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Title: Anatomy of the Psyche: Alchemical Symbolism in Psychotherapy (Reality of the Psyche Series) by Edward F. Edinger ISBN: 0-8126-9009-5 Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 1985 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Resource
Comment: This is an excellent resource for those already familiar with Jung's work, and I agree with a previous reviewer that it should be considered an intermediate-level text. I disagree with another reviewer who slams this book because of its spiritual connotations and because of disagreements on specific interpretations. Allow me to comment as yet another practicing therapist in this set of reviews. My personal experience of this book is that nearly every page stimulated further insight into my own life and the lives of my clients, and any book that does that warrants 5 stars.
How could anybody conclude otherwise? Well, there is a percentage of people who are very troubled by the many spiritual or metaphysical implications of Jung's works, and they often present very narrow views about what Analytical Psychology is and how it works. That seems ironic for such a highly interpretive theory and system. Personally, I am not troubled in the least by those implications for I am convinced that Jung was not only aware of them, he actively explored them himself.
If you are in the nay-sayers camp then you are not going to like everything about Edinger's work. On the other hand, if you are open to such implications, or if you can merely overlook them and translate words like "God" into something more human and scientific, then you should find this book a useful addition to Jungian studies of alchemy and psychotherapy.
It's important to further consider the entire matter of interpretation. It's true that on many counts I might have differed with Edinger on how to interpret various images and passages. As I pointed out before, Analytical Psychology is nothing without freedom of interepretation. There are no hard and fast equations to follow in decoding the symbolism of dreams and myth, though Jung has provided us with some powerful guidelines and tools. If I recall correctly, Edinger even points out that more than one alchemical operation can be seen at work within the same symbolism. Still, he clearly trusts his own experience, insights, and feelings, and has integrated them with the host theory in a way that is open and flexible enough that others can find it very stimulating and applicable.
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb
Comment: This book is simply superb. Edinger is a master of his field. As a Jungian analyst who teaches Jungian psychology at all levels, I have found this book the best intermediate-level text for studying what Jung's psychology is about and how the process of psychotherapy actually works. Edinger's prose is clear and concise and examples abound. The book is thorough, readable, and an absolutely accurate description of the role of alchemical symbols in personal growth.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great introduction to a fascinating subject
Comment: If I had my time over again I would read these three books on alchemy in the following order: All of them are excellent in their own sphere to introduce a complex process.
(1) The Forge and the Crucible - Eliade
This is an excellent prehistory of alchemy showing the patterns of thought out of which Alchemy most probably arose. An easy read.
(2) Anatomy of the Soul - Edinger
Set out according to seven processes involved in alchemy Calcinatio, Solutio, Coagulatio, Sublimatio, Mortificatio, Separatio, Coniunctio, this is an accessible book that puts each process in reasonably neat boxes, (though the considerable overlap and intermingling is acknowledged). The approach is somewhat mechanical.
(3) Alchemy, an Introduction... - Von Franz.
More 'organic' than Edinger, Von Franz has a very warm and human touch. She deals with the origins of alchemy in Egypt and Greece and delves into the 'Aurora Consurgens', attributed to Aquinas. She includes relevent and interesting case material. Being a transcription of lectures, it is a little haphazard, though none the less informative for that.
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Title: The Mystery of the Coniunctio: Alchemical Image of Individuation (Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts, No 65) by Edward F. Edinger, Joan Dexter Blackmer ISBN: 0919123678 Publisher: Inner City Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Ego and Archetype by EDWARD EDINGER ISBN: 087773576X Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 25 August, 1992 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Creation of Consciousness: Jung's Myth for Modern Man (Studies in Jungian Psychology, 14.) by Edward F. Edinger ISBN: 0919123139 Publisher: Inner City Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1984 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Alchemy : An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psycholog by Marie-Louise Von Franz ISBN: 091912304X Publisher: Inner City Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1981 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Alchemical Active Imagination : Revised Edition (C. G. Jung Foundation Books) by Marie-Louise von Franz ISBN: 0877735891 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 02 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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