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person1920–1977

Cary Baynes

Disciplines:
usa
jungian psychology
philosophy/i ching translation

Summary

American Jungian analyst who translated Richard Wilhelm's German I Ching into English — producing the Wilhelm/Baynes version that became the standard English text for half a century — and who was an important bridge between Zurich Jungian psychology and the English-speaking world.

Core Contribution

Made the I Ching available in English in a version that preserved Wilhelm's Jungian-compatible interpretation — the Wilhelm/Baynes I Ching became the text through which generations of English speakers encountered this divination system, and its accompanying Jung foreword made it a canonical Jungian text.

Historical Influences

Richard Wilhelm C.G. Jung

Intellectual Lineage

USA Zurich I Ching translation

Contemporaries & Peers

WilhelmJung Bollingen Series

Minds Influenced

I Ching in English-speaking cultureJungian tradition

Intellectual Posterity

I Ching Wilhelm/BaynesJungian I Ching transmission

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