The Basic Writings of C. G. Jung

Inexploringthemanifestationsofhumanspiritualexperiencebothintheimaginativeactivitiesoftheindividualandintheformationofmythologiesandofreligioussymbolisminvariouscultures,C.G.Junglaidthegroundworkforapsychologyofthespirit.Theexcerptshereilluminatetheconceptoftheunconscious,thecentralpillarofhiswork,anddisplayampleevidenceofthespontaneousspiritualandreligiousactivitiesofthehumanmind.ThiscompactvolumewillserveasanidealintroductiontoJung'sbasicconcepts.PartIofthisbook,"OntheNatureandFunctioningofthePsyche,"containsmaterialfromfourworks:"SymbolsofTransformation,""OntheNatureofthePsyche,""TheRelationsbetweentheEgoandtheUnconscious,"and"PsychologicalTypes."AlsoincludedinPartIare"ArchetypesoftheCollectiveUnconscious"and"PsychologicalAspectsoftheMotherArchetype."PartII,"OnPathologyandTherapy,"includes"OntheNatureofDreams,""OnthePathogenesisofSchizophrenia,"selectionsfrom"PsychologyoftheTransference."InPartIIIappear"IntroductiontotheReligiousandPsychologicalProblemsofAlchemy"andtwosectionsof"PsychologyandReligion."PartIV,called"OnHumanDevelopment,"consistsoftheessay"MarriageasaPsychologicalRelationship."