Barbara Hannah, Jungian analyst and author, explores Jung's method of
"active imagination," often considered the most powerful tool in
analytical psychology for achieving direct contact with the unconscious
and attaining greater inner awareness. Using historical and contemporary
case studies, Hannah traces the human journey toward personal wholeness.
This approach to confronting the unconscious is a healing process that
applies to both men and women and deals in depth with the injured
feminine as well as many powerful archetypal forces.
Encounters with the Soul is the first and only book I know of which can
promote the understanding of 'active imagination' by illustrating
through various examples, the steps, pitfalls and successes of this
method of encountering the unconscious.
-Marie-Louise von Franz
Barbara Hannah (1891-1986) was born in England. She went to Zürich
in 1929 to study with Carl Jung and lived in Switzerland the rest of her
life. A close associate of Jung until his death, she was a practicing
psychotherapist and lecturer at the C.G. Jung Institute. Her books
available from Chiron include The Archetypal Symbolism of Animals;
Encounters with the Soul; Jung, His Life and Work: A Biographical
Memoir; and Striving Toward Wholeness.