Jung in the World | Jung, The Holy Grail, and The Spirit of Transformation with Paul Bishop

Patricia Martin and Paul Bishop, author and professor at the University of Glasgow, discuss the mystery of the holy grail, what it meant to Carl Jung, and what it offers us.  Paul Bishop was born in 1967 in Southend-on-Sea. He studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, and he is currently William Jacks Chair of Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow. His books examine the history of ideas and the histories of psychoanalysis and analytical psychology, with particular emphasis on Nietzsche, C.G. Jung, and Ludwig Klages. He has edited Companion volumes for Camden House on Goethe’s “Faust“, Parts One and Two; and on the life and works of Nietzsche. He is currently working on a four-volume project for Chiron Books entitled Jung and the Epic of Transformation, whose first volume is Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” and the Grail as Transformation. Patricia Martin is the creator and host of Jung in the World, now in its sixth season, and the director of the Institute for Psyche and Culture. A cultural researcher, critic and author of four books, including Will the Future Like You? (Karnac, 2026), she writes and speaks on depth psychology's role in digital culture. She is a graduate of the Jungian Studies Program at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago, where she remains a professional affiliate. She holds an MFA in nonfiction from Bennington College and an MA from University College Dublin in Irish culture and literature. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Psyche Magazine, Harvard Business Review, and Riverteeth, among others. Visit the Jung in the World Podcast at The Institute for Psyche & Culture at https://institutepsycheandculture.org/