Jung on Ignatius of Loyola's Spiritual Exercises: Lectures Delivered at ETH Zurich, Volume 7: 1939-1940

C. G. Jung delivered a series of public lectures at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich between 1933 and 1941. These lectures addressed a broad range of topics, from yoga and meditation to dream analysis and the psychology of alchemy. Here, for the first time, are Jung's complete lectures on Ignatius of Loyola's Spiritual Exercises, delivered in the winter of 1939–1940. Jung presents Loyolas exercises as the prime example of a Christian practice comparable to yoga and Eastern meditation and gives a psychological interpretation of the visions depicted in the saints autobiographical writings. This book provides an invaluable window on the evolution of Jung's thought and a vital key to understanding his later work.

Format: Hardback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 31 January 2023
Publisher: Princeton University Press

Between 1933 and 1941, C. G. Jung delivered a series of public lectures at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. These lectures, intended for a general audience, covered a wide range of topics, including yoga, meditation, dream analysis, and the psychology of alchemy. For the first time, Jungs complete lectures on Ignatius of Loyola's Spiritual Exercises, delivered in the winter of 1939–1940, are presented here. These illuminating lectures are the culmination of Jung's investigation into traditional forms of meditation and their parallels to his psychotherapeutic method of active imagination. Jung presents Loyola's exercises as the prime example of a Christian practice comparable to yoga and Eastern meditation, and offers a psychological interpretation of the visions depicted in the saint's autobiographical writings. Offering a unique opportunity to encounter Jung as he shares his ideas with the general public, these lectures reflect Jung's increasingly positive engagement with Roman Catholicism, a development that would lead to his fruitful collaborations after the war with eminent Catholic theologians such as Victor White, Bruno de Jésus-Marie, and Hugo Rahner.

Featuring an authoritative introduction by Martin Liebscher, along with explanations of Jungian concepts and psychological terminology, this splendid book provides an invaluable window on the evolution of Jung's thought and a vital key to understanding his later work.

Weight: 710g
Dimension: 244 x 166 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780691244167