Jung on Death and Immortality

by Jung, Carl Gustav

• ISBN13: 9780691006758
• ISBN10: 069100675X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-04
• Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr

Summary

"As a doctor, I make every effort to strengthen the belief in immortality, especially with older patients when such questions come threateningly close. For, seen in correct psychological perspective, death is not an end but a goal, and life's inclination towards death begins as soon as the meridian is past."--C.G. Jung, commentary onThe Secret of the Golden Flower Here collected for the first time are Jung's views on death and immortality, his writings often coinciding with the death of the most significant people in his life. The book shows many of the major themes running throughout the writings, including the relativity of space and time surrounding death, the link between transference and death, and the archetypes shared among the world's religions at the depths of the Self. The book includes selections from "On Resurrection," "The Soul and Death," "Concerning Rebirth," "Psychological Commentary on The Tibetan Book of the Dead" from theCollected Works,"Letter to Pastor Pfafflin" fromLetters,and "On Life after Death."

Table of Contents

Achnowledgements	vii
Introduction	3	(8)
``The Soul and Death''	11	(10)
``Psychological Commentary on The Tibetan Book of the Dead''	21	(15)
``Concerning Rebirth''	36	(32)
Letter to Pastor Fritz Pfafflin	68	(3)
``The Psychology of the Transference''	71	(56)
Letter to Kristine Mann	127	(2)
``On Resurrection''	129	(5)
Letter to Margaret Erwin Schevill	134	(2)
Letter to Arnim Haemmerli	136	(1)
``On Life after Death''	137	(23)
Letter to Anonymous	160	(1)
Letter to Anonymous	161	(2)
Index	163