1st Edition

Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido Supplementary Volume B

By C. G. Jung Copyright 1993

    Unavailable for many years, this edition presents the original English translation of Jung's most famous and influential work. It is a key text for the study of the formation of Jung's ideas and for understanding his personal and psychological condition during this crucial time.

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    AUTHOR'S NOTE

    PART 1

    Introduction

    I. Concerning the Two Kinds o f Thinking

    II. The Miller Phantasies

    III. The Hymn o f Creation

    IV. The Song o f the Moth

    PART II

    I. Aspects o f the Libido

    II. The Conception and the Genetic Theory of Libido

    III. The Transform ation o f the Libido. A Possible Source o f Primitive Human Discoveries

    IV. The Unconscious Origin o f the Hero

    V. Symbolism o f the Mother and o f Rebirth

    VI. The Battle for Deliverance from the Mother

    VII. The Dual Mother Role

    VIII. The Sacrifice

    Index


     

    Biography

    William McGuire, a writer and editor, has edited The Freud/Jung Letters and was executive editor of The Collected Works of C. G. Jung (both Princeton). Eugene I. Taylor is on the Executive Faculty at the Saybrook Institute. He is also Lecturer of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Senior Psychologist on the Psychiatry Service at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is the author of several books, including William James on Consciousness beyond the Margin (Princeton).