Jung based this book on the self-published dream-fantasies of an American girl at the turn of the 20th century, but he admits to "have stumbled upon problems of such enormous proportions" that he himself is unsure if he's right about them. I once came across the following hallucination in a schizophrenic patient. He told me he could see an erect phallus on the sun. When he moved his head from side to side, he said, the sun’s phallus moved with it, and that was where the wind came from.” Spirit in Man, Art, and Literature (sometimes styled as The Spirit of...) is volume 15 in The Collected Works, and contains nine essays, written between 1922 and 1941, on Paracelsus, Freud, Picasso, sinologist Richard Wilhelm, James Joyce's Ulysses, artistic creativity generally, and the source of artistic creativity in archetypal structures. [28] [29] Editions [ edit ]

A significant portion of this book reads like a kind of free association of obscure mythological references with many, often long digressions, making it difficult to follow or even find the main thread of thought. As a consequence of which this book challenges the readers perseverance and motivation to keep reading. Princeton University Press published these volumes in the United States as part of its Bollingen Series of books. The Routledge series includes the same volumes with the same numbers, but with many different publication dates and some minor variations in the styling of titles. [5] The twenty volumes, including a Bibliography and a General Index, were translated from the original German by R.F.C. Hull, under the editorship of Sir Herbert Read, Michael Fordham and Gerhard Adler. The works consist of published volumes, essays, lectures, letters, and a dissertation written by Jung from 1902 until his death in 1961. The compilation by the editors dates from 1945 onward. [1] The series contains revised versions of works previously published, works not previously translated, and new translations of many of Jung's writings. Several of the volumes are extensively illustrated; each contains an index and most contain a bibliography. Until his death, Jung supervised the revisions of the text, some of which were extensive. [2] A body of Jung's work still remains unpublished. [3]Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 15: Spirit in Man, Art, and Literature". Princeton University Press . Retrieved 2014-01-20. Completing the Works of C. G. Jung: Moving to the Second Stage". Philemon Foundation . Retrieved 2020-08-22. [ dead link] Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 16: Practice of Psychotherapy". Princeton University Press . Retrieved 2014-01-20. a b "Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 20: General Index". Princeton University Press . Retrieved 2014-01-21. Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 3: Psychogenesis of Mental Disease". Princeton University Press . Retrieved 2014-01-17.

The particular element of the dragonfly attributes to overwhelming change that is able to take place one step at a time. Dragonflies also represent light and progress. They also symbolize satisfaction, flexibility, and a connection with nature. We have to embrace and adapt to change even if we don’t want to. Frogs make us understand that all change is, inevitably, for the better. Frogs are associated with the water element. They also imply purification, feminine energy, and the universe of feelings. Reading every chapter of this book is necessary. Jung's theories are very complex and so they progress as the book moves forward. Reading the entire book is a bit of a commitment, but the introductory chapters cannot explain the entire book's thesis statement. The above-listed symbols represent concepts such as change and transformation profoundly. Which of these symbols were you already aware of? Let us know in the comments section below! What Jung has to convey is so truly original and so far ranging in its implications that I suspect this book will be a real challenge even to those most psychologically sophisticated. What he here presents in rich and documented detail can perhaps best be described as an anatomy of the objective psyche. Editions [ edit ]

In this book, Jung gives an account for one perplexing empirical fact: there exists a pervasive and striking similarity in the structure, character, and meaning of the dreams of healthy persons, the delusions of the mentally ill, and artistic and mythological symbols the world over. He recounts numerous examples of delusions and hallucinations that closely resemble obscure myths of which the patient could not possibly have had direct knowledge. It is equally well known to the student of mythology and folklore that various motifs are found the world over. As Jung notes in this volume, perhaps Christianization by the latter-day Norse authors could explain why Odin, like Christ, hung from the tree in torment; but what then does one say about Quetzalcoatl? Uranus is associated with receptiveness, change, and motivation. When you analyze a person’s natal chart within astrology, Uranus signifies which parts of life a person may encounter significant changes. When I read Schoolcraft’s accounts of animals and people Hiawatha killed there was no mention of them laying “half in water and half on land.” I thought that if Jung’s concepts had validity, the closer one got to the oral tradition the more evidence one would find of the collective unconscious. In this case, the motif “half in water and half on land” originated with Longfellow, and not with what could be identified as the collective unconscious. Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 10: Civilization in Transition". Princeton University Press . Retrieved 2014-01-20. Freud & Psychoanalysis, volume 4 in The Collected Works, contains most of Jung's published writings on Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis from 1906-1916, with two papers from later years. The former period extends from the time of enthusiastic collaboration between Jung and Freud, through that when Jung's growing appreciation of religious experience and his criticism of Freud's emphasis on psychopathology led to their final break. [13] Subjects covered include Freud's theory of hysteria, the analysis of dreams, the theory of psychoanalysis, and more. [14]

The original 1912 edition of this work is of central importance in pointing out the direction in which Jung's "analytical psychology" diverged from psychoanalysis. The issue was, narrowly, libido theory and, broadly, religion. Jung was primarily a discursive, connotative thinker, his mind working by association, glorying in the riches of native imagination. He was, in this sense, an artist. For him, libido was simply the energetic principle of the psyche. Freud was more the scientist, seeking explanatory models in the field of psychology much as a physicist attempts to describe laws adequate to explain physical phenomena. For him, libido was the erotic drive, his models all being self-consciously related to evolutionary theory. It is perhaps relevant to note that there was a two decade age difference between the two men at the time of their break and that while Freud apparently was sexually distant from his wife and not prone to affairs (there's only evidence for one), Jung, the younger, had a far more active and wide-ranging sex life.Carl 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 month of January is also named after him; as his celebration, the Agonium took place on January 9 th. Janus is also the god of transition. He was invoked between wars as he symbolized dualities such as the end of war and the beginning of peace. (12) 11. The Planet Uranus Planet Uranus

In olden times, people made connections to changing times and tides with the movement of this planet. Due to these reasons, this planet serves as a symbol of transformation and change in modern times. 12. Egg Eggs on a bowl Abstracts: Vol 8: The Structure and Dynamics of the Psyche [ sic]". International Association for Analytic Psychology. Jung, C. G. 1973. Experimental Researches, Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 2. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-09764-0. (Routledge: ISBN 978-0-415-08384-3). Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 19: General Bibliography (Revised Edition)". Princeton University Press . Retrieved 2014-01-21. Jung's gigantic dissertation-book is a mixture of all the positive and negative aspects of his work in general. Jung's language remains concise throughout the book and weaves (like Adriane? ;)) his way through myths, anecdotes, and a long case study.I first became mildly skeptical of Jung’s description of the collective unconscious when he wrote in Chapter VII, “The Dual Mother,” in Symbols of Transformation: