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The Collected Works of C.G. Jung
Contains revised versions of works previously published, works not previously translated, and new translations of virtually all of Jung's writings. Prior to his death he supervised the textual revision.
Several of the volumes are extensively illustrated; each contains an index and most a bibliography.
Several of the volumes are extensively illustrated; each contains an index and most a bibliography.
9667 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1958
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C.G. Jung
1,881 books11.6k followersCarl Gustav Jung (/jʊŋ/; German: [ˈkarl ˈɡʊstaf jʊŋ]), often referred to as C. G. Jung, was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology. Jung proposed and developed the concepts of extraversion and introversion; archetypes, and the collective unconscious. His work has been influential in psychiatry and in the study of religion, philosophy, archeology, anthropology, literature, and related fields. He was a prolific writer, many of whose works were not published until after his death.
The central concept of analytical psychology is individuation—the psychological process of integrating the opposites, including the conscious with the unconscious, while still maintaining their relative autonomy. Jung considered individuation to be the central process of human development.
Jung created some of the best known psychological concepts, including the archetype, the collective unconscious, the complex, and synchronicity. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a popular psychometric instrument, has been developed from Jung's theory of psychological types.
Though he was a practising clinician and considered himself to be a scientist, much of his life's work was spent exploring tangential areas such as Eastern and Western philosophy, alchemy, astrology, and sociology, as well as literature and the arts. Jung's interest in philosophy and the occult led many to view him as a mystic, although his ambition was to be seen as a man of science. His influence on popular psychology, the "psychologization of religion", spirituality and the New Age movement has been immense.
The central concept of analytical psychology is individuation—the psychological process of integrating the opposites, including the conscious with the unconscious, while still maintaining their relative autonomy. Jung considered individuation to be the central process of human development.
Jung created some of the best known psychological concepts, including the archetype, the collective unconscious, the complex, and synchronicity. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a popular psychometric instrument, has been developed from Jung's theory of psychological types.
Though he was a practising clinician and considered himself to be a scientist, much of his life's work was spent exploring tangential areas such as Eastern and Western philosophy, alchemy, astrology, and sociology, as well as literature and the arts. Jung's interest in philosophy and the occult led many to view him as a mystic, although his ambition was to be seen as a man of science. His influence on popular psychology, the "psychologization of religion", spirituality and the New Age movement has been immense.
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June 13, 2011
Although exposed to Jung thru his book on flying saucers as early as elementary school, I did not begin seriously studying him until college. An older friend had been visiting and using my library card. He left me with a pile of books to return. Among them was Volume 9i of the Collected Works, Archetypes and the Collective Unconsious.
Much admiring of this fellow who had turned me on to so many books in high school, I looked at the pile, examined the books and was particularly struck by the aforementioned volume. I had an interest in psychology, had read some Freud and Rollo May and Erich Fromm, but this Jung guy, about whom I had certainly heard, was beyond me. The text was replete with arcane references to ancient literatures, quotations in Greek and Latin, wierd words like "enantiodromia" (unitalicized!) which I'd never even seen before. I tried to read it, but it was too soon, so I backed up and began a self-directed programme of study which saw me through the rest of college and through four years of seminary, changing my undergraduate major in the process from history to religious studies, with a thesis on early gnosticism, and getting an eventual M.Div. in psychology and religion, with a thesis on the philosophical influences on Jung.
By this time I had read the entire Collected Works, most of Freud and much of the work of the early continental depth psychologists. By this time I was rather expert in early church history and heresiology. By this time I was even corresponding with Franz Jung, who provided me with a list of all the books his father owned at his death, and with Jung's last personal secretary. I had read dozens of books about analytical psychology, biographies of Jung, histories of the early psychoanalytic movement and, of course, had been going thru the books he had read himself one by one. Not even Mysterium Coniunctionis held any mystery for me now!
Unfortunately, knowing Jung substantially disenchanted me with him and his epigones. Although offering promise, analytical psychology had never advanced much, scientifically--which is to say, evidentially--speaking since his early word association tests. In other words, Jung was not very much interested in the scientific method, in hypothesis-testing or even the broader psychiatric community. His "success" as a therapist rested altogether too much on his personal charisma, his wife's wealth and his almost cult-like following. Furthermore, his personal ethics were very disappointing. Not only did he misrepresent his own experiences, even his artwork, as obtaining from patients, he also exercised sexual license with analysands which today would be regarded as unprofessional, if not illegal.
