This Jungian Life Podcast Visionary Imagination: Jung’s Private Journals
Nov 26, 2020
This week’s guest is Sonu Shamdasani, a Professor at University College London and a leading expert on Jung's work. They delve into Jung's recently published Black Books, revealing insights from his most challenging inner experiences. Sonu shares how these writings connect to Jung's broader theories on imagination and the psyche. Listeners also learn about the vital mission of the Philemon Foundation to publish Jung's unpublished works and the ongoing need for support to keep Jung's revolutionary ideas alive.
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Jung's Black Books as Primary Source
- Jung's Black Books were a daily record of his deep self-investigation and psychic experiments from 1913 to 1932.
- They encompass the raw material underlying his Red Book and his foundational psychological theories.
Family Cautiousness on Jung's Works
- Jung's unpublished works were long kept private by his family, partly out of caution about public reception.
- When considered fully, these works were understood as intended for publication and foundational to Jung's psychology.
Black Books Reveal Jung's Inner Struggle
- The Black Books reveal Jung's inner process alongside his outer life and historical events like WWI.
- His lifelong work translated these visionary experiences into scientific psychological language.
