Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 9 (Part 2): Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self / Edition 2

by C. G. Jung

Overview

An investigation of the symbolism of the self

Aion, originally published in German in 1951, is one of the major works of Jung’s later years. The central theme of the volume is the symbolic representation of the psychic totality through the concept of the Self, whose traditional historical equivalent is the figure of Christ. Jung demonstrates his thesis by an investigation of the Allegoria Christi, especially the fish symbol, but also of Gnostic and alchemical symbolism, which he treats as phenomena of cultural assimilation. The first three chapters—on the ego, the shadow, and the anima and animus—provide a valuable summation of these key concepts in Jung’s system of psychology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691097596
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	01/21/1969
Series:	The Collected Works of C. G. Jung , #278
Edition description:	Part 2
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

C. G. Jung (1875–1961) was one of the most important psychologists of the twentieth century.

Table of Contents

• FrontMatter, pg. i
• EDITORIAL NOTE, pg. v
• TRANSLATOR’S NOTE, pg. vi
• TABLE OF CONTENTS, pg. vii
• LIST OF PLATES, pg. viii
• FOREWORD, pg. ix
• I THE EGO, pg. 3
• II THE SHADOW, pg. 8
• III THE SYZYGY: ANIMA AND ANIMUS, pg. 11
• IV THE SELF, pg. 23
• V CHRIST, A SYMBOL OF THE SELF, pg. 36
• VI THE SIGN OF THE FISHES, pg. 72
• VII THE PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS, pg. 95
• VIII THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FISH, pg. 103
• IX THE AMBIVALENCE OF THE FISH SYMBOL, pg. 118
• X THE FISH IN ALCHEMY, pg. 126
• XI THE ALCHEMICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE FISH, pg. 154
• XII BACKGROUND TO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN ALCHEMICAL SYMBOLISM, pg. 173
• XIII GNOSTIC SYMBOLS OF THE SELF, pg. 184
• XIV THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE SELF, pg. 222
• XV CONCLUSION, pg. 266
• BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 271
• INDEX, pg. 301

Editorial Reviews

"Aion contains some of Jung's most advanced thinking on the integrative principles of the psyche, and on the relation of matter to the symbolic processes of the collective unconscious. This is difficult ground to explore, but those who attempt the journey will find that their horizons have been surprisingly widened."

Psychosomatic Medicine

Much of the material in this book and many of the conclusions are fascinating. There is a great deal here to illustrate the background of modern mysticism and much which the reader, of whatever orientation, will regard as insight.

Psychiatric Quarterly

"Much of the material in this book and many of the conclusions are fascinating. There is a great deal here to illustrate the background of modern mysticism and much which the reader, of whatever orientation, will regard as insight."—Psychiatric Quarterly

"Aion contains some of Jung's most advanced thinking on the integrative principles of the psyche, and on the relation of matter to the symbolic processes of the collective unconscious. This is difficult ground to explore, but those who attempt the journey will find that their horizons have been surprisingly widened."—Psychosomatic Medicine

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