Jung on Alchemy - Softcover

Jung, C.G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415089697 ISBN 13: 9780415089692

Publisher: Routledge, 1994

Synopsis

Jung realized that the fantastic images of alchemy - fire-breathing dragons, hermaphrodites, lions giving birth to the sun - are not so far from our daily lives. 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 imagine our existence.
Nathan Schwartz-Salant, a leading Jungian analyst with a special interest in alchemy, has brought together a key selection of Jung's writings on alchemy. His lucid introduction provides a clear account of the basics of alchemy and explains to the reader Jung's ideas on alchemical studies.
Jung on Alchemy provides an excellent introduction to one of Jung's most exciting, yet most challenging, fields of study.

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Synopsis

NB Add blurb in promotion notes. Jung realized that the fantastic images of alchemy - fire-breathing dragons, hermaphrodites, resurrected corpses, lions swallowing or giving birth to the sun - are not so far from our daily lives. He showed how, in fact, such images represent a usually unseen level that has immense power over how we feel, think and imagine our existence. He made sense of such seemingly incomprehensible symbols and showed not only how they affect us but how we can use them. Nathan Schwartz-Salant is a leading Jungian analyst with a particular interest in alchemy. His lucid introduction answers such questions as What is alchemy?' and shows what is meant by such alchemical topics as chaos', union states', and the body'. Jung on Alchemy brings together a key selection of Jung's writings on alchemy and provides the reader with a comprehensible guide to both alchemy and Jung's alchemical studies.

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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. In this book, Nathan Schwartz-Salant, a leading Jungian analyst with an interest in alchemy, brings together a key selection of Jung's writings on the subject. These writings expose us to Jung's fascinating reflections on the symbols of alchemy - such as the three-headed Mercurial dragon, hermaphrodites, and lions devouring the sun - and brings us closer to the spirit of his approach to the unconscious, closer than his purely scientific concepts would allow.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0415089697
• ISBN 13: 9780415089692
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240