The Secret of the Golden Flower a Chinese Book of Life by Richard Wilhelm C G Jung (21 results)

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Paperback. Cover and spine in good condition. Spine is tight. Pages are clean, just a few markings and notes. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good/No Jacket. San Diego, CA: Harvest/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good/No Jacket. 1962. Soft cover. Later printing. Translated into English and explained by Richard Wilhelm with a commentary by C. G. Jung. Also contains part of the Chinese meditation text The Book of Consciousness and Life with a foreword by Salome Wilhelm. Slight wear to covers and spine. Top edged foxed. Otherwise, contents clean and tight. .

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (taoism, spiritual life, china, religion, taoist literature, chinese ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 176 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.38 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 176 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.38 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as published). This is a 2003 facsimile reproduction of a book first published in English by Wehman Brothers. New York in 1955. It attempts to interpret an older Chinese concept regarding the balance between the spirit and science. This is an ex-library copy, the title page has been removed and it has some of the additions associated with life in a library. Clean and sound and with a clear book jacket to protect the covers. Available for prompt dispatch from the UK.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.91.

8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Unabridged Reprint Edition (1975) of the original edition published in 1931. Near Fine in Very Good- DJ: The Book shows the slightest cocking to the spine; mild crimp to the heel of the backstrip and a bit of shelf-rubbing to the lower extremities; else flawless; the binding remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Corners sharp. Close to "As New". The DJ shows the mildest rubbing; small loss to chipping at the head of the backstrip and along the top of the rear panel; the price has been clipped. Remains attractive, but showing some flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo (9.3 x 6.35 x 0.85 inches) . Translated by Cary F. Baynes. Introduction to this edition by Charles San. Commentaries by the Richard Wilhelm and C. G. Jung. Crimson Boards black titles at the backstrip. Hardback with DJ. This ancient Chinese manual of spiritual alchemy was brought to the West in translation by missionary and theologian Richard Wilhelm. According to Carl Jung, he had reached an impasse in his work on the psychology of the unconscious when Wilhelm introduced him to "The Secret of the Golden Flower". This proved to be a monumental event in Jung's career and he credits this text with having provided him with a key to the resolution of this impasse. In view of the influence of Jung's work in the subsequent development of psychology, religious studies and New Age culture in general, the importance of this work in the introduction of traditional oriental psychology into modern Western mental culture has been great indeed. Written over 200 years ago as a revival of an ancient teaching, the work is a popular guide to Buddhist and Taoist techniques, for clarifying the mind and awakening its latent potential. The ancient Taoist text that forms the central part of this book was discovered by Wilhelm, who recognized it as essentially a practical guide to the integration of personality. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; xix, 151 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 176 pages. 5.50x0.44x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 176 pages. 5.50x0.44x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt chinese characters/lettering to front board, frontispiece, ix + 151pp, illus, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, sm patch of paper residue to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, light foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, light occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, v heavy closed tearing & loss to base of covers & spine, moderate to heavy discolouration to spine, moderate soiling, price clipped).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The dust jacket has been wrapped in a clear plastic protective cover, and has a bit of wear, with fading, a few small tears on the edges, scuffs and marks. The page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. The front endpaper has a mark where a sticker was removed. 151 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. Dustjacket has heavy wear/ tear. Pages are in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Harcourt, Brace & World: 1969. Octavo. Hardcover with a dust jacket. A fourth printing of the new, revised 1962 edition. Maroon boards with gilt lettering along the spine. Mild foxing to the top edge of the text block, and some larger foxed spots to the first free end paper and the title page. Unclipped jacket has a large chip missing from the crown of the spine and a closed tear to the front cover. Book is very good, jacket is just a hair off of very good.

Condition: Used: Very Good. Couverture légèrement passée, uniformément jauni, très bon état. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., London, 1947.

FIRST EDITION, THIRD IMP., SCARCE! Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt Chinese lettering to front board, frontispiece, ix + 151pp, illus, VG- (heavy cracking/chipping to spine with tidy tape repairs- minor loss to extrems, moderate bruising & scuffing to board extrems, heavy chafing & surface loss to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/staining to page edges & eps, blurb/synopsis affixed to front pastedown, extensive v neat/tidy & unobtrusive pencil annotations throughout, ornamental decal affixed to half title page, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, related ephemera loosely enclosed to rear- foxed).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A scarce edition of this famous Chinese Taoist book on meditation, previously owned by the English novelist, Warwick Deeping. The scarce fourth impression. In the original cloth binding with the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. With a frontispiece, ten plates and several vignette illustrations. Collated complete. With an ink signature for 'Warwick Deeping', to the front free endpaper, dated 1941. Deeping was an English novelist and short story writer best known for his novel, 'Sorrell and Son'. A famous Chinese Taoist book on meditation, mixing Buddhist teachings with Confucian thought. It was originally written by two groups in the 17th century by means of the spirit-writing technique known as 'Fuji'. This technique involves a suspended sieve to guide a stick through sand, writing out Chinese characters. This translated edition became popularised among Westerners and is considered a Chinese religious classic. Translated and explained by the German sinologist, Richard Wilhelm with a European commentary by Carl Jung. Translated into English by Cary F. Baynes. The half title page is present. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the edges. The odd light mark to the boards. Foxing and offsetting to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Ink signature of Warwick Deeping to the front free endpaper. The original, unclipped dust wrapper is in smart condition. Shelf wear and chipping to the edges. Closed tears to the upper rear panel. Small amount of loss to the upper spine. Spine is darkened. Age-toning and handling marks to the panels. Internally, binding starting but still firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with some light age-toning and the occasional small handling mark. Very Good. book.

London, Kegan Paul, 1942. Foolscap 8vo. Original cloth with illustrated wrappers; pp. ix, 151, frontispiece and ten plates of 'European mandalas'; light marginal flaws and spotting to wrappers, otherwise very good. A 17th-century Taoist book of meditation. Jung's interpretation considers parallels between Eastern and Western spirituality in the collective unconscious.