In 1925, while transcribing and painting in his Red Book, C. G. Jung
presented a series of seminars in English in which he spoke for the
first time in public about his early spiritualistic experiences, his
encounter with Freud, the genesis of his psychology, and the
self-experimentation he called his "confrontation with the unconscious,"
describing in detail a number of pivotal dreams and fantasies. He then
presented an introductory overview of his ideas about psychological
typology and the archetypes of the collective unconscious, illustrated
with case material and discussions concerning contemporary art. He
focused particularly on the contra-sexual elements of the personality,
the anima and the animus, which he discussed with the participants
through psychological analyses of popular novels, such as Rider
Haggard's She. The notes from these seminars form the only reliable
published autobiographical account by Jung and the clearest and most
important account of the development of his work.
This revised edition features additional annotations, information from
the Red Book, and an introduction by Sonu Shamdasani, Philemon
Professor of Jung History at University College London.