book of poems. He is co-editor of the recently released Uniform Edition of James Hillman's ON MELANCHOLY & DEPRESSION, published by Spring Publications (which I highly recommend!)Tom's website: https://www.tomcheetham.comJames Hillman Uniform Editions https://www.springpublications.com/ue.html

Howling about love, marriage, alchemy & soul-making with 90-year-old Susan Tiberghien, a Jungian writer and teacher who has been married to her lover Pierre for 66 years.HITW is hosted by depth counselor, writer and cultural activist Brian James: http://brianjames.caCheck out my new book Traumadelic: Re-Visioning Psychedelic Therapy http://traumadelicbook.comIf you’d like to gain access to early release of full, ad-free episodes and support the podcast, consider becoming part of the pack over at patreon.com/howlinthewilderness. We are an independent production and rely on the support of listeners like you. Make a one-time contribution to http://paypal.me/brianjamessoulSusan Tiberghien, an American writer living in Geneva, Switzerland, holds a degree in Literature and Philosophy and did graduate work at Grenoble University, France and the CG Jung Institute, Kusnacht, Switzerland.She has published four memoirs: Looking for Gold, A Year in Jungian Analysis; Circling to the Center, Invitation to Silent Prayer; Side by Side, Writing Your Love Story; Footsteps, In Love with a Frenchman, and two writing handbooks: One Year to a Writing Life, Twelve Lessons to Deepen Every Writer’s Art and Craft; and most recently Writing Toward Wholeness, Lessons Inspired by CG Jung, along with numerous essays in journals and anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic.Tiberghien has been teaching Jungian informed writing workshops for over twenty-five years at CG Jung Societies, at the International Women’s Writing Guild, and at writers’ centers and conferences in the States and in Europe. Recently she has recorded courses for the Jung Society of Washington DC, for Soul at Play, and for the Jung Platform.She is an active member of International Pen, a founding member of the International Writers’ Residence at Lavigny, Switzerland, the founder and past director of the Geneva Writers’ Group, an association of over 240 English-language writers.Mother of six children, grandmother of fifteen grandchildren, and great-grandmother of three great- grandchildren, she lives with her French husband in Geneva, Switzerland, a city whose dedication to peace and justice she fully endorses.  Susan's website: https://www.susantiberghien.comSeasons of Love: https://chironpublications.com/shop/seasons-of-love-a-lasting-marriage

If you’d like to gain access to early release of full, ad-free episodes and support the podcast, consider becoming part of the pack over at patreon.com/howlinthewilderness. We are an independent production and rely on the support of listeners like you. Make a one-time contribution to http://paypal.me/brianjamessoulHITW is hosted by depth counselor, writer and cultural activist Brian James: http://brianjames.caCheck out my new book Traumadelic: Re-Visioning Psychedelic Therapy http://traumadelicbook.comCatherine Liu (born 1964) is an American cultural theorist and author whose areas of research include Sinophone cinema, French literature, critical theory, identity politics, and visual arts. She is known for her critique of the professional–managerial class.Her research and teaching focuses on the intellectual history and formation of cultural criticism, the history of the professional-managerial class, psychoanalytic theory, the political economy of cultural revolutions, and the work of the Frankfurt School and Walter Benjamin. She has also published on various topics in art criticism, museum history, and cultural politics.Her most recent book published in 2021, Virtue Hoarders: The Case Against the Professional Managerial Class, is a polemical call to reject making a virtue out of taste and consumption habits.Catherine’s Substack: cliuanon.substack.com