Reading the Red Book

Reading The Red Book by Sanford L. Drob provides a clear and comprehensive guide to The Red Book's narrative and thematic content, and details The Red Book's significance, not only for psychology but for the history of ideas.

The long-awaited publication of C. G. Jung's Red Book in October 2009 was a signal event in the history of analytical psychology. Hailed as the most important work in Jung's entire corpus, it is as enigmatic as it is profound. Reading The Red Book by Sanford L. Drob provides a clear and comprehensive guide to The Red Book's narrative and thematic content, and details The Red Book's significance, not only for psychology but for the history of ideas.

Autorentext

Sanford L. Drob, PhD, teaches at Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA, and the C.G. Jung Institute in New York. His most recent book is Archetype of the Absolute: The Unity of Opposites in Mysticism, Philosophy and Psychology. He is a visual artist whose paintings on archetypal themes can be viewed at www.sanforddrobart.com.

Klappentext

The long-awaited publication of C. G. Jung's Red Book in October 2009 was a signal event in the history of analytical psychology. Hailed as the most important work in Jung's entire corpus, it is as enigmatic as it is profound. Reading The Red Book by Sanford L. Drob provides a clear and comprehensive guide to The Red Book's narrative and thematic content, and details The Red Book's significance, not only for psychology but for the history of ideas.

Zusammenfassung

The long-awaited publication of C. G. Jung's Red Book in October 2009 was a signal event in the history of analytical psychology. Hailed as the most important work in Jung's entire corpus, it is as enigmatic as it is profound. Reading The Red Book by Sanford L. Drob provides a clear and comprehensive guide to The Red Book's narrative and thematic content, and details The Red Book's significance, not only for psychology but for the history of ideas.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

Note on References

1 Jung's Prologue: Inspiration and Knowledge from the "Depths"

2 The Search for the Soul: The Red Book: Liber Primus

3 Of Gods, Heroes, and Prophets: The Red Book: Liber Primus, cont.

4 Soul-Making Encounters: The Red Book: Liber Secundus

5 The Healing of Izdubar: The Red Book: Liber Secundus

6 The Descent into Hell: The Red Book: Liber Secundus

7 The Library, the Kitchen, and the Madhouse: The Red Book: Liber Secundus

8 Magic, Symbols, and the Critique of Reason: The Red Book: Liber Secundus

9 Philosophical and Theological Reflections: The Red Book: Liber Secundus

10 I, Self, Prophet, Soul, and God: Scrutinies, RB 333-59, RE 461-553

11 The Seven Sermons to the Dead: The Red Book: Scrutinies, cont.

12 Final Encounters, Final Reflections: The Red Book: Scrutinies, cont.

13 The Red Book and Contemporary Psychology

Notes

Index