Alchemical Mortificatio: How to Survive the Wintering of Your Life

This Jungian Life Podcast · Dec 18, 2025 · 1h 15m · transcript

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Mortificatio is an alchemical term for the moment a life-organizing identity collapses. We might call it burnout, divorce, depression, retirement shock, institutional betrayal, or a terrifying medical diagnosis. The alchemists called it “death,” and Jungians understand it as part of the psychology of transformation.

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