His work was the salvation of the despised and lost, for whose salce he was crucified between two criminals. Carl jung s red book i was so excited about the publication of carl jung s journal. Jung is at the top of my list for most complex books read so far. Anyone may participate and it is hoped that this fruitful discussion will shed light on his active imagination process as associated with his work on his red book. This blog is intended as a discussion of carl jung s red book. It recounts and comments upon the authors imaginative experiences between 19 and 1916, and is based on manuscripts first drafted by jung in 191415 and 1917. After reading most of jungs voluminous writings, which other than mdr tended to be scholarly works, the personal touches in the red book liber novus, made jung come alive for me. Video on jungs scrutinies, in the red book blogger. The red book that i started a new blog on it that some of you readers will enjoy. It was here that he developed his principal theories of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation that would transform psychotherapy from treatment of the sick into a means for the higher development of. The first edition of the novel was published in 2009, and was written by c.
I listened to a podcast recently about the i ching and jung s red book was mentioned whats this tao all about podcast. The main characters of this psychology, non fiction story are. Jung s red book rb is a book of extraordinary beauty. Carl jung depth psychology reading groups full liber novus red book reading. Antioch university seattle jungian discussion blog. A complete 200mb pdf download of the original text and art of the red book is available at the bottom of this post. With christ the living experience no resurrection, unless it occurs after death. While i focus here primarily on the images of ideas in the text, it is a treat to spend time with jung s paintings, the details of the calligraphic script of the liber primus in its medieval manuscript form. Jungs newly published red book, i admit that i harbored a degree of skepticism. His work was intellectually legendary enigmatic and fascinating, to many the holy grail for the irreverent, to others just the ravings of a madman who condemned all of humanity in a matter of seconds. One of them is that it took him more than 15 years to complete, or at least to decide that it contained everything that he wanted to communicate.
And as a theorist, he wanted to document his 16year journey. The contents of the portland seminar are too lengthy for this discussion. For nearly a quarter of a century following the death of famed psychoanalyst carl jungs, his family kept the red book locked in a safety deposit. Pdf carl gustav jung the red book liber novus english. The red book, shamdasani provides much more information about jung s history and the history of. The red book the most influential unpublished work in the history of psycholog y.
The red book is a very personal record of psychiatrist c. The way of what is to come, jung s red book october 28, 2009. They say that carl jung s the red book contains within its pages a mind that aspires to roam the underworld and rescue his soul. Weve left for last one of carl jung s most valuable and also most difficult to understand books. This blog on the south node will continue focusing on the nodes, but the new one will be about the coming out out of this exciting book next month in new york city.
Jung s self examination in his scrutinies included in the red book is extremely interesting and revealing of the tremendous conflict jung experienced between his inner life and his outer life, his number 1 personality and his number 2 personality. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 371 pages and is available in hardcover format. It is bound in red leather and the words liber novus latin for new book are etched in gold letters on the spine. My hope is that his journal, his writings, and his commitment to. During our first meeting, we read and discussed the introductory comments, which offer a splendid overview and context for reading the journal. A lot of people would not comprehend his occult writings pieces that were delicately pieced together to compose a one of a kind novel such as the red book. A book, a kind of personal journal, bound in red leather, with the most secret inner thoughts written by one of the worlds most famous and celebrated psychologist, carl jung. Well, at least i had ticked reading the i ching off my bucket list, now i just have to read jung s the red book which is sitting on a bookshelf right next to me. Like a massive, medieval folio reminiscent of the book of kells. Carl jung, the red book, page 266 the righteous man is the instrument into which god enters in order to attain selfreflection and thus consciousness and rebirth as a divine child trusted to the care of adult man. Carl jung, crucifixion and the red book carl jung depth. In discussing the history of his own involvement with the.
