The Red Book chronicles Carl Jung’s deliberate induction of hallucinations between 1913 and 1930, a process he called active imagination. Throughout this private manuscript, Jung documents his internal dialogues with mythic figures such as Philemon, Elijah, and Salome. These interactions led to the formulation of his psychological theories regarding the collective unconscious, the shadow, and the process of individuation. The text combines handwritten German calligraphy with elaborate tempera paintings of mandalas and mythological scenes, serving as the raw data for his later scientific work on archetypes and the anima.
This volume serves mental health professionals, historians, and scholars seeking the origins of analytical psychology. Readers analyze the primary visual and textual records of Jung’s visionary experiences to understand how private mental states translate into formal clinical frameworks. One walks away with a technical perspective on the integration of the personality and the relationship between subjective religious experience and psychiatric theory. The book provides a look at the specific imagery that informed the foundational structures of mid-twentieth-century depth psychology.
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
