Jung On Alchemy Av C.G. Jung

Jung realized that the fantastic images of alchemy - fire-breathing dragons, hermaphrodites, lions giving birth to the sun - are not so far from our daily lives. He made sense of such seemingly incomprehensible symbols and showed how, in fact, such images represent a usually unseen level that has immense power over how we feel, think and imagine our existence.<BR> Nathan Schwartz-Salant, a leading Jungian analyst with a special interest in alchemy, has brought together a key selection of Jung''s writings on alchemy. His lucid introduction provides a clear account of the basics of alchemy and explains to the reader Jung''s ideas on alchemical studies.<BR> <EM>Jung on Alchemy</EM> provides an excellent introduction to one of Jung''s most exciting, yet most challenging, fields of study.