The Red Book (Philemon)

The Red Book (Philemon)

The most influential unpublished work in the history of psychology. When Carl Jung embarked on an extended self-exploration he called his €œconfrontation with the unconscious,€ the heart of it was <em>The Red Book</em>, a large, illuminated volume he created between 1914 and 1930. Here he developed his principle theories€"of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation€"that transformed psychotherapy from a practice concerned with treatment of the sick into a means for higher development of the personality.<br /> <br /> While Jung considered <em>The Red Book</em> to be his most important work, only a handful of people have ever seen it. Now, in a complete facsimile and translation, it is available to scholars and the general public. It is an astonishing example of calligraphy and art on a par with <em>The Book of Kells</em> and the illuminated manuscripts of William Blake. This publication of <em>The Red Book</em> is a watershed that will cast new light on the making of modern psychology. <br /> 212 color illustrations.