Dream Symbols Of The Individuation Process: Notes Of C.g. Jung’s Seminars On Wolfgang Pauli’s Dreams

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Jung’s legendary American lectures on dream interpretation. In 1936 and 1937, C. G. Jung delivered two legendary seminars on dream interpretation, the first on Bailey Island, Maine, the second in New York City. Dream Symbols of the Individuation Process makes these lectures widely available for the first time, offering a compelling look at Jung as he presents his ideas candidly and in English before a rapt American audience. The dreams presented here are those of Nobel Prize–winning physicist Wolfgang Pauli, who turned to Jung for therapeutic help because of troubling personal events, emotional turmoil, and depression. Linking Pauli’s dreams to the healing wisdom found in many ages and cultures, Jung shows how the mandala―a universal archetype of wholeness―spontaneously emerges in the psyche of a modern man, and how this imagery reflects the healing process. He touches on a broad range of themes, including psychological types, mental illness, the individuation process, the principles of psychotherapeutic treatment, and the importance of the anima, shadow, and persona in masculine psychology. He also reflects on modern physics, the nature of reality, and the political currents of his time. Jung draws on examples from the Mithraic mysteries, Buddhism, Hinduism, Chinese philosophy, Kundalini yoga, and ancient Egyptian concepts of body and soul. He also discusses the symbolism of the Catholic Mass, the Trinity, and Gnostic ideas in the noncanonical Gospels. With an incisive introduction and annotations, Dream Symbols of the Individuation Process provides a rare window into Jung’s interpretation of dreams and the development of his psychology of religion. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

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Dream Symbols of the Individuation Process A list of Jung’s works appears at the back of the volume. Dream Symbols of the Individuation Process Notes of C. G. Jung’s Seminars on Wolfgang Pauli’s Dreams C. G. JUNG EDITED BY SUZANNE GIESER Published with the support of the Philemon Foundation This book is part of the Philemon Series of the Philemon Foundation Princeton University Press Princeton and Oxford Copyright © 2019 by The Philemon Foundation Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to [email protected] Published by Princeton University Press 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 6 Oxford Street, Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1TR press.princeton.edu Any unattributed illustrations and diagrams in this book are reproduced by permission of either the Jung estate or the Philemon Foundation. The photographs in this book were taken in 1936 at the Bailey Island seminars. The photographer’s identity is unknown. All Rights Reserved ISBN 978-­0-­691-­18361-­9 ISBN (e-­book) 978-0-691-19194-2 Library of Congress Control Number: 2019948525 British Library Cataloging-­in-­Publication Data is available Editorial: Fred Appel, Thalia Leaf, and Jenny Tan Production Editorial: Karen Carter Text Design: Pamela Schnitter Jacket Design: Kathleen Lynch/Black Kat Design Production: Merli Guerra Publicity: Tayler Lord and Kathryn Stevens Copyeditor: Kathleen Kageff Jacket Credit: “Nuclear Space,” 1946 (oil on canvas), Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo (1895–1946) / Private Collection / Bridgeman Images. © 2018 Estate of László Moholy-Nagy / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York This book has been composed in Sabon LT Std Printed on acid-­free paper. ∞ Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Suzanne Gieser BAILEY ISLAND SEMINAR, 1936 Lecture 1 65 Lecture 2 91 Lecture 3 1