"These compact vigorous essays constitute Dr. Jung's most sustained
interpretation of the religious function in individual
experience."--Journal of Social Philosophy
"This psychological study of religion is particularly interesting in
the light of current social and political movements throughout the
world."--The Personalist
Dr. Carl Gustav Jung, author of some of the most provocative hypotheses
in modern psychology, describes what he regards as an authentic
religious function in the unconscious mind. Using a wealth of material
from ancient and medieval gnostic, alchemistic, and occultistic
literature, he discusses the religious symbolism of unconscious
processes and the possible continuity of religious forms that have
appeared and reappeared through the centuries.