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Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism & the Psychology (Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts #5)
Shows the secret goal of alchemy to be the transformation of the personality, the search for wholeness. Invaluable for interpreting images in modern dreams and for an understanding of relationships.
Paperback, 288 pages
Published
January 1st 1981
by Inner City Books
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The late Marie-Louise von Franz (1915 -1998) was a Jungian analyst and colleague/student of Carl Jung. She is widely known for her penetrating treatises about seeker's journey motifs, alchemical texts and fairy tales as well as an accessible biography of Jung.
Here again, her insights are profound and broad in scope. The book, published in 1980, is composed of lectures she presented in Zurich in 1959. The lectures contain excerpts from European, Arabic and Greek alchemical texts along...more
Here again, her insights are profound and broad in scope. The book, published in 1980, is composed of lectures she presented in Zurich in 1959. The lectures contain excerpts from European, Arabic and Greek alchemical texts along...more
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A decent introduction to a Jungian interpretation of alchemical symbolism. It would be helpful to have at least a little understanding of Jungian terminology and concepts before delving into this book. However, this would likely be a great book to read before moving onto Jung's own alchemical writings.
Again, Dr. von Franz blows me away with amplifications and explanations of a difficult psychological process - individuation as understood through the lens of medieval alchemy. Her understanding of the Divine draws me into a closer relationship with this loving and amazing Being - in whatever way one understands Her/Him. If you like linear explanations, this is not the book for you; it is a truly circumambular read. This was my second time through and I learned much more than the first time. I t...more
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The individuation process as the alchemical process. Jung rocks, and so does his student, Marie Louise von Franz, who breaks Jung down and makes his work digestible (Thank god! How would I ever have gotten through Jung's work without von Franz and Edinger to explain it all?!?!). Anyone in the field of psychology should read this book as it opens up the imagination.
An immersive work in the field of depth psychology. If your a beginner, I would pick up a primer first, this title presupposes the reader's previous education in Jungian thought. Great for the academic, no so much for the layperson.
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