Four Novels In Jung's 1925 Seminar by Matthew A. Fike, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

C. G. Jung believed that popular fiction often conveyed unvarnished psychological truths. In this volume, Matthew A. Fike skillfully analyzes the novels under consideration in Jung's 1925 seminar on analytical psychology, corrects Jung's ill-informed perspectives, and sheds light on a neglected area of Jungian literary studies. Jung originally planned to discuss several novels about the anima-Henry Rider Haggard'sShe, Pierre Benoît'sL'Atlantide, and Gustav Meyrink'sThe Green Face. At the request of his participants, he dropped Meyrink and included a text about the animus, Marie Hay'sThe Evil Vineyard. Fike demonstrates that Haggard'sSheand Benoît'sL'Atlantideportray anima possession, the visionary and psychological modes, and traditional versus Jungian approaches to history. Meyrink's smorgasbord of Jungian theory and religion makesThe Green Facea fictional counterpart toThe Red Book, and both Meyrink and Hay depict states of higher consciousness that transcend the archetypes. The distinction between archetypal and spiritual possession demonstrates thatThe Evil Vineyardis a ghost story, and the study concludes with Hay's dozens of allusions, which provide important metacommentary. Four Novels in Jung's 1925 Seminar, the first comprehensive study of all four texts, complements seminal works by Cornelia Brunner and Barbara Hannah, critiques the seminar discussion recorded in William McGuire's edition ofAnalytical Psychology: Notes of the Seminar Given in 1925 by C. G. Jung, and incorporates Jung's own comments on the four novels inThe Collected Works. Thus, it provides an essential addition to Jungian literary studies and will appeal both to students and practitioners of Jungian analytical psychology and to scholars of British, French, and German literature. | Four Novels In Jung's 1925 Seminar by Matthew A. Fike, Paperback | Indigo Chapters