Carl jung turned to the occult much stronger when he was close to his deathbed. At times relationships can feel like a nightmarish war zone. Carl jung s red book is filled with absolutely amazing art the famous psychologist composed privately for years. The fact that jung circulated drafts of it and showed it to many different people makes it clear that he did intend it to reach a wider public. Whether the bond is romantic or sexual does not matter. During the period in which he worked on this book jung developed his principal theories of archetypes, collective unconscious, and the process of individuation. What follows is 16 years of the psychoanalysts dive into the unconscious mind, a challenge to what he considered sigmund freuds his former mentors isolated world view. Jung s liber novus analyses the issue of language in the red book. Sanford lewis drob, the author of reading the red book. The red book philemon jung s critical task in working over his fantasies was to differentiate the voices and characters. Jung s complicated, tortuous and lengthy quest to salvage his soul, and a firsthand description of a process that would later. My hope is that his journal, his writings, and his commitment to attend to his inner life will be an inspiration for all of us. I love the imagry of manwoman being the bridge between earth and a very normal industrial earth and the spiritualheavenly. After reading carl jungs tome, you will consider yourself mad.
As official publisher, digitalfusions imago novus series has released limited editions of jung s fullpage drawings, and official documentation from the jung foundation. Blog archive 2016 1 may 1 downloaded from the internet. The book had lain dormant for half a century, first in the cupboard of jungs zurich home and then in a bank vault. The red book, how carl jung saved his soul exploring. This novel is unlike any of his well known philosophy novels. The publication of the red book in october, 2009 has been hailed as a signal event in the history of dynamic psychology. Jung is widely recognized as a major figure in modern western thought, and his work continues to spark. Several members of the seattlebased jungian psychotherapists association meet once per month to study c. The first words of carl gustav jungs red book are the way of what is to come. Liber novus edited and introduced by sonu shamdasani translated by mark kyburz, john peck and sonu shamdasani foreword by ulrich hoerni jung termed the period between 1912 and 1918 his confrontation with the unconscious. In many ways it validates my choice of depth psychology for a career. Jung s family has kept the book hidden for decades until today. Thus you carry the futuregreat is the power of the way. Jung said it well in the red book, protect the riddles, bear them in your heart, warm them, be pregnant with them.
This the compiled pdf version of the red book by carl gustav jung. The prints the red book limited edition fine art prints. The red book by carl jung audiobook all parts youtube. A portable edition of the famous red book text and essay the red book, published to wide acclaim in 2009, contains the nucleus of c. The red book, also known as liber novus latin for a new book is a 205page manuscript written and illustrated 53 full images, 71 contain both text and artwork and 81 are pure calligraphic text by swiss psychologist carl jung between approximately 1914 and 1930, which was not published or shown to the public until 2009. In the red book, we find jung struggling with the question of whether words do or can have a definitive meaning, whether they point to specifiable ideas, kinds and things, or. This essay is a very brief version of some of the information presented in the portland lecture. Inspired by jungs journal, the red book which he created during his years of personal transformation, this blog seeks to explore what we can learn from carl jungs personal journey.
It belongs to the way of christ that he ascends with few of the living, but many of the dead. In his late 30s, jung started writing a book called the red book. The red book is part journal, part mythological novel that takes the reader through jung s fantasies hallucinations he selfinduced to try and get to the core of his unconscious. The red book, also known as liber novus new book, is a manuscript written and illustrated by swiss psychiatrist carl gustav jung between approximately 1914 and the red book of carl gustav jung. Jung embarked upon an extraordinary imaginative journey. The result of this momentous decision is the red book, jung s record of his confrontation with the unconscious, which he had bound in a custommade red leather folio that measured approximately 12 x 15. The way of what is to come, jungs red book heidekolbs blog. When carl jung embarked on an extended selfexploration he called his confrontation with the unconscious, the heart of it was the red book, a large, illuminated volume he. This unprecedented exhibition marks the first public presentation of the preeminent psychologist c. You should call me if you want to live with men, but the one god if you want to rise above the human world to the divine and eternal solitude of the star.