Aion : researches into the phenomenology of the self

Author(s)

• Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav)
• Read, Herbert Edward, Sir
• Hull, R. F. C. (Richard Francis Carrington)

Bibliographic Information

Aion : researches into the phenomenology of the self

C.G. Jung ; translated by R.F.C. Hull

（Bollingen series, 20 . The collected works of C.G. Jung / editors, Sir Herbert Read ... [et al.] ; v. 9, pt. 2）（Princeton/Bollingen paperbacks）

Princeton University Press, 1978

2nd ed., 5th printing, with corr.

• :[pbk]

Other Title

Aion : Untersuchungen zur Symbolgeschichte

Note

Bibliography: p. 273-300

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Aion, originally published in German in 1951, is one of the major works of Jung's later years. The central theme of the volume is the symbolic representation of the psychic totality through the concept of the Self, whose traditional historical equivalent is the figure of Christ. Jung demonstrates his thesis by an investigation of the Allegoria Christi, especially the fish symbol, but also of Gnostic and alchemical symbolism, which he treats as phenomena of cultural assimilation. The first four chapters, on the ego, the shadow, and the anima and animus, provide a valuable summation of these key concepts in Jung's system of psychology.

Table of Contents

*FrontMatter, pg. i*EDITORIAL NOTE, pg. v*TRANSLATOR'S NOTE, pg. vi*TABLE OF CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF PLATES, pg. viii*FOREWORD, pg. ix*I THE EGO, pg. 3*II THE SHADOW, pg. 8*III THE SYZYGY: ANIMA AND ANIMUS, pg. 11*IV THE SELF, pg. 23*V CHRIST, A SYMBOL OF THE SELF, pg. 36*VI THE SIGN OF THE FISHES, pg. 72*VII THE PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS, pg. 95*VIII THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FISH, pg. 103*IX THE AMBIVALENCE OF THE FISH SYMBOL, pg. 118*X THE FISH IN ALCHEMY, pg. 126*XI THE ALCHEMICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE FISH, pg. 154*XII BACKGROUND TO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN ALCHEMICAL SYMBOLISM, pg. 173*XIII GNOSTIC SYMBOLS OF THE SELF, pg. 184*XIV THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE SELF, pg. 222*XV CONCLUSION, pg. 266*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 271*INDEX, pg. 301

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Details

• NCID: BA11752227
• ISBN:
  • 069101826X
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: [Princeton, N.J.]
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 333 p
• Size: 23 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00300416
  • BA00320672