THE BLACK BOOKS - C.G. JUNG (1913-1932 Notebooks of Transformation) 7 HB in Box Set.

THE BLACK BOOKS - C.G. JUNG (1913-1932 Notebooks of Transformation) 7 HB in Box Set

7 Hardback Volumes in Slipcase / Presentation Case.

Until now, the single most important unpublished work by C.G. Jung The Black Books.

In 1913, C.G. Jung started a self-experiment that he called his "confrontation with the unconscious": an engagement with his fantasies, which he charted in a series of notebooks referred to as The Black Books. The Red Book drew on material recorded therein to 1916 but Jung continued to write in them for decades. The Black Books shed light on the elaboration of Jung's personal cosmology and his attempts to embody insights from his self-investigation into his life and relationships. Magnificently presented, featuring a revelatory essay by Sonu Shamdasani, and both translated and facsimile versions of each notebook, The Black Books offers a unique portal into Jung's mind and the origins of analytical psychology.

The text of The Red Book draws on material from The Black Books between 1913 and 1916. Approximately fifty percent of the text of The Red Book derives directly from The Black Books, with very light editing and reworking. The Black Books are not personal diaries but the records of the unique self-experimentation that Jung called his ‘confrontation with the unconscious.’ He did not record day-to-day happenings or outer events but his active imaginations and depictions of his mental states together with his reflections on these.

The material that Jung did not include in The Red Book is of equal interest to the material that he did include. The Black Books shed light on Jung’s ‘confrontation with the unconscious,’ for which they are the prime documentation, as well as the genesis of The Red Book, the further elaboration of Jung’s personal cosmology, and the making of analytical psychology.

Condition: Unread / Near Fine Copy. The lightest of shelf-wear to slipcase with a very slight, small bump to front edge. Books untouched / as new. An incredible set.

Large heavy volume (8kg set!) -- will ship at 5 book rate.