Examines the archetypal symbols of humanity in fairy tales, dreams, and visions, and discusses Mercurius, visions of the Swiss mystic Niklaus von Flue, and the Cosmic Man as the image of human development

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The renowned psychoanalyst examines the nature of dreams and their use in Jungian analysis while exploring the dreams of Socrates, Descarte, Themistocles, Hanibal, and Jung (view table of contents)

Although alchemy is popularly regarded as the science that sought to transmute base physical matter, many of the medieval alchemists were more interested in developing a discipline that would lead to the psychological and spiritual transformation of the individual. C. G. Jung discovered in his study of alchemical texts a symbolic and imaginal language that expressed many of his own insights into psychological processes. In this book, Marie-Louise von Franz examines a text by the sixteenth-century alchemist and physician Gerhard Dorn in order to show the relationship of alchemy to the concepts and techniques of analytical psychology. In particular, she shows that the alchemists practiced a kind of meditation similar to Jung's technique of active imagination, which enables one to dialogue with the unconscious archetypal elements in the psyche. Originally delivered as a series of lectures at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich, the book opens therapeutic insights into the relations among spirit, soul, and body in the practice of active imagination. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: In this book, an eminent Jungian psychologist examines the recurring motifs that appear in creation myths from around the world and shows what they teach us about the mysteries of creativity, the cycles of renewal in human life, and the birth of consciousness in the individual psyche...read more

Interviews describe the Jungian approach to dream analysis and its fundamental concepts (view table of contents)

Examines how feminine images are revealed in fairy tales of German, Russian, Scandinavian, and Eskimo origin, and discusses archetypes and symbolic themes in fairy tales and their insights into the psychology of women

Examines the symbolism of the bird motif in six European and Asian fairy tales, and discusses the use of fairy tales as guidance for therapy