The red book is a lovingly inscribed and illustrated account of a deep inner journey into the heart of god, spirituality, mythology, and primarily the depths that jung called the shadow. Take a look at pages from the red book by carl jung. Carl jungs red book carl jung is a fascinating character in psychologys history. Carl jung became mentally ill in 19, he began writing a book called liber novus at this time, which means the new york in latin, this red covered book later. The red book by carl jung, first edition abebooks the lowestpriced brandnew, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable. Feb 25, 2011 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. A window into jungs dreams the journal,16 years in the making, in which psychoanalyst carl jung documented his inner life was long hidden. Oct 19, 2009 carl jung considered the red book, a grand, illuminated volume in which he nurtured his theories, his most important work. It recounts and comments upon the authors psychological experiments between 19 and 1916, and is based on manuscripts first drafted by jung in 191415 and 1917. Lizanicole favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite. Carl jung 1875 1961 was a psychiatrist living in switzerland, married to one of the richest ladies of the country. Carl jung was a famous psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and the founder of analytical psychology.
The designs and color red in yesterdays post reminded me of a huge event that recently occurred in the world of books and psychology the publication last october of carl jungs mythical, longhidden, selfanalytical tourdeforce, the red book which he wrote between 1914 and 1930. It was here that he developed his principal theories of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation that would transform psychotherapy from treatment of the sick into a. Oct 11, 2015 carl jung 1875 1961 was a psychiatrist living in switzerland, married to one of the richest ladies of the country. Based in part on the first set of red book lectures, in july 2010 dr. As online and bigbox retailers hustle to outdo themselves in discounts, the red book by carl jung, the swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology, has surprised booksellers and. As a young idiot, i started with symbols of transformation vol. Jun 28, 2015 jung left no posthumous instructions about the final disposition of what he called the red book.
Oct 09, 2009 the experiences of dr carl jung as recounted in his red book can stand as a kind of textbook example of this phenomenon. It was here that he developed his principal theories of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation that would transform psychotherapy from treatment of the sick into a means for the higher development of the personality. In 1957, near the end of his life, jung spoke to aniela jaffe about the red book and the process which yielded it. He was a pioneer of deep psychology and a prolific author. In discussing the history of his own involvement with the. It recounts and comments upon the authors imaginative experiences between 19 and 1916, and is based on manuscripts first drafted by jung in 191415 and 1917. The group is dedicated to postings related to the red book by c. Carl jung and the holy grail of the unconscious the new. The red book, how carl jung saved his soul exploring.
Carl jung and jungian psychology, theory, and philosophy. Jungs 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 jungs work through related items from the librarys collections. Here and there, once in a while, alcoholics have had what are called vital spiritual experiences. Jungs red book contains many of his works of art based on his visual hallucinations and the fair copies of the texts he produced in calligraphy based on his auditory hallucinations. From 19 to 1930 carl jung engaged in an experiment that he referred to as a confrontation with his unconscious. Jung used the latin expression, spiritus contra spiritum, to further explain that my alcoholic obsession is really a low grade attempt to obtain a spiritual experience.
Liber novus combines both art and intimate descriptions of jungs personal spiritual journey. Carl gustav jung and the red book, an all day symposium, featured presentations by prominent jungian scholars. In this book jung recorded employed the method he called active imagination. If your self inquiry encountered autonomous archetypes then you might be interested in what jungs deep inquiry yielded in wisdom, i encourage you to read just a single note from the red book. At the time, bollingen library published sot in two volumes 1956 translated by r. Here he developed his principle theoriesof the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of. However, jungs paintings are not reproduced in the readers edition. Jungs visionary experience and the events that led to creation of the red book, the hermeneutics of vision. A mind in crisis the spirit of the depths has subjugated all pride and arrogance to the power of judgment. He took away my belief in science, he robbed me of the joy of explaining and ordering things, and. Few personalities stir up interest like this great analyst of the human psyche. A rational and wellread intellectual with already a successful career in the treatment of mentally afflicted men and women, who is suddenly subjected to what would in an earlier age would have been seen as divinedemonic. Meanwhile, the influential swiss psychiatrist and thinker carl jung had is own big red book. Within only a few pages i was struck by many synchronicities another term coined by jung specific details that.
It was here that he developed his theories that would transform psychotherapy from treatment of the sick into a means for the higher development of the personality. The family finally allowed the book to be published in late 2009, with a readers edition made available in 2012. The red book, published to wide acclaim in 2009, contains the nucleus of c. Aug 07, 20 carl gustav jung and the red book, an all day symposium, featured presentations by prominent jungian scholars. It was here that he developed his principal theories of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation that would transform psychotherapy from treatment of the sick into a means for the higher development of. Jung scholar sonu shamdasani is a londonbased author, editor. Creation of a new cosmology is on view through feb. This article is now available online in pdf format. Dreamy sales of jungs red book surprises book industry. 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. Liber novus is interspersed with dazzling spreads of mandalas, dragons, spiritbeings and what look like ufos. In addition to the oversized book, norton also published the regularsized book the red book. According to sonu shamdasanis introduction in liber novus the red book, he called this experiment or exercise of emptying his consciousness as his most difficult. Dec 16, 2017 14 videos play all the red book by carl jung audiobook all parts roby lesesne 2015 personality lecture 07.
