Carl jung red book excerpts 50th anniversary

I believe that some passages of the protokolle can help us to clarify the real inten. The red book is a very personal record of jung s complicated, tortuous and lengthy quest to salvage his soul, and a firsthand description of a process that would later fundamentally inform jung s. The red book is part journal, part mythological novel that takes the reader through jungs fantasies hallucinations he self. Carl jung turned to the occult much stronger when he was close to his deathbed. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times.

Carl jung considered the red book, a grand, illuminated volume in which he nurtured his theories, his most important work. Mentored by freud himself, jung broke off from freud to found his own theory of human behavior. The result of this momentous decision is the red book, jung s record of his confrontation with the unconscious, which he had bound in a custommade red leather folio that measured approximately 12 x 15. Carl jung is a fascinating character in psychologys history. Second day 46 the incantations 50 the opening of the egg 65 hell 73 the.

Full text of red book by carl gustav jung internet archive. The son of the earth in cg jungs the red book jstor. Take a look at pages from the red book by carl jung books the. It provides a useful introduction to jung and his red book liber novus. Liber novus combines both art and intimate descriptions of jung s personal spiritual journey.

A lot of people would not comprehend his occult writings pieces that were delicately pieced together to compose a one of a kind novel such as the red book. Now, 100 years after he began his books, the images from jung s visions have returned to life digitalfusion is pleased to release a series of fine art limited edition prints from carl jung s the red book. Jungs imaginations as presented in the red book are, so to speak, the prima. Limited edition fine art prints the red book limited. The red book ends with philemon speaking the summary revelation to liber. When carl jung embarked on an extended selfexploration he called his confrontation with the unconscious, the heart of it was the red book, a large, illuminated volume he created between 1914 and 1930. Here he developed his principle theoriesof the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuationthat transformed psychotherapy from a practice concerned with treatment of the sick into a means for higher development of the personality. On the 50th anniversary of jung s death it is time to put accusations of him collaborating with the nazis to rest. Take a look at pages from the red book by carl jung. The red book, also known as liber novus latin for new book, is a 205page manuscript written and illustrated by swiss psychiatrist carl gustav jung. In his late 30s, jung started writing a book called the red book. Jung s famous red book, which records the creation of the seminal theories that jung developed after his 19 split with sigmund freud, and explores its place in jung s work through related items from the librarys collections.