Earlier surveys of Jung's ideas have been difficult to follow; or have lacked unity. Murray Stein gives us the whole formidable sweep of Jung's thought, presenting Jung as simultaneously a dedicated scientist, a creative artist, and a seer in the tradition of Eckhart and Blake.

This book explores the use and development of man's symbolizing capacities-those qualities that make him distinctly human. Dr. Whitmont describes the symbolic approach to a dream, which takes into account a symptom's meaning in reference to an unfolding wholeness of personality. He then presents the view that the instinctual urge for meaning is served by the symbolizing capacities, and that this urge has been repressed in our time. In the field...

The discovery of a cache of documents in a Swiss basement prompted psychologist Kerr to reexamine the relationship between Freud and Jung at the beginnings of the practice of psychoanalysis. Sabina Spielrein, a young Jewish woman, came to Jung for counseling and then became his student, colleague and lover. When Jung broke off the relationship from fear of scandal, she turned to Freud and unwittingly revealed to him some of Jung's private thoughts...

Gnosticism like mysticism pursues the inner way; its authority is not external but internal-a living personal experience-but without denying the outer world. Under the guise of Basilides, a second-century AD Gnostic sage, Jung wrote in 1916 the Seven Sermons to the Dead after he had received intense psychic experiences. The author has made his own translation of the sermons and sets forth a lengthy explanation and far-ranging commentary on Jung, Gnosticism,...

"Using Jungian symbolism, the author reinterprets the history of Western spirituality beginning with the myths of ancient Egypt and the Bible"--Provided by publisher.

A novel on turn-of-the century New York, portraying its various faces. The cast includes a Jewish seamstress who rebels against her rabbi father to become a union organizer, an Irish-American senator who rules the city with the help of corrupt police, and Freud who gives his views on crass America. By the author of Sometimes You See It Coming.

The relationship between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung and his mentor Sigmund Freud is torn apart when Sabina Spielrein, a troubled but beautiful young woman, comes between them and forever changes the face of modern thought.

Aniela Jeffé, collaborator and friend of pioneering Swiss psychologist C.G. Jung, explores the subjective world of inner experience, following Jung's path. Jaffé shows that any search of meaning ultimately leads to the inner "mythical" realm and must be understood as a limited subjective attempt to answer the unanswerable. Any conclusion drawn from such a quest is one's very own-- its formulation is one's own myth.