The red book via the jung society of port townsend, which includes many red book related links, including the rubin museum where the original has been on display. Also you find a great deal about the concept of the self and the wholeness in jung s. Alchemy is central to jung s hypothesis of the collective unconscious. As the course commences, i will keep this page updated with the latest module, as per the schedule at the bottom of the page. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Jung, however, considers this to be the purely, psychological collective unconscious. Essential jung for those interested in personal alchemy, theurgic psychology or an understanding of the self. Carl jung discovered that many of the dreams and states of consciousness that his clients reported corresponded remarkably to the descriptions recorded in the alchemical texts. Carl gustav jung the undiscovered self london and new york. Jung s associates, proposed that the office of biographer be entrusted to me. Carl jung mysterium coniunctionis pdf psychologische abhandlungen, edited by c. There was a strong request from participants to go deeper into this mysterious aspect of jungian psychology. Jung first turned to alchemy for personal illumination in coping with trauma brought on by his break with freud. See more ideas about alchemy, occult and esoteric art.
Among jung s many publications are the psychology of dementia praecox 1907, the theory of psychoanalysis 1915, instinct and the unconscious 1919, psychological types 1921, psychology and alchemy 1944, answer to job 1952 and mysterium conjunctionis 1956. Jung s interest for alchemy starts from two directions. Alchemical studies association of jungian analysts. His work has been influential in psychiatry and in the study of religion, philosophy, archeology, anthropology, carl gustav jung j. Introduction to the history and the mystery of alchemy, as elucidated by the pioneering work of c. Hoeller the lovely little town of knittlingen, near the black forrest in west germany, is noted farandwide as the original residence of the famed dr. D british association of psychotherapists london, april 24, 2009 introduction. He also led many seminars in their home country switzerland, but also beyond the border, especially in england and the u. The second refers to the series of dreams which have evoked the new research course, on which jung talks at length in his autobiography.
Often jungs alchemical work is relegated to the psychological and spiritual side of alchemy. It appears as the ouroboros, the taileater, in the. Isbn mysterium coniunctionis, where jung continues his work of interpretation by. In this volume he begins with an outline of the process and aims of psychotherapy, and the. The new alchemy website jung on active imagination. He is one of the most eminent scholars of the twentieth century. The science of modern chemistry evolved from the alchemists in europe. Gerhard wehr on carl jung and the mysterium coniunctionis. Like the real mystery does not behave mysteriously or secretively.
It is said that swiss psychologist carl jung discovered the internal tarot of the human mind with his notion of archetypes. Jung, a series of books published by princeton university press in the u. Jungs interest for alchemy starts from two directions. A central symbol of alchemy was mercurius, which was a subject of part 5 of this series. Jun, 2016 as others have said, the alchemists projected psychic processes into matter. Free ebook psychology and alchemy collected works of c. Interrupting his stay there to visit and study under pierre janet in paris. Jung alchemy and how to predict the future youtube. This episode is part one of the series understanding the meaning of alchemy.
Psychology and alchemy is being published first, though it is not volume 1 of the collected. Carl jung puts forward a thesis, which i am going to oversimplify. It was designed for those seeking an understanding of relevant terms and concepts as they were used by jung himself. The book psychology and alchemy by carl jung left behind a legacy thats as fascinating as it is controversial. As others have said, the alchemists projected psychic processes into matter. Jungs seminal essay, on the nature of the psyche, marks a radical shift between his earlier and his later work.
It is not identical with the ego but placed itself somehow above or in other words in the midst between egocounsciousness and unconscious. In this article, i will examine the status and value of carl jung s theories of archetypal psychology, especially their relation to ultimate issues in literature and in religious studies. Online resources that is, articles and papers approaching the most known jung s theories and methods such as the animaanimus complex, the archetypes, the collective unconscious, the individuation process, synchronicity, alchemy, astrology, i ching, and more. This work, subsequently known as the secret of the golden flower catapulted c. Psychology and alchemy is a really strange but useful book. He was the originator of analytical psychology and was born in kesswil, switzerland.
Light on the nature of alchemy began to come to me only after i had read the text of the golden flower, that specimen of chinese alchemy which richard wilhelm sent me in 1928. Alchemical symbolism eventually suggested to jung that there was a process in the unconscious, one that had a goal beyond discharging tension and hiding pain. An inquiry into the separation and synthesis of psychic opposites in alchemy volume 14 of collected works was completed by jung when he was 81 and is a synthesis of his lifelong work on marrying alchemy and psychology. Out of the egg symbolized by the round cooking vessel will rise the eagle or phoenix, the liberated soul, which is ultimately. In 1944 jung published psychology and alchemy, where he analyzed the alchemical symbols and showed a direct relationship to the psychoanalytical process. You will receive an email on the monday of each week to inform you that the new module has been loaded. The tremendous role which the opposites and their union play in alchemy helps us to understand why the alchemists were so fond of paradoxes. During the last thirty years of his life, jung turned to alchemy as a fundamental resource for depth psychology.
