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榮格在世最後一部著作
榮格要告訴我們的道理很簡單:
心靈生活越豐富、象徵生活越寬廣的人,
越有能力熱愛自己的命運。
榮格是二十世紀的思想巨擘,
其學說影響所及已超出了分析心理學的範圍,
而進入了藝術、科學、宗教與生態學的領域。
他同時也幫助世間男女認識自己,
使他們的生命更充實、完滿、喜悅。
本書即是他特別為一般讀者編寫的,
也是他畢生行醫著述的思想精華總結。
他在八十三歲之齡開始,
傾其生命最終歲月之心力投注本書,
在撰著完成後不到十天便與世長辭,享年八十六歲。
若不是為了一個夢,這本書根本不會被寫出來。約翰.弗利曼(John Freeman)在序言中告訴我們,那個夢說服了榮格,他可以 — 其實是應該跟那些沒有心理學專門知識的人解釋他的想法。於是,年屆八十三的榮格,為這本書做了完善的規劃,包括他希望自己四位最得力助手要寫的章節。生命已近尾聲的他,把自己最終的歲月都投注在這份工作上,勉力完成了他自己的關鍵章節,寫完後不出十天,他便撒手謝世。
本書乃空前絕後之作。綜觀全書,榮格強調人類若要成就其圓滿成熟,只能透過對潛意識的認識與接納,而這種認識,須藉由夢及其象徵來取得。每一個夢,都在與做夢者進行直接、親身與有意義的溝通,這種溝通雖然運用了通行於全人類的象徵,但卻以全然個體的方式來運用它們,因此,夢也只可能以全然個體的「線索」來詮釋。
榮格要告訴我們的道理很簡單:心靈生活越豐富、象徵生活越寬廣的人,越有能力熱愛自己的命運,而心理分析師的任務,便是幫助我們面對那些突如其來的意象、形象和景象,鼓舞我們去提煉其中象徵意涵。
*本書中譯本<>由立緒出版.
Explores Jung's psychological concepts regarding the nature, function and importance of man's symbols as they appear on both the conscious and subconscious level.
The landmark text about the inner workings of the unconscious mind--from the symbolism that unlocks the meaning of our dreams to their effect on our waking lives and artistic impulses--featuring more than a hundred
images that break down Carl Jung’s revolutionary ideas
"What emerges with great clarity from the book is that Jung has done immense service both to psychology as a science and to our general understanding of man in society."--
The Guardian
"Our psyche is part of nature, and its enigma is limitless."
Since our inception, humanity has looked to dreams for guidance. But what are they? How can we understand them? And how can we use them to shape our lives? There is perhaps no one more equipped to answer these questions than the legendary psychologist Carl G. Jung. It is in his life’s work that the unconscious mind comes to be understood as an expansive, rich world just as vital and true a part of the mind as the conscious, and it is in our dreams--those personal, integral expressions of our deepest selves--that it communicates itself to us. A seminal text written explicitly for the general reader,
Man and His Symbols
is a guide to understanding the symbols in our dreams and using that knowledge to build fuller, more receptive lives.
Full of fascinating case studies and examples pulled from philosophy, history, myth, fairy tales, and more, this groundbreaking work--profusely illustrated with hundreds of visual examples--offers invaluable insight into the symbols we dream that demand understanding, why we seek meaning at all, and how these very symbols affect our lives. By illuminating the means to examine our prejudices, interpret psychological meanings, break free of our influences, and recenter our individuality,
Man and His