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The red book = Liber novus : a reader's edition / C.G. Jung ; edited and with an introduction by Sonu Shamdasani ; preface by Ulrich Hoerni ; translated by Mark Kyburz, John Peck, and Sonu Shamdasani.

Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961 (author.). Shamdasani, Sonu, 1962- (editor,). Hoerni, Ulrich, 1941- (writer of preface.). Kyburz, Mark 1963- (translator.). Peck, John 1941- (translator.).

Summary:

When Carl Jung embarked on an extended self-exploration, the result was "The Red Book," a large, illuminated volume he created between 1914 and 1930. However, only a handful of people had ever seen it. It has since been translated from the original Gerrman and is now it is available to scholars and the general public in both a large format version (40 cm. height) which includes facsimile reproduction of the handwritten German text and color illustrations, or the smaller "Reader's edition" (23 cm. height) which consists of the English translation and translator's notes.

Record details

ISBN: 9780393089080
ISBN: 0393089088
Physical Description: xviii, 582 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 23 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2009]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface to the reader's edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Liber novus: the "Red Book" of C.G. Jung by Sonu Shamdasani -- Translator's notes -- Editorial note -- Note to the reader's edition -- Abbreviations and a note on pagination -- Prologue. The way of what is to come -- Ch. 1. Refinding the soul -- Ch. 2. Soul and God -- Ch. 3. On the service of the soul -- Ch. 4. The desert -- Experiences in the desert -- Ch. 5. Descent into Hell in the future -- Ch. 6. Splitting of the spirit -- Ch. 7. Murder of the hero -- Ch. 8. The conception of the God -- Ch. 9. Mysterium. Encounter -- Ch. 10. Instruction -- Ch. 11. Resolution -- Liber Secundus. The images of the erring -- Ch. 1. The red one -- Ch. 2. The castle in the forest -- Ch. 3. One of the lowly -- Ch. 4. The anchorite dies I [day 1] -- Ch. 5. Dies II [Day 2] -- Ch. 6. Death -- Ch. 7. The remains of earlier temples -- Ch. 8. First day -- Ch. 9. Second day -- Ch. 10. The incantations -- Ch. 11. The opening of the egg -- Ch. 12. Hell -- Ch. 13. The sacrificial murder -- Ch. 14. Divine folly -- Ch. 15. Nox secunda [Second night] -- Ch. 16. Nox tertia [Third night] -- Ch. 17. Nox quarta [Fourth night] -- Ch. 18. The three prophecies -- Ch. 19. The gift of magic -- Ch. 20. The way of the cross -- Ch. 21. The magician -- Scrutinies. -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: mandalas -- Appendix B: commentaries -- Appendix C: entry for 16 January 1916 from Black Book 5.
Language Note:	Translated from the German.