HITW 132 | Susan Rowland PhD | Jungian Arts Based Research

On this episode I speak with Susan Rowland about her work in Jungian Arts Based Research as well as her career as a writer of what she calls “cosy mystery novels about undervalued women.”Before taking up detective fiction, Susan wrote books about Carl Jung, gender and the arts. Jung: A Feminist Revision is her most Googled work, suggesting unfinished business with both his post-Romantic psychology and the man himself. Jung, Susan concludes, was dedicated to restoring the lost feminine of modernity, while deploring the necessity for equality between men and women.Susan Rowland (PhD) teaches at Pacifica Graduate Institute and is the author of ten books on Jung, the feminine, literature and the arts. Her last (with soul mate Joel Weishaus) is Jungian Arts-Based Research and the Nuclear Enchantment of New Mexico (2021). For a decade Susan has been working on a project to examine feminine heroism as a way to cultural renewal. Her first novel, The Sacred Well Murders, was published by Chiron in 2022. The book explores marginalized women becoming involved in epoch-defining events that entail literal and symbolic violence. The Alchemy Fire Murder: A Mary Wandwalker Mystery, is the second in the series. You can find the link to her website in the episode notes.I really enjoyed our conversation and hope you find it as interesting and inspiring as I did.https://www.susanrowland-books.com