Alchemy is symbolic of figurative functions within the psyche as revealed by a variety of myths found in visions, myths and symbols. It is study of the analogies between alchemy, christian dogma, and psychological symbolism alchemy is central to jung s hypothesis of the collective unconscious. Hello, i am familiar with many of jung s theories, but not his relationship to alchemy and the language of alchemy. Jung had come into contact with alchemy in the course of the twenties, he had been like a wanderer in. He made sense of such seemingly incomprehensible symbols and showed how, in fact, such images represent a usually unseen level that has immense power over how we feel, think and. Persona, shadow, unconscious, collective unconscious, alchemy, gnostic, gnosticism, psyche, libido collection opensource language english. In this volume he begins with an outline of the process and aims of psychotherapy, and then moves on to work out the analogies between alchemy, christian dogma and symbolism and his own understanding of the.
The dragon is probably the oldest pictoral symbol in alchemy of which we have documentary evidence. Jan 17, 2015 painting by jung quotes by jung from psychology and alchemy when the alchemist speaks of mercurius, on the face of it he means quicksilver mercury, but inwardly he means the worldcreating spirit concealed or imprisoned in matter. Carl jung s archetypal psychology, literature, and ultimate meaning david j. Psychologist carl jung on spirituality the minds journal. Working in the space between presence and absence robert d.
A collection of essays on or about carl jung and depth psychology addeddate 20307 19. Jung subsequently felt that the knowledge of alchemy could be used in understanding the process of psychological and spiritual transformation as a tool for use in. Jung, alchemy and active imagination in part three of this series of articles on alchemy and the imagination we look at the influence of alchemical ways of thinking on one of the twentieth centurys most innovative psychologists, carl jung. Yet his books, such as psychology and alchemy, alchemical studies, and especially mysterium coniunctionis, can be difficult reading. A plaque in the small but exquisite museum devoted to the facts and legends concerning dr. On this account psychology and alchemy is being published first, though it is not volume 1 of the collected works. Carl jung discovered that many of the dreams and states of consciousness that his clients reported corresponded remarkably to the descriptions recorded in the. Carl jung wrote extensively on midlife crisis and depression. This little book comprises two lectures delivered this year on the occasion of the fourhundredth anniversary of the death of paracelsus the first, paracelsus the physician. Tarot reading, from jung s point of view, is a process that unveils the unconscious and which follows the perennial clues of psychic alchemy. Mircea eliade and carl jung are two twentieth century theorists who explore the implications of alchemy in a modern context. When we compare the essays in the present volume with jungs monumental mysterium. The metaphor of alchemy and the alchemy of metaphor.
It consists of five long essays that trace carl jung s developing interest in alchemy from 1929 onward. Pdf psychology and alchemy download full pdf book download. Can anyone recommend a good introductory book on this subject. Each theorist has a working definition of mythology that reveals how the study of alchemy is an important mythological structure. But id like to also mention alchemy as the bridge that jung sought between early western psychology and our present psychology. Alchemy, is said to be the great work of nature that perfects matter, whether it is expressed as the cosmos or our soul.
I had very soon seen that analytical psychology coincided in a most curious way with alchemy the experiences of the alchemists were, in a sense, my experiences, and their world was my world. Tags alchemy carl jung synchroniscity the red book. Jung across multiple fileformats including epub, doc, and pdf. Jung s interest in the symbolical significance of alchemy for modern depth psychology first found expression, in 1929, in his commentary to the secret of the golden flower. And to boot, the book is beautiful sumptuously illustrated, artfully designed, and exquisitely crafted it is printed in italy by mondadori, the. Jung into the very midst of alchemical themes and interests. He studied medicine in basel and then became an assistant in psychiatry at zurich. For this swiss psychiatrist, one of the purposes of every human being is to become free and to nurture their individuality. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Jung was a unique mind and his writings here are a unique showcase of his grasp of the esoteric and the scientific in conjunction.
Psychology and alchemy association of jungian analysts. Carl gustav jung was a psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology. Alchemy is that great collective dream, and what makes it so important for us is that its the dream of our ancestors. The theme was taken up again in his eranos lectures of 1935 and 1936, which formed the basis of psychology and alchemy. On november 23rd, 20 the asheville jung center hosted an enormously successful introduction to alchemy with dr.
