Dr. Stephen Julich dives into his own spiritual journey and invites us to reflect deeper. What makes a scholar-practitioner? What’s the reasoning behind beginner’s mind? Listen to some of the profound stories shared here and perhaps your own journey might enhance.

Dr. Stephen Julich is core faculty in East-West Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies, specializing in Western Esotericism and Jungian Studies. Dr. Julich has served as an adjunct instructor in History and Anthropology at the City College of New York, a lecturer in Jungian Studies at the University of Philosophical Research in Los Angeles, and an adjunct instructor in East-West Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Currently, he teaches courses on mysticism, Western magical traditions, subtle beings and worlds, the religious imagination, and the works of C. G. Jung and his closest student and collaborator, Marie-Louise von Franz. His areas of interest include the psychology of myth, dreams, and symbols, as well as the role of imagination in generating and transforming religious forms and ideas. His current research explores magic and mysticism as cross-cultural phenomena, with a special emphasis on contemporary trends.