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book1914–1930 (published 2009)

The Red Book

Disciplines:
psychology
mythology
jung
jungian psychology/active imagination

Summary

Jung's illustrated manuscript — kept private during his lifetime and published only in 2009 — containing his active imaginations from 1914–1930, in which he descended into the unconscious, encountered archetypal figures (Philemon, Elijah, Salome), and derived the core concepts of analytical psychology from lived experience.

Core Contribution

Documents the empirical basis of Jung's psychology — the Red Book is the record of the 'confrontation with the unconscious' that produced every major concept of analytical psychology — and its publication transformed Jung studies by revealing the visionary source beneath the scientific-looking Collected Works.

Historical Influences

C.G. Jung

Intellectual Lineage

C.G. Jung Research Küsnacht Bollingen Foundation/W.W. NortonSonu Shamdasani

Allied Works

The Black Books Memories Dreams Reflections

Contemporaries & Peers

The Black Books Memories Dreams Reflections

Minds Influenced

Jungian scholarship Active imagination practiceJungian tradition

Intellectual Posterity

The Red Book Liber NovusPhilemonActive imaginationJung as artist

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