Most people never unify their inner worlds with their outer ones - there is always the 'out there' and the 'in here' - but Jung was aware of this unity. It is also valuable for anybody who want to see how a self-actualized individual sees the world and participates in it. This book should be required reading/listening for anybody entering the field of Jungian psychology. Once read, it is never forgotten.Īniela Jaffé's introduction is read by Elizabeth Proud.Īn excellent autobiography from the psychiatrist who gave us the concept of synchronicity. Memories, Dreams, Reflections is a remarkable document showing a man of great depth, humility and perspicacity. This extraordinary breadth gave him a view of humanity and of culture that still resonates deeply. His studies took him into many fields - religion, anthropology, archeology and literature - which instructed his clinical work. It was Jung who observed and named key human characteristics such as the introvert, the extrovert, the animus, the anima, and other concepts such as archetypes (the wise old man, the mother), the collective unconscious, the complex and many more. The result is an absorbing piece of self-analysis: a frank statement of faith, philosophy and principles from one of the great explorers of the human mind.Ĭovering everything from Sigmund Freud, analytical psychology and Jungian dream interpretation to a forthright discussion of world myths and religions, including Christianity, Buddhism and other religions, these final reflections on an extraordinary life are a fitting coda to the work of Carl Gustav Jung. But what started as an exercise in autobiography soon morphed into an altogether more profound undertaking. In 1957, four years before his death, Carl Gustav Jung, psychiatrist and psychologist, began writing his life story.

It is these that make up the singularity of my life, and with these my autobiography deals' (Carl Gustav Jung) 'I can understand myself only in the light of inner happenings.

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