Carl Jung discussion

Who has The Red Book? I received a copy for Christmas and I find it fascinating and beautiful!

The Red Book is an imposing physical object. And its contents impose on the very notion of object and subject: “Life does not come from events, but from us. Everything that happens outside has already been. … I would not have been able to see what was to come if I could not have seen it in myself.” (Jung, The Red Book, Liber Primus) A book of surpassing vitality!

Thank you, A.A.

Its on my list! I'm working my way through the collected works. Perhaps the Red Book will be my reward afterwards. ;-) BTW, the Jung's Collected Works are available in ebook format via Amazon & Google Books. I still prefer the real thing but the digital versions are so nice for searching..

I found a free ebook version of the book, it has pros and cons. Though I can read it anywhere in my ebook reader, it does not contain the images.

Kristine wrote: "I found a free ebook version of the book, it has pros and cons. Though I can read it anywhere in my ebook reader, it does not contain the images." I'm not sure it matters whether you have the copy with the images. Some of them can be found online, and if you have other of Jung's books, you may have one version or another of some of the images in those as well. I have the printed edition without images, but access to one with images, and I haven't really found that I need to take advantage of that access to the images. But I am reading The Red Book very very slowly, and in fact I've paused for about a year now. I find that Jung's other writings do more for me, and I'm sure he realized that. Still, I think it's great that this has finally been published and is available for us to read.

I'm currently re-reading MDR between first and second reading of The Red Book. I have to admit, my first pass through Liber Novus was a humbling experience, a feeling of being lost in the woods with only the occasional shaft of sunlight filtering through the trees. I did find an excellent site with a wonderful series of audio lectures on TRB by Dr. Lance Owens. http://gnosis.org/redbook/.

Steve wrote: "I'm currently re-reading MDR between first and second reading of The Red Book. I have to admit, my first pass through Liber Novus was a humbling experience, a feeling of being lost in the woods wit..."

I agree, Lance Owens is amazing. He also has a lecture on Tolkien and gnosticism. Stephan Hoeller is also worth listening to and reading about Jung. :)