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.
"An important contribution to the scholarship on Jung. These lectures are fascinating and revealing."--Robert S. Westman, University of California, San Diego
"Immensely stimulating and full of unexpected turns of thought, vivid illustrations, and intriguing arcane knowledge. This meticulously edited book will be a lasting resource for anyone studying Jung academically, as part of therapeutic training, or for general interest."--Roderick Main, University of Essex
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荣格对Pauli的一系列梦的解析，相当引人入胜，除了好些能“温故”，也有了一些“知新”： 将梦显化，是为了内化梦的含义，透过梦/潜意识，“Know thyself”, 努力去了解自己。不妨设想you are in the city(square/circle), which means yourself, the Self in you。这个意象有助于理解mandala的四相性。而且“自心是佛”... 荣格对Pauli的一系列梦的解析，相当引人入胜，除了好些能“温故”，也有了一些“知新”： 将梦显化，是为了内化梦的含义，透过梦/潜意识，“Know thyself”, 努力去了解自己。不妨设想you are in the city(square/circle), which means yourself, the Self in you。这个意象有助于理解mandala的四相性。而且“自心是佛”，恰似“城里的月光把梦照亮，请温暖他心房”。 梦中出现的“the anima, the unknown woman.”(男女同理)，the unknown 似乎更有利于灵魂不加掩饰的裸裎相见。 feeling，由感而觉，时刻知觉当下，知道自己在做什么，并能体验生命的存在和变化，进而推陈出新。 (展开)