1st Edition

The Red Book: Reflections on C.G. Jung's Liber Novus

Edited By Thomas Kirsch, George Hogenson Copyright 2014
176 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

204 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In 2009, WW Norton published ‘The Red Book’, a book written by Jung in 1913-1914 but not previously published. Snippets of information about the likely contents of the Red Book had been in circulation for years, and there was much debate and eager anticipation of its publication within the Jungian field and the larger reading public. In 2010, a conference was held at the San Francisco Jungian... Read more

Kirsch, Introduction to First Reflections: Initial Responses to C. G. Jung’s Red Book (Liber Novus) Based on Essays Presented in San Francisco, 4-6 June 2010. Hoerni, The Genesis of The Red Book and Its Publication. Bishop, Jung and the Quest for Beauty: The Red Book in Relationship to German Classicism. Cambray, The Red Book: Entrances and Exits. Rhi, C.G. Jung in Eastern Culture and The Red Book: How The Red Book Helps Make Jung More Understandable to the Traditions of Asia. Thackrey, Jung’s Artwork in The Red Book Qua Art. Maillard, Jung’s "Seven Sermons to the Dead": A Gnosis for Modernity - a Multicultural Vision of Spirituality. Hogenson, "The Wealth of the Soul Exists in Images": From Medieval Icons to Modern Science. Beebe, The Red Book as a Work of Literature.

Biography

Thomas Kirsch was President of the International Association of Analytical Psychology from 1989 to 1995, and President of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco from 1976 to 1978. He was a lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University Medical School. He currently works in private practice in California.

George Hogenson is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Chicago. He was President of the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago from 2007 to 2009 and is on the Executive Committee of the International Association for Analytical Psychology.