Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 12: Psychology and Alchemy

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In this major study, C. G. Jung examines alchemical symbolism as a living language of the unconscious. The book links an actual series of modern dreams with images drawn from more than seventeen centuries of alchemical literature.

Book Overview

Psychology and Alchemy is one of Jung’s most influential works. It was the first volume to appear in the Collected Works and is central to his later thought. This second, completely revised edition was translated by R. F. C. Hull and includes 270 illustrations, largely from old alchemical books and manuscripts.

Originally published in German as Psychologie und Alchemie, the work grew from two Eranos lectures and was expanded with a full introduction and epilogue. Jung set out his position on the collective unconscious and its relation to religious and symbolic experience.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• A detailed study of alchemical symbolism as a form of psychological and spiritual development.
• An analysis of dream symbols recorded by a modern European dreamer and their parallels in ancient alchemy.
• Jung’s hypothesis of the collective unconscious and its role in individual transformation.
• The complete text of the second, completely revised edition in English translation.
• 270 illustrations drawn from old alchemical books and manuscripts, many from Jung’s personal collection.
• Editorial notes, a translator’s note, a prefatory note by Jung, and a new index.

Why This Book Matters

Psychology and Alchemy was the first volume of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung to appear, and much of Jung’s later work revolves around this material. It remains a landmark in depth psychology and in the study of alchemical imagery.

The book is essential reading for students of analytical psychology, the history of alchemy, symbolism, and the religious dimension of the psyche.

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This edition offers a reliable digital way to explore one of Jung’s most important works.