Alchemical Active Imagination Marie-Louise von Franz Spring Publications 1979 PB

Alchemical Active Imagination by Marie-Louise von Franz — First Edition, 1979 | Spring Publications, Inc., University of Dallas (Seminar Series No. 14) A scarce and sought-after first edition from Spring Publications' renowned Seminar Series. Von Franz — the foremost student and collaborator of C. G. Jung, and a founder of the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich — examines a text by the 16th-century alchemist and physician Gerhard Dorn to illuminate the deep relationship between alchemical practice and Jungian analytical psychology. She demonstrates that medieval alchemists engaged in a form of inner dialogue strikingly similar to Jung's technique of active imagination, offering a pathway to engage the unconscious archetypal elements of the psyche. Chapters cover the origins of alchemy, God-power in matter, the body as problem, mens and body in the castle of philosophical love, medieval magic and synchronicity, and the Vir Unus / Unus Mundus. Originally delivered as lectures at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich. An essential text for students of depth psychology, alchemy, and esoteric philosophy. Condition: Good. Cover clean with light age toning; pages sound, no highlighting noted. Smoke-free home.