The red book hours : discovering C.G. Jung's art mediums and creative process / Jill Mellick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mellick, Jill.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961. Liber novus.

Jung, C. G.

Psychoanalysis and art.

Jungian psychology.

Illumination of books and manuscripts--Switzerland--History--20th century.

Illumination of books and manuscripts.

Liber novus (Jung, C. G.).

Psychoanalysts.

History.

Switzerland.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

454 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Zürich : Scheidegger & Spiess, [2018]

Summary:

In 1913, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961) experienced an episode of psychosis, seeing visions and hearing voices in what he called a horrible 'confrontation with the unconscious.' But, instead of seeking to minimize the hallucinations after this initial episode, Jung believed there was tremendous value in this unconscious content and developed methods to encourage hallucinations. Over some sixteen years, he recorded his experiences in a series of small journals, which he later transcribed in a large, red, leather-bound volume, commonly known as 'The Red Book'. Jung never published the Liber Novus, as he called this pivotal part of his oeuvre, and left no instructions for its final disposition, and it therefore remained unpublished until recently. 'The Red Book Hours' complements the facsimile edition and English-language translation of 'The Red Book', published in 2009, and draws out the insights into Jung's affinity with art as a means of personal insight.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783858818164

385881816X

OCLC:

1035401427