![]() Writing in German, he filled 205 oversize pages with elaborate calligraphy and with richly hued, staggeringly detailed paintings.įor decades, The Red Book has been wrapped in mystery, because it has never been published. The book detailed an unabashedly psychedelic voyage through his own mind, a vaguely Homeric progression of encounters with strange people taking place in a curious, shifting dreamscape. First taking notes in a series of small, black journals, he then expounded upon and analyzed his fantasies, writing in a regal, prophetic tone in the big red-leather book. ![]() And as a theorist, he wanted to document his 16-year journey, so he wrote down everything he experience, saw and felt: ![]() The Red Book is part journal, part mythological novel that takes the reader through Jung’s fantasies - hallucinations he self-induced to try and get to the core of his unconscious. In his late 30s, Jung started writing a book called The Red Book. While not a popular form of psychotherapy in the United States, it remains a niche in psychology that nonetheless carries on Jung’s theories and practices. Carl Jung died 48 years ago, but he still has a devout following of professionals, clinicians and researchers who believe in the power of his theories. ![]()
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