It is a personal testament and, above all, a religious testament. Unhampered by the necessity for scientific presentation and valuation. The title is an apt one, for the main purpose of his recollections, dreams and visions is to illuminate his inner development, to trace the effect of his 'confrontation of the unconscious' at various stages of his life, in a form The designation adopted by Jungian schools to distinguish their theories and practices from those of Freud and Adler). His final chapter when he says, 'I have no judgment about myself and my life.' Perhaps more significant is the fact that by Jung's special request, 'Memories, Dreams, Reflections' is not included in the officialĪnd these, it may be added for the benefit of readers born after World War II, comprise a score of volumes dealing with aspects of psychiatry, psychology, anthropology, sociology, politics, art, religion, education and a classification ofĬharacter types, all of which have contributed a baker's dozen of words to the language (complex, the collective unconscious, archetypes, extraversion, introversion, individuation, not to mention 'analytical psychology', Measuring his life and work against the centuries, he feels inclined to say, 'Yes, it means something' but he adds, 'measured by the ideas of today it means nothing.' Even this modest disclaimer he modifies in

And even then his own estimate of his right to lasting fame was a modest The late Carl Gustav Jung, who, incidentally, entertained a low opinion of autobiographies, did not succumb to this temptation until he was an established octogenarian. Indeed, should the urge to offset their diminishing labors be compelling enough, they will not stop short of bidding for immortality by writing their autobiography.

T is to be observed of many scientists that when they pass the 60-year mark they are tempted to compensate for their approaching retirement by dwelling Translated by Richard and Clara Winston from the German 'Erihnnerungen Trame Gedanken Illuminations From Within By EDWARD GLOVER

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