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6 reviews
C. G. Jung

Princeton University Press, 1974

Dreams not only as wish fulfilment
Carl Jung says he has analysed more than 2.000 dreams per year, a very impressive number by anyone's standards. In his Dreams book, which a very good collection of many of his dreams experiments, he is after demolishing some Freudian's dreams concepts, mainly the one which asserts that the purpose of dreams is to fulfill infantile sexual wishes repressed in the unconscious, which don't find ...

Modern Man in Search of a Soul (Harvest Book)

12 reviews
C. G. Jung

Harvest/HBJ Book, 1955

Insightful Analytical Psychology
A very insightful and meaningful book, 11 intriguing essays in 244 pages. Jung is a deeper thinker, and I think not reductive like Freud and Adler tended to be. He makes no claim to dogmatism or absolutes. Jung really hits on the psyche and transcends the borders of rational intelligence into areas of the unconscious expressions in symbolism and images. I am going to argue against another ...

The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life

10 reviews
Richard Wilhelm

Harvest Books, 1962

Truly A great Read
The translation of the book is more than worth the price. With the commentary and explanation of the terms it exceeds the price paid. The subject matter and the commentary by Jung makes it pricless. I am familiar with many meditation styles and i must say this is a gem. I would recommend that before this work is done one has trained several years in the magical arts, the worker should at least be ...

Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle

21 reviews
C. G. Jung

Princeton University Press, 1973

Beyond Chance, or: Mapping the Etherverse
Just as Oppenheimer's Shiva-jigging atom-stomp codified the nuclear sciences as a force to be reckoned with and redefined the method and madness of the battlefield for the 20th century, so in turn were set in motion a series of sub-atomic particle explorations that would ultimately serve just as destructive to long-held paradigms about the nature of the universe. The contradictory tenants of ...

The Undiscovered Self

17 reviews
C. G. Jung

Princeton University Press, 1990

Phenomenally accessible.
Jung addresses the modern individual's failure and to cultivate and understand the self - the whole self, including those dark crevices of the Unconscious that we'd rather pretend don't exist. According to Jung, self-knowledge occurs through spiritual experience. While modern mass religion ("creeds") attempts to connect the individual to the "unknowable," a true, meaningful understanding of ...

The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga

3 reviews
C. G. Jung

Princeton University Press, 1999

Worth reading both for Jung and for Shamdasani
Jung's ideas on Kundalini are brilliant, but reveal more about Jungian psychology than Kundalini. As with all of Shamdasani's writing, his introduction provides a historical context that both enriches Jung's interpretation and tells us much of the era in which his ideas emerged

Memories, Dreams, Reflections

51 reviews
C.G. Jung

Vintage, 1989

Intensity-his mind was flooded with profound ideas
This book is sublime, a GEM. In his subjective view of the world -"with half closed eyes and somewhat closed ears, to see and hear the form and voice of being" he arrived at an inspiring insight about life: supreme meaning of being can consist only in the fact that is,not that it is not or is no longer; nature, the mystery of love, the psyche, life, human beings, a state of lively contemplation ...

The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 1)

9 reviews
C. G. Jung

Princeton University Press, 1981

An Essential Work by Jung.
This work, along with _Modern Man in Search of a Soul_, is one of the best places to start if you are new to reading Jung. It is also the companion piece and predecessor to _Aion_, which is another spectacular and groundbreaking work. If you want to read _Aion_, it would make sense for you to read this one first, since it is part 1 of volume nine, while _Aion_ is part two. Overall, I would say ...

The I Ching or Book of Changes

40 reviews
C.F. Baynes, R. Wilhelm

Princeton University Press, 1967

Old man's review
Very good book to use I Ching Oracle. Good texts and commentaries according to the translation of Richard Wilhelm.

The Portable Jung (Viking Portable Library)

14 reviews
Carl G. Jung

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1976

A Classic
This is a fascinating book on Jungian thought and his psychological concepts. If you avoid being intimidated by the size of the book, and you methodically go through each page from the beginning to the end, you will grasp the extent and depth of Jung's intellect and ideas. The word "archetype" is used by Jung to describe the concept of the strong unseen influences that result in predictable ...