Free download the red book pdf full book by carl jung. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. However, jung s paintings are not reproduced in the readers edition. Carl jung established a theory, which saw universal types in human personality. Oct, 2009 the most influential unpublished work in the history of psychology. The red book, how carl jung saved his soul exploring your mind. When carl jung embarked on an extended selfexploration he called it his confrontation with the unconscious, the heart of it was the red book, a large, illuminated volume he created between 1914 and 1930. Liber novus philemon box by cg jung, sonu shamdasani, john peck, sonu shamdasani, mark kyburz isbn. One of them is that it took him more than 15 years to complete, or at least to decide that it contained everything that he wanted to communicate. Carl jung considered the red book, a grand, illuminated volume in which he nurtured his theories, his most important work. Jung appears to have written most of the first version of. Everybody can remember having dreams when they were asleep. 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.
Jung left no posthumous instructions about the final disposition of what he called the red book. Why i havent gotten around to reading jungs red book. The contents of the portland seminar are too lengthy for this discussion. Public interest was enhanced by the mystery surrounding its contents as well as by the fact that the original had been locked in a swiss banks vault for many years. Lcdigppmsca07205 get exclusive access to content from our 1768 first edition with your subscription.
Until now, very few have seen it, but a new facsimile makes its visionary. Jan 23, 2018 carl jung was a famous psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and the founder of analytical psychology. The core idea of analytical psychology is that, for a better understanding of an individuals psyche, one needs to take into consideration the personality type and the power of the unconscious. Jung s successor has kept this book for decades because. A portable edition of the famous red book text and essay the red book, published to wide acclaim in 2009, contains the nucleus of c. If he was born decades later, carl jung could have had a flourishing career as a graphic novelist. Like a massive, medieval folio reminiscent of the book of kells. He was a charismatic man who was well liked by the ladies. A window into jung s dreams the journal,16 years in the making, in which psychoanalyst carl jung documented his inner life was long hidden. Here he developed his principle theoriesof the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuationthat. Sep 20, 2009 and finally, there sunbathing under the lights, sat carl jungs red book, splayed open to page 37. According to sonu shamdasanis introduction in liber novus the red book, he called this experiment or exercise of emptying his consciousness as his. Here and there, once in a while, alcoholics have had what are called vital.
The psychologist has been vital in the world of psychology throughout his career, until his death in june 6, 1961. Here he developed his principle theoriesof the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuationthat transformed psychotherapy from a practice. His work contains a wonderful alchemy of psychoanalysis, spirituality, religion, philosophy, and the dream world. And finally, there sunbathing under the lights, sat carl jungs red book, splayed open to page 37. The rubin museum of art in new york city displayed the original red book journal, as well as some of jung s original small journals, from 7 october 2009 to 15 february 2010. The red book is part journal, part mythological novel that takes the reader through jungs fantasies hallucinations he selfinduced to try and get to the core of his unconscious. The most influential unpublished work in the history of psychology. Mentored by freud himself, jung broke off from freud to found his own theory of human behavior, nowadays generally referred to as jun. This essay is a very brief version of some of the information presented in the portland lecture. She wrote, the book is bombastic, baroque and like so much else about carl jung, a willful oddity, synched with an antediluvian and mystical reality. Jung s visionary experience and the events that led to creation of the red book, the hermeneutics of vision.
One side of the open page showed an intricate mosaic painting of a giant holding an ax. In his late 30s, jung started writing a book called the red book. Packaging should be the same as what is found in a retail store, unless the item is handmade or was packaged by the manufacturer in nonretail packaging, such as an unprinted. The red book isbn 978 0 393 06567 1, published to wide acclaim in 2009, contains the nucleus of c. Dec 25, 2009 as online and big box retailers hustle to outdo themselves in discounts, the red book by carl jung, the swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology, has surprised booksellers and. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Jung, carl swiss psychologist and psychiatrist carl jung in burgholzli asylum, zurich, c. Mar 08, 2017 in addition to the oversized book, norton also published the regularsized book the red book. The red book, shamdasani provides much more information about jungs history and the history of. Here he developed his principle theoriesof the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the. The red book is part journal, part mythological novel that takes the reader through jungs fantasies hallucinations he. Nov 23, 2012 the red book isbn 978 0 393 06567 1, published to wide acclaim in 2009, contains the nucleus of c. Both books contain the same textual material, but arranged differently. The red book is a very personal record of jungs complicated, tortuous and lengthy quest to salvage his soul, and a firsthand description of a.
Carl jungs books go beyond a simple analysis of human behavior. Jul 08, 2018 the red book is part journal, part mythological novel that takes the reader through jungs fantasies hallucinations he selfinduced to try and get to the core of his unconscious. The red book is something like a diary, full of writing and drawings, all describing what jung called, in memories, dreams, reflections, a confrontation with. The fact that jung circulated drafts of it and showed it to many different people makes it clear that he did intend it to reach a wider public. In addition, some other material jung recorded in connection with his encounter with the unconscious is included in three appendices. One of those ladies, tony wolff, inspired the process described in the red book. Memories, dreams, reflections carl download psychology of the download red book download. Jul 23, 2010 the swiss mystic and his big red book. One side of the open page showed an intricate mosaic painting of a. The only problem was that nobody outside a small circle of descendants and initiates had been able to see the centuryold book since jungs death in. Despite being nominated as the central work in jung s oeuvre, it was not published or made. Weve left for last one of carl jungs most valuable and also most difficult to understand books. This the compiled pdf version of the red book by carl gustav jung.