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The Red Book | 
| Author: C. G. Jung
Creators: Sonu Shamdasani, Mark Kyburz, John Peck
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
List Price: $195.00
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Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 2040
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 9.4
Dimensions (in): 18 x 12.1 x 2.4
ISBN: 0393065677
Dewey Decimal Number: 150.1954
EAN: 9780393065671
ASIN: 0393065677
Publication Date: October 19, 2009
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Product Description
The most influential unpublished work in the history of psychology. When Carl Jung embarked on an extended self-exploration he called his “confrontation with the unconscious,” the heart of it was The Red Book, 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.
While Jung considered The Red Book 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 The Book of Kells and the illuminated manuscripts of William Blake. This publication of The Red Book is a watershed that will cast new light on the making of modern psychology.
212 color illustrations.
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 Amazing!!!! March 3, 2010
A. Gizzi (BRIGHTON, MA, US)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The only reason I gave this four stars is that I would like to bring it traveling to read and that's really impossible with it's size and weight. This is definitely a coffee table book. But the advantage of that is the huge colorful prints of Jung's own drawings and paintings!!! This was a pleasant surprise. There's a reason this book is over $100, it's big, hard cover, and amazing prints! A MUST have for anyone interested in psychology. Jung is a genius pure and simple, and this book does his work justice.
 The Red Book gets a Code Red... February 6, 2010
Sonny Moloka'i (Santa Cruz CA)
This book was purchased as a gift for a friend, and after sharing its contents with me, it is definitely a keeper...and it behooves me to get my own copy. Fine printing with colorful and totally amazing and timeless illustrations from an earlier time by a giant in his field. This volume deserves a spot on your desert island list.
 Size Matters - Art Matters - Education Matters - Deutsch Matters February 5, 2010
M. R. Dallal (New York)
2 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is NOT a Jung starter book, unless you have a large coffee table, excellent biceps, and a working knowledge of Fraktur.
Is it a work of art? Yes, all 20 lbs of it. Is it a labor of love? Undoubtedly. Have I completed doctoral coursework in philosophy? Yes. Did I belong to this book and this book belong to me? No.
A passing knowledge of Jung and years of personal archetypal study did not equip me for this tome. The three stars are for me, not for the book, which is in a review category beyond "stars".
Advice Only January 19, 2010
Phil Alathean (Australia)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Enough people have reviewed this work in a comprehensive and competent manner to warrant another analysis of a pioneer master analyser who turned on himself in analysis.
However, this work constantly reminded me of the brilliant Albert Pike when he wrote on Freemasonry:
"Freemasonry is the subjugation of the Human that is in man by the Divine; the conquest of the Appetites and Passions by the Moral Sense and the Reason; a continual effort, struggle, and warfare of the Spiritual against the Material and Sensual. That victory, when it has been achieved and secured, and the conqueror may rest upon his shield and wear the well-earned laurels, is the true Holy Empire."
Morals & Dogma, pp. 854-5.
On occasion I was reminded of Winston Churchill: "The empires of the future are the empires of the mind."
Did Jung succeed in finding this hard-fought empire? I guess that question is irrelevant if you replace Jung's name with that of your own.
This is why many ancient philosophers concluded: "Know Thyself."
Therefore, all I choose to contribute is advice, and that is: JUST BUY IT!
One of a kind magic January 18, 2010
Larry Mcanany (Kansas City)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
There are hardly enough words to describe this book. It is more of a work of art than a mere manuscript. The pages are thick and smell like no other paper i have ever seen.The reproduced images are incredible. I am wrapping it back on it's original box with my reciept and upon my sons 40th birthday ( in 23 years) will present him with this first edition marvel.
Thanks to all.
Larry mcAnany
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