Two Essays on Analytical Psychology (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.7)

6 reviews
C. G. Jung

Princeton University Press, 1972

Theoretical depth
This is one of Jung's finest although it makes some demands on the cerebral capacity of the reader. Its main benefit is that the Jungian notions here comes out in their full theoretical depth. It's imperative, namely, to get a thorough and deep understanding of Jungian psychology, otherwise you haven't understood it at all. Jungian psychology is plagued by this problem that the notions are ...

Children's Dreams: Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936-1940 (Jung Seminars)

3 reviews
C. G. Jung

Princeton University Press, 2007

Jung at Work
This book shows Jung at work using his methods of dream interpretation. Jung liked the seminar method and had ongoing seminars during the academic year from the early 1920's until 1940. The children's dream seminar has long been available only to close students of analytical psychology and was given between 1936 and 1940. In this seminar he takes dreams of adults who recall their dreams from ...

Symbols of Transformation (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.5)

5 reviews
C. G. Jung

Princeton University Press, 1977

Symbols of Transformation
This is not an easy read, but it is worth the time and effort. I have a link to Dictionary.com and purchased a Latin translation program to help me through. I have notes all over the margins and have to read and reread and reread paragraphs to follow Jung's train of thought. The book is a lot of work, but it is fascinating, and nothing this good ought to be easy. You will get back everything ...

Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.9 Part 2)

9 reviews
C. G. Jung

Princeton University Press, 1979

One of his greatest works
_Aion_ is part 2 of volume nine of Jung's collected works. Although _Aion_ is unquestionably a stand-alone work, ideally it should be read after part 1, which is _Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious_. That said, _Aion_ is one of Jung's greatest works and is one of the first three that anyone who is new to Jung should start with. The first part deals with Christianity, and the significance ...

Psychological Types (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.6)

6 reviews
C. G. Jung

Princeton University Press, 1976

introversion extraversion intuition sensation thinkng feelng
If you're familiar with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and want to know more about it then _Psychological Types_ is one title you'd certainly want to read. It is the definitive work on which the MBTI is based. In this volume Jung explains in detail what the nature of the two attitudes--introversion and extraversion--really are, as well as that of the four functions--intuition, sensation, ...

The Origins and History of Consciousness (Mythos Books)

9 reviews
Erich Neumann

Princeton University Press, 1995

A profound linking of ego psychology and world mythology
A prominent psychologist, knitting together the elements of Jung's psychological theory and some new elements of his own, shows how the great cycles of world myth depict the hard-won development of ego-consciousness in humanity, and how this development is recapitulated in each individual's life. Twenty-six years ago, when I first read this book, Jung's ideas were much more popular than they ...

Jung Lexicon: A Primer of Terms and Concepts (Studies in Jungian Psychology By Jungian Analysts)

3 reviews
Daryl Sharp, C. G. Jung

Inner City Books, 1990

Invaluable Reference book for understanding Jung
I bought this book several years ago as I was getting into Jung. I found it then, and now, to be an invaluable reference work. Each entry includes a one sentence line defining the terms, then usually one or two quotes from Jung, and then the author's analysis of the term. Daryl Sharp has done an excellent job of finding the most concise and direct quotes from Jung which explain his terms. He ...

Answer to Job: (From Vol. 11, Collected Works) (Jung Extracts)

16 reviews
C. G. Jung

Princeton University Press, 1973

Compact and Comprehensive
Jung's "Answer to Job" was recommended to me by friends, and after some procrastination, I finally decided to give it a read. My only regret is that I waited so long to get around to it. I was surprised by both the candor and the comprehensive sweep of the book. It should be understood that this book is not a book on pure theology, though theological issues inevitably arise. Jung himself ...

Jung on Mythology
C. G. Jung

Princeton University Press, 1998

At least three major questions can be asked of myth: what is its subject matter? what is its origin? and what is its function? Theories of myth may differ on the answers they give to any of these questions, but more basically they may also differ on which of the questions they ask. C. G. Jung's theory is one of the few that purports to answer fully all three questions. This volume collects and organizes the key passages on myth by Jung himself ...

Psychology and Alchemy (Collected Works of C.G. Jung Vol.12)

7 reviews
C. G. Jung

Princeton University Press, 1980

Powerful understanding of the Soul
Alchemists were the men who sought the higher things of the soul, which processes were reflected in their researches. Jung having discovered many of his patients dream images were captured in the same imagery as the 16th/17th century alchemists. thus establishing a foundation upon which his researches could continue. Though Jung speaks highly of the church as *The institution of the church ...

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