The Tao of Jung: The Way of Integrity - Softcover

Rosen MD, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1532672918 ISBN 13: 9781532672910

Publisher: Wipf and Stock, 2019

Synopsis

This work tracks Carl Jung's life and spiritual development as the embodiment of the way of the Tao. Jung was well acquainted with the body of Tao knowledge—in his later years he was close to and worked with Wilhelm, a translator of the I Ching. Rosen finds that Jung's life and his psychology reveal the Tao at work. His description of the natural world of the psyche is similar to the natural world as described by Taoists. The essence of both philosophies is that the integration of opposites, such as shadow/persona and yin/yang, leads to wholeness. The Tao, Rosen holds, enabled Jung, who started out as a Freudian, to leave Freud in the major crisis of his life and to end up a more complete person. Rosens's book is modeled on the Tao Te Ching itself and invites readers to further explore the connection between Tao and Jung by looking to the works of the two themselves.

About this title

About the Author

David H. Rosen, MD, is the author of such wide-ranging books as: Transforming Depression: Healing the Soul Through Creativity (1993), The Tao of Elvis (2002), The Healing Spirit of Haiku (2004), and Time, Love, and Licorice (2015).

Edition details

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1532672918
• ISBN 13: 9781532672910
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224