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The red book = Liber novus

By: Series: Jung, C. G. Philemon series ; Publication details: New York, New York ; London : W. W. Norton & Company, 2009Description: xii, 371 p. : col. ill., facsims. ; 40 cmISBN:
  • 0393065677
  • 9780393065671
Other title:
  • Liber novus
Subject(s):
Contents:
The Red Book -- Liber novus: the "Red Book" of C.G. Jung by Sonu Shamdasani -- Liber Primus. The way of what is to come -- Refinding the soul -- Soul and God -- On the service of the soul -- The desert -- Experiences in the desert -- Descent into Hell in the future -- Splitting of the spirit -- Murder of the hero -- The conception of the God -- Mysterium. Encounter -- Instruction -- Resolution -- Liber Secundus. The images of the erring -- The red one -- The castle in the forest -- One of the lowly -- The anchorite dies I [day 1] -- Dies II [Day 2] -- Death -- The remains of earlier temples -- First day -- Second day -- The incantations -- The opening of the egg -- Hell -- The sacrificial murder -- Divine folly -- Nox secunda [Second night] -- Nox tertia [Third night] -- Nox quarta [Fourth night] -- The three prophecies -- The gift of magic -- The way of the cross -- The magician -- Scrutinies. Epilogue -- Mandalas -- Commentaries -- Entry for 16 January 1916 from Black Book 5.
Summary: When Carl Jung embarked on an extended self-exploration, the result was "The Red Book," a large, illuminated volume he created between 1914 and 1930. However, only a handful of people have ever seen it. Now, in a complete facsimile and translation, it is available to scholars and the general public.
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"A publication in arrangement with the Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung, Zürich."

Includes bibliographical references. Facsimile of the illuminated manuscript, entitled "Liber novus" and known as the "Red book", created by Jung from the "Black books" in which he recorded the workings of his unconscious, with an English translation of the German text.

The Red Book -- Liber novus: the "Red Book" of C.G. Jung by Sonu Shamdasani -- Liber Primus. The way of what is to come -- Refinding the soul -- Soul and God -- On the service of the soul -- The desert -- Experiences in the desert -- Descent into Hell in the future -- Splitting of the spirit -- Murder of the hero -- The conception of the God -- Mysterium. Encounter -- Instruction -- Resolution -- Liber Secundus. The images of the erring -- The red one -- The castle in the forest -- One of the lowly -- The anchorite dies I [day 1] -- Dies II [Day 2] -- Death -- The remains of earlier temples -- First day -- Second day -- The incantations -- The opening of the egg -- Hell -- The sacrificial murder -- Divine folly -- Nox secunda [Second night] -- Nox tertia [Third night] -- Nox quarta [Fourth night] -- The three prophecies -- The gift of magic -- The way of the cross -- The magician -- Scrutinies. Epilogue -- Mandalas -- Commentaries -- Entry for 16 January 1916 from Black Book 5.

When Carl Jung embarked on an extended self-exploration, the result was "The Red Book," a large, illuminated volume he created between 1914 and 1930. However, only a handful of people have ever seen it. Now, in a complete facsimile and translation, it is available to scholars and the general public.

Text in English and German.

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