The Red Book
September 21, 2009
The September 16th, 2009, issue of the Sunday New York Times Magazine (you may need a subscription to view it online) has a cover story on a "new" book, The Red Book
coming out by Carl Jung, the famous Swiss psychologist. This is the first publication of the notes and art he made during his famous period of reclusivity at which time time he courageously delved deeply into his unconscious. Many have thought him to have been psychotic during this time but what I have read in Memories, Dreams, Reflections
The availability of this book will, hopefully put to rest the view that he was out of his mind during this period. Even the meager views of the book one can see in the Times Magazine and on Amazon reveal the high degree of organization with which he recorded his experiences.
The publication of this book is cause for celebration for those of us who look to Jung for wisdom.
UPDATE:
Here is another article on the publication of The Red Book from the Associated Press via Yahoo News with more details by Ula Ilnytzky. The original book will be shown at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York, October 7 to January 25, 2010.
Also, I now see that the price for this 205 page, 8.8 pound book in German with English translation published by W. W. Norton & Company will be $195. That price actually doesn't seem too much for what you will get but you may want to know that it can be pre-purchased
at Amazon now for $105.30 and in stock on December 4. (The sales rank in Books at Amazon is 112 and its not even out yet!)
Knowing Imagination 
September 21, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Great find, thanks for sharing!
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