Collected Works of C.G. Jung: Alchemical Studies (Volume 13) - Hardcover

Jung, C.G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0710061897 ISBN 13: 9780710061898

Publisher: Routledge, 1968

Synopsis

The psychological and religious implications of alchemy were Jung's major preoccupation during the last thirty years of his life. The essays composing the present volume complete the publication of his alchemial researches, to which three entire volumes have been devoted ^DDL the monumental Mysterium Coniunctionis, Psychology and Alchemy, and Aion ^DDL besides shorter papers in other volumes.

This collection of shorter Alchemial Studies has special value as an introduction to Jung's work on alchemy. The first study, on Chinese alchemy, marked the beginning of his interest in the subject, and was originally published in a volume written jointly with Richard Wilhelm. The other four are now published for the first time completely in English.

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From the Back Cover:

This collection of five essays, with numerous illustrations, traces his developing interest in alchemy from 1929 on and may be read both as a useful introduction and as a valuable supplement to his longer works on the subject.

Review:

"This volume is a great book, and it offers something of a prelude to Jung's monumental Psychology and Alchemy, Mysterium Coniunctionis and Aion. It is a book that should be read slowly . . . to absorb its many meanings."--M.D. Medical Newsmagazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1968
• ISBN 10: 0710061897
• ISBN 13: 9780710061898
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 518
• Editor: Adler Gerhard, Fordham Michael, Read Sir Herbert