Description: Jung and the Alchemical Imagination, Paperback by Raff, Jeffrey, ISBN 0892540451, ISBN-13 9780892540457, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Jung and the Alchemical Imagination illustrates the spiritual nature of Jungian psychology and the debt it owes to the tradition of esoteric religion. Unlike other books on Jung and alchemy which contain a psychological interpretation of alchemical material, this work uses alchemy to understand the three cornerstones of Jungian spirituality--the self, the transcendent function, and active imagination. Through the interpretation of alchemical imagery, Raff explains the nature of these three concepts and illustrates how together they form a new model of contemporary Western spirituality. This book is also unique in selecting alchemical texts for analysis that are relatively unknown and which, for the most part, have never been interpreted. In addition, he presents two new concepts--the ally and the psychoid realm. Through the addition of these ideas, and the new understanding that they offer, it is possible to apply alchemical imagery to transpsychic experience/ that is, to a world of spirits which may not be reduced to psychological concepts. By including this realm in the study of alchemy and Jungian thought, it is possible to gain insights into the nature of visionary and ecstatic experiences that form part of the path of individuation--the road to completion.
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Book Title: Jung and the Alchemical Imagination
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Nicolas Hays, Inc.
Topic: Movements / Jungian, General, New Thought
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2000
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit, Psychology
Item Weight: 13.3 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Jeffrey Raff
Item Width: 5.4 in
Book Series: The Jung on the Hudson Book Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