There is also a link to a video of a series of programs called the red book dialogues. Jung, alchemy and the technique of active imagination. It is study of the analogies between alchemy, christian dogma, and psychological symbolism. Alchemy and the hermetic tradition mircea eliade and carl jung. Alchemy is central to jungs hypothesis of the collective unconscious. His teaching of psychology is not only confined to university lectures. His studies disclosed that chinese alchemy, just like the alchemy of the west, deals primarily with the transformational symbolism of the human. The work and writings of jung from the 1940s onwards focused on alchemy. Transforming the self jung psychology and alchemy youtube.
In order to attain this union, they tried not only to visualize the opposites together but to express them in the same breath characteristically, the paradoxes cluster most thickly round the arcane substance, which was believed to contain the opposites. This volume of professor jungs collected works is a translation, with minor alterations. Jung 18751961 is one of the most important and widely influential dream theories in modern depth psychology that branch of psychology that studies the unconscious as its main object. The work of carl jung is a process of constant searching, a wonderful alchemy between analytical psychology, anthropology and philosophy which has given us such interesting concepts as the collective unconscious, archetypes, synchronicity and the foundation of a spiritual legacy where you can find a whole crucible of ideas. Alchemical studies is volume in the collected works of c. Alchemy, rather than being a scientific process, was, at least in part, an artistic process by which alchemists were attempting to resolve unconscious material within the psyche by using narratives involving physical matter such as chemicals, precious metals, and stones. Pantheon books of new york publish a biography of carl gustav iung. In this book, nathan schwartzsalant, a leading jungian analyst with an interest in alchemy, brings together a key selection of jung. Jung might write a psychological commentary on the text. A biography in books is the most important biographical study of jung published in a generation, and the essential companion to reading and understanding jung s the red book. Jung, a swiss medical doctor, was at one time freuds closest friend and leading student. Jung was not particularly interested in what modern scholars of alchemy call the physical side to alchemyi.
Out of the egg symbolized by the round cooking vessel will rise the eagle or. Jung understood the alchemical writtings, since his translation is just as cryptic as the old alchemical texts and. Jung alchemy and how to predict the future i was always looking for some meaning between, something that linked that remote past w the present moment. The dissertation entails a chronological investigation of jung s research spanning the period from his seminal 19111912 work, transformations and symbols of the libido, to his founding alchemical essays of 1935 and 1936, respectively entitled dream symbols of the individuation process and notions of redemption in alchemy. In this book, nathan schwartzsalant, a leading jungian analyst with an interest in alchemy, brings together a key selection of jung s writings on the subject. The first matter is also equated with consciousness. All of us were well aware that the task would by no means be an easy one. Jung states that the alchemist dreams in his own specific language, and that we have to learn the psychological secrets of alchemy 69. One is the necessity to find a historic parallel to his own discoveries of the unconscious psychic life.
Jung realized that the fantastic images of alchemy firebreathing dragons, hermaphrodites, lions giving birth to the sun are not so far from our daily lives. But active imagination, as the term denotes, means that the images have a life of their own and that the symbolic events develop according to their own logic that is, of course, if your conscious reason does not interfere the symbol of the mandala has exactly this meaning of a holy place, a temenos, to protect the centre. The self is the archetype of the psychical totality or the wholeness. Jung and the alchemical renewal evolve consciousness. An introduction and supplement to his major works on the subject, it is illustrated with 42 patients drawings. He was much more interested in alchemy as a spiritual pursuit, rather, as he would 2 jung, c. However, to do so, one had to decode each symbol of the subconscious. Psychology and alchemy is volume 12 in the collected works of c. Jung lexicon is not a critique or a defence of jung s thoughts, but a guide to its richness. The realization of the self is the ultimate goal of the individuation process.
Admittedly i should have read it before the arguments against jung made by william newman, as newmans views misinterpret a lot of jung s ideas. One is the necessity to find a historic parallel to his own discoveries of the unconscious. Ive been listening to a podcast this jungian life that references this often and id like to know more. Eggs in alchemy in alchemy the egg stands for the chaos apprehended by the artifex, the prima materia containing the captive worldsoul. Alchemy was brought to europe by the moors in spain.
There are choice extracts from jung s collected works, but no references to other writers. Professor jung then considerably expanded them and added an introduction, in which he set out his. Jung s last major work, completed in his 81st year. This is only partially true and i dont believe this does justice to jung and nor do i believe that defining alchemy in these terms of subject and object, inner and outer, material and real. Jung, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Introduction to the religious and psychological problems of alchemy. But active imagination, as the term denotes, means that the images have a life of their own and that the symbolic events develop according to their own logic that is, of course, if your conscious reason does not interfere.
Jung s last major work, completed in his 81st year, on the synthesis of the opposites in alchemy and psychology. Jungs research revealed to him that analytical psychology coincided with alchemy. Dec 01, 1994 jung proposed and developed the concepts of extraversion and introversion. Jung and his fellow psychologists overlook hereby the eminent realistic character of alchemy, which is interdependent with the inner body, the corpus subtile of the human being.