Mark Solms is Director of Neuropsychology at the Neuroscience Institute of the University of Cape Town. He is also Honorary Lecturer in Neurosurgery at the St Bartholomew’s & Royal London Hospital School of Medicine and an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists. He is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and the American and South African Psychoanalytic Associations and has received numerous honours and awards, including the Sigourney Prize. Mark has published 350 scientific papers, and eight books, the latest being The Hidden Spring (Norton, 2021). Mark is also the authorized editor and translator of the Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (24 volumes) and the forthcoming Complete Neuroscientific Works of Sigmund Freud (4 volumes).

Here Mark shares insights from his research in neuropsychoanalysis, including joyful play as the bedrock of harmonizing the various aspects of human nature. He emphasizes that time-and-time again, humans discover new frameworks for articulating the dynamics of suffering and salvation.

00:00:00 Introduction

00:03:05 Mark’s history and career inspiration

00:12:44 Bridging neuroscience and depth psychology

00:18:30 Affective neuroscience

00:31:12 The seven emotional primes

00:43:50 The importance of play for civilization

00:51:38 Biological and spiritual correlates of suffering and salvation

01:07:31 Forms of consciousness

01:11:54 Hopes for future research

New Thinking Allowed Guest Host Leanne Whitney, PhD, is a depth psychologist and transformational coach based in Los Angeles, CA. She is the author of Consciousness in Jung and Patañjali and currently serves as Executive Director of Center for Transformation and Integration. Her website is https://leannewhitney.com/

To learn about Leanne Whitney’s upcoming Transformational Coaching Certification Course with an emphasis in Somatic Integration Therapy, please visit: https://transformationandintegration.com/courses

Producer: Ricky Derisz

Editor: John Hartmann

(Recorded on August 28, 2024)

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Published on October 28, 2024