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THE RED BOOK OF C. G. JUNG A Journey into Unknown Depths Walter Boechat Translated from the original Brazilian edition by Carolyn Hoggarth KARNAC 2 Excerpts from Lament of the Dead: Psychology after Jung's Red Book by James Hillman and Sonu Shamdasani, C. G. Jung: A Biography in Books by Sonu Shamdasani, and The Red Book: Liber Novus by C. G. Jung, reproduced by kind permission of W. W. Norton. Excerpts from Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self by C. G. Jung reproduced by permission of Princeton University Press. Originally published in 2014 in Brazil by Vozes Publishing House as O Livro Vermelho de C. G. Jung. Jornadas para Profundidades Desconhecidas. First published in English in 2017 by Karnac Books Ltd 118 Finchley Road London NW3 5HT Copyright © 2017 Walter Boechat The right of Walter Boechat to be identified as the author of this work have been asserted in accordance with §§ 77 and 78 of the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A C.I.P. for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-13: 978-1-78220-451-0 Typeset by Medlar Publishing Solutions Pvt Ltd, India Printed in Great Britain www.karnacbooks.com 3 This book is dedicated to Paula, a constant companion in my personal journey through life 4 CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR PREFACE Sonu Shamdasani PROLOGUE CHAPTER ONE Introduction CHAPTER TWO The gestation of the book CHAPTER THREE The structure of the book CHAPTER FOUR Heroism and heroes in The Red Book CHAPTER FIVE The limits between creativity and madness CHAPTER SIX New perspectives in Jungian clinical practice 5 CHAPTER SEVEN The legacy of the dead CHAPTER EIGHT The search for the centre CHAPTER NINE Philemon CHAPTER TEN Final conclusions NOTES REFERENCES INDEX 6 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Illustration 1. The murder of the hero Siegfried Illustration 2. Tibetan yantra. Image 1 from Concerning Mandala Symbolism (Jung, 1950b) Illustration 3. Mandalas and transference Illustration 4. Mandalas and protection Illustration 5. A mandala for present-day man (Systema munditotius) Illustration 6. The Lapis Quaternio Illustration 7. The symmetrical structure of the self Illustration 8. Quaternios and their final formation into a mandala Illustration 9. Philemon 7 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CW—The Collected works of C. G. Jung in 20 volumes. Bollingen Series. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. MDR—memories, Dreams and Reflections. London: Collins and Routledge & Kegan Paul. RB—The Red Book: Liber Novus. C. G. Jung. Editing and introduction: Sonu Shamdasani. New York, London: W. W. Norton. 8 Philemon From The Red Book by C. G. Jung, edited by Sonu Shamdasani, translated by Mark Kyburz, John Peck, and Sonu Shamdasani. Copyright © 2009 by the Foundation of the Works of C. G. Jung Translation 2009 by Mark Kyburz, John Peck, and Sonu Shamdasani. Used by permission of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am grateful to all the students in my various study groups for their interest and feedback. An in-depth study of is like a descent into Hades, and this descent cannot be made alone. The exchange of various perspectives and ideas has helped to broach the intricate symbolism of the book. I would also like to extend my special gratitude to Sonu Shamdasani for his illuminating insights and kind support. 10
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