Jung realized that the fantastic images of alchemy - fire-breathing dragons, hermaphrodites, lions giving birth to the sun - are not so far from our daily lives. He made sense of such seemingly incomprehensible symbols and showed how, in fact, such images represent a usually unseen level that has immense power over how we feel, think and imagine our existence.
Nathan Schwartz-Salant, a leading Jungian analyst with a special interest in alchemy, has brought together a key selection of Jung`s writings on alchemy. His lucid introduction provides a clear account of the basics of alchemy and explains to the reader Jung`s ideas on alchemical studies.
Jung on Alchemy provides an excellent introduction to one of Jung`s most exciting, yet most challenging, fields of study.