"I must also have the courage to face the void, to let myself be consumed in the fire of darkness and not fall into the despair of pain and nothingness."

It is a record of Jung's own self-exploration and introspection, detailing his inner experiences, dreams, fantasies, and reflections on his own psyche. The Red Book is considered a pivotal work in Jungian psychology and provides insight into Jung's own psychological theories and development. It was kept private by Jung during his lifetime and was only published posthumously in 2009.

The Red Book is Jung's personal journal

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Carl Jung had a profound Dark Night of the Soul.

A portable edition of the famous Red Book text and essay. The Red Book, published to wide acclaim in 2009, contains the nucleus of C. G. Jung’s later works. It was here that he developed his principal theories of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation that would transform psychotherapy from treatment of the sick into a means for the higher development of the personality. As Sara Corbett wrote in the New York Times, “The creation of one of modern history’s true visionaries, The Red Book is a singular work, outside of categorization. As an inquiry into what it means to be human, it transcends the history of psychoanalysis and underscores Jung’s place among revolutionary thinkers like Marx, Orwell and, of course, Freud.” The Red Book: A Reader’s Edition features Sonu Shamdasani’s introductory essay and the full translation of Jung’s vital work in one volume.

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