Dream Symbols of the Individuation Process: Notes of C. G. Jung's Seminars on Wolfgang Pauli's Dreams

C. G. Jung delivered two legendary seminars on dream interpretation, the first on Bailey Island, Maine, and 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. Jung links Paulis dreams to the healing wisdom found in many ages and cultures, showing how the mandala 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.

Format: Hardback
Length: 376 pages
Publication date: 26 November 2019
Publisher: Princeton University Press

In 1936 and 1937, C. G. Jung delivered two renowned seminars on dream interpretation, the first on Bailey Island, Maine, and the second in New York City. These seminars have now been made widely accessible for the first time in the book Dream Symbols of the Individuation Process, offering a captivating glimpse into Jung's presentations before a rapt American audience. The dreams presented here are those of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Wolfgang Pauli, who sought therapeutic help from Jung due to personal events, emotional turmoil, and depression. Jung connects Pauli's dreams to the healing wisdom found in various ages and cultures, demonstrating how the mandala, a universal archetype of wholeness, spontaneously emerges in the psyche of a modern man. He explores various themes, including psychological types, mental illness, the individuation process, psychotherapeutic treatment principles, and the significance of the anima, shadow, and persona in masculine psychology. Jung also reflects on modern physics, the nature of reality, and the political currents of his time. Drawing from examples from Mithraic mysteries, Buddhism, Hinduism, Chinese philosophy, Kundalini yoga, and ancient Egyptian concepts of body and soul, he discusses the symbolism of the Catholic Mass, the Trinity, and Gnostic ideas in the noncanonical Gospels. Dream Symbols of the Individuation Process is accompanied by an insightful introduction and annotations that provide a rare window into Jung's interpretation of dreams and the development of his psychology of religion.

Weight: 738g
Dimension: 242 x 164 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780691183619