Volume 9/2 Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 9 (Part 2): Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self

C. G. Jung

Published by Princeton University Press 1969

Volume 9/2 Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Volume 9 (Part 2)

Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self

C. G. Jung
Edited by: Gerhard Adler and R. F.C. Hull

Part of the multi-volume work Collected Works of C.G. Jung

In the series Bollingen Series (General)

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400851058

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Aion, originally published in German in 1951, is one of the major works of Jung's later years. The central theme of the volume is the symbolic representation of the psychic totality through the concept of the Self, whose traditional historical equivalent is the figure of Christ. Jung demonstrates his thesis by an investigation of the Allegoria Christi, especially the fish symbol, but also of Gnostic and alchemical symbolism, which he treats as phenomena of cultural assimilation. The first four chapters, on the ego, the shadow, and the anima and animus, provide a valuable summation of these key concepts in Jung's system of psychology.

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"Aion contains some of Jung's most advanced thinking on the integrative principles of the psyche, and on the relation of matter to the symbolic processes of the collective unconscious. This is difficult ground to explore, but those who attempt the journey will find that their horizons have been surprisingly widened."

"Much of the material in this book and many of the conclusions are fascinating. There is a great deal here to illustrate the background of modern mysticism and much which the reader, of whatever orientation, will regard as insight."

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
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FOREWORD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
I THE EGO Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
II THE SHADOW Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
III THE SYZYGY: ANIMA AND ANIMUS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
IV THE SELF Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
V CHRIST, A SYMBOL OF THE SELF Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
VI THE SIGN OF THE FISHES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
VII THE PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
VIII THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FISH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
IX THE AMBIVALENCE OF THE FISH SYMBOL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
X THE FISH IN ALCHEMY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
XI THE ALCHEMICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE FISH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
XII BACKGROUND TO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN ALCHEMICAL SYMBOLISM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
XIII GNOSTIC SYMBOLS OF THE SELF Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
XIV THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE SELF Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
XV CONCLUSION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	266
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