Introduction to Jungian psychology : notes of the seminar on analytical psychology given in 1925

245 Pages·2012·5.78 MB·English

by  Carl Gustav

Bollingen SerieS XCiX
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introduCtion to
Jungian PSyChology
Notes of the Seminar on
Analytical Psychology
Given in 1925 By
C. G. Jung
original edition edited by William Mcguire
revised edition edited by Sonu Shamdasani
Published with the support of the Philemon Foundation
this book is part of the Philemon Series of the Philemon Foundation
Bollingen Series XCiX
Princeton University Press
Princeton and Oxford
Copyright © 1989, 2012 by Princeton university Press.
introduction and additional notes to the 2012 edition
copyright © 2012 by Sonu Shamdasani
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Jacket photograph:
Carl Gustav Jung by Margarethe Fellerer.
Courtesy of the Foundation of the Works of C. g. Jung.
all rights reserved
First printing, under the title Analytical Psychology, 1989
First Princeton/Bollingen paperback printing, 1991
revised edition, with a new introduction and updates by Sonu Shamdasani, 2012
the volumes of seminar notes constitute
number XCiX in Bollingen Series,
sponsored by Bollingen Foundation
the text here edited is that of the original transcript
prepared by Cary F. de angulo and privately issued in multigraphed
form by “members of the class” and copyright 1926
by dr. C. g. Jung, Zurich
library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data
Jung, C. g. (Carl gustav), 1875–1961.
introduction to Jungian psychology : notes of the seminar on analytical
psychology given in 1925 / by C.g. Jung ; original edition edited by William
Mcguire ; revised edition edited by Sonu Shamdasani.—rev. ed.
p. cm.—(Philemon series) (Bollingen series ; 99)
rev. ed. of: analytical psychology : notes of the seminar given in 1925 / by
C.g. Jung ; edited by William Mcguire. c1989.
includes indexes.
iSBn 978-0-691-15205-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Jungian psychology.
i. Mcguire, William, 1917– ii. Shamdasani, Sonu, 1962– iii. Jung, C. g.
(Carl gustav), 1875–1961. analytical psychology. iV. title.
BF173.J666 2012 150.19’54—dc23 2011029585
Printed on acid– free paper
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ContentS
Preface to the 2012 Philemon Series Edition, by Sonu Shamdasani vii
Introduction, by Sonu Shamdasani ix
Introduction to the 1989 Edition, by William McGuire xxv
Acknowledgments xxxv
Members of the Seminar xxxvii
List of Abbreviations xxxix
Foreword, by Cary F. de Angulo xli
lecture 1 3
lecture 2 9
lecture 3 15
lecture 4 27
lecture 5 37
lecture 6 47
lecture 7 55
lecture 8 63
lecture 9 71
lecture 10 79
lecture 11 89
lecture 12 99
lecture 13 109
lecture 14 119
lecture 15 127
lecture 16 131
Appendix to Lecture 16 143
“She” 146
vi Contents
“The Evil Vineyard” 154
“L’Atlantide” 161
Indexes
1. General Index 171
2. Cases in Summary 177
3. Dreams, Fantasies, and Visions 179
4. Chronological Index of Jung’s Works
Cited and Discussed 181
The Collected Works of C. G. Jung 183
Color plates follow page 134
PreFaCe to the 2012 PhileMon SerieS edition
From a historical perspective, these seminars were in many re-
spects the most important that Jung ever delivered, as they are
the only reliable firsthand source in which Jung speaks of the de-
velopment of his ideas and his self- experimentation, which gave
rise to his Red Book, Liber Novus. however, they have never widely
received the attention they deserve. in 1989 they were published
in the Bollingen Series in an edition edited by William Mcguire
(1917– 2009).1 the edition was prepared to a high standard.2 the
publication of Liber Novus provides an opportunity for a new pre-
sentation of the seminars, as Jung’s discussion here now appears
in a new light. With this revised Philemon Series edition, a new
introduction has been added, together with cross references to
the material Jung refers to in Liber Novus, as well as further ad-
ditional notes with new information. these have been identified
by 2012. Mistakes in the 1989 edition have been silently omitted.
Further research has shown that the passages from Joan Corrie’s
ABC of Jung’s Psychology identified as being from this seminar, and
reproduced in an addenda, were actually from Jung’s seminar in
Swanage, england, presented in the same year, and so have been
omitted. Mcguire assumed that the seminars took place on Mon-
days between March and July, without a break, and so added dates
to each lecture. however, recently recovered notes by Cary Baynes
suggest that the seminars took place twice week, so the additional
dates have been deleted.
Sonu Shamdasani
1 See John Beebe, “obituary, William Mcguire,” Journal of Analytical Psychology 55
(2010): pp. 157– 58.
2 in 1988 i assisted with some research in preparation of this volume, which was an
instructive experience at that time.
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introduCtion
SoNu ShAMdASANI
March 24, 1925, Zurich. Cary Baynes noted:
yesterday began the new order, that is to say, the first of the
seminars. these latter like the ancient wars as described in
the school text- books, have their immediate and their remote
cause, of which the former is luminously set out in Jung’s cir-
cular letter. it is said that when Miss Corrie received said let-
ter she felt as though her father had died.1 there was general
weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth among the faith-
ful, but rejoicing from this of the “Four Winds.” as i have
had only two analytical hours since the first of december, it
seemed a golden opportunity.
We meet Mondays and thursdays from 4.30 to 6 P.M. in
the rooms at gemeinde Strasse.2 yesterday there were present
the following: dr. Shaw, dr. Kay (aet. 28, hailing from austra-
lia, seen by me for the first time, and notes as being very nice
looking), Miss Sergeant, Kristine Mann, dr. Ward, dr. gor-
don, Beckwith,3 (looking as though stung by a bee convinced
that the seminars mean the loss of his hour with Jung, which
they do not but his anima was holding him to the conviction
as long as possible), Murray4 (aet. 32, lately arrived from Cam-
bridge, england, but sometime from the u.S.a.—c ame with
60 questions, and has understood the Types—s tammers to the
Queen’s taste, much more attractively than i do—c hemist by
profession, owns a piece of wilderness in Vermont whither he
1 in 1922, Joan Corrie published an essay titled “a Personal experience of the night
Sea Journey under the Sea,” recounting and analysing dreams she had during her anal-
ysis with Jung. British Journal of Psychology (Medical Section) 2: pp. 303–1 2.
2 Jung’s agenda confirms that the meetings took place on Mondays and thursdays.
there was also a break of three weeks from mid- april to early May (information cour-
tesy of andreas Jung).
3 For information on Sergeant, Mann, and gordon, see below p. xxvii, p. xxvi, and
p. 14 respectively.
4 around easter, Murray spent three weeks in Zurich for analytic sessions with Jung.
For details, see Forrest robinson, Love’s Story Told: A Life of henry A. Murray (Cam-
bridge, Ma: harvard university Press, 1992), pp. 120f.