Still, I give the CW four stars because they are beautifully done by the Bollingen Foundation and the Princeton University Press. As should be required for serious, scholarly editions like this, references are available both by page and by paragraph numbers. The index is well done. The bindings are sturdy, the paper good, the covers impressively understated. As new texts are discovered, old lecture notes compiled, new volumes are added as addenda.
What is lacking, editorially speaking, and the reason for not giving the collection five stars, are two things. First, the texts are of latest editions and no clear indications of changes between editions are given. Second, clear cases of misrepresentation on Jung's part are often not noted.
Much admiring of this fellow who had turned me on to so many books in high school, I looked at the pile, examined the books and was particularly struck by the aforementioned volume. I had an interest in psychology, had read some Freud and Rollo May and Erich Fromm, but this Jung guy, about whom I had certainly heard, was beyond me. The text was replete with arcane references to ancient literatures, quotations in Greek and Latin, wierd words like "enantiodromia" (unitalicized!) which I'd never even seen before. I tried to read it, but it was too soon, so I backed up and began a self-directed programme of study which saw me through the rest of college and through four years of seminary, changing my undergraduate major in the process from history to religious studies, with a thesis on early gnosticism, and getting an eventual M.Div. in psychology and religion, with a thesis on the philosophical influences on Jung.
By this time I had read the entire Collected Works, most of Freud and much of the work of the early continental depth psychologists. By this time I was rather expert in early church history and heresiology. By this time I was even corresponding with Franz Jung, who provided me with a list of all the books his father owned at his death, and with Jung's last personal secretary. I had read dozens of books about analytical psychology, biographies of Jung, histories of the early psychoanalytic movement and, of course, had been going thru the books he had read himself one by one. Not even Mysterium Coniunctionis held any mystery for me now!
Unfortunately, knowing Jung substantially disenchanted me with him and his epigones. Although offering promise, analytical psychology had never advanced much, scientifically--which is to say, evidentially--speaking since his early word association tests. In other words, Jung was not very much interested in the scientific method, in hypothesis-testing or even the broader psychiatric community. His "success" as a therapist rested altogether too much on his personal charisma, his wife's wealth and his almost cult-like following. Furthermore, his personal ethics were very disappointing. Not only did he misrepresent his own experiences, even his artwork, as obtaining from patients, he also exercised sexual license with analysands which today would be regarded as unprofessional, if not illegal.
Still, I give the CW four stars because they are beautifully done by the Bollingen Foundation and the Princeton University Press. As should be required for serious, scholarly editions like this, references are available both by page and by paragraph numbers. The index is well done. The bindings are sturdy, the paper good, the covers impressively understated. As new texts are discovered, old lecture notes compiled, new volumes are added as addenda.
What is lacking, editorially speaking, and the reason for not giving the collection five stars, are two things. First, the texts are of latest editions and no clear indications of changes between editions are given. Second, clear cases of misrepresentation on Jung's part are often not noted.
April 8, 2021
Extensive and reminds me of the works of Manly P. Hall. I will buy a digital down load check the text against Manly’s Work as well as Petersons.
Sharing or replication is okay as long as its annotated aka Cited.
I do wonder what people would do if there was no Jesus to discuss so it seems everything has to do with Jesus or the Concept of the Trinity, UGH cannot we not get anyone to think beyond even historically to what existed before that storyline.
RESEARCHES INTO THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE SELF
Sharing or replication is okay as long as its annotated aka Cited.
I do wonder what people would do if there was no Jesus to discuss so it seems everything has to do with Jesus or the Concept of the Trinity, UGH cannot we not get anyone to think beyond even historically to what existed before that storyline.
RESEARCHES INTO THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE SELF
May 30, 2020
Difficult but rewarding
Jung is a brilliant trailblazer. As an empirical mapmaker to the unconscious, he laid out the archetypal territory of the unconscious. The unconscious compliments and compensates our consciousness. Neurosis is the unconscious attempt to bring balance to the psyche. There is wisdom and profound insight throughout.
Jung is a brilliant trailblazer. As an empirical mapmaker to the unconscious, he laid out the archetypal territory of the unconscious. The unconscious compliments and compensates our consciousness. Neurosis is the unconscious attempt to bring balance to the psyche. There is wisdom and profound insight throughout.
September 14, 2020
skimmed most of this, some good stuff some wacky stuff
August 5, 2020
Vol. 6 9A 12 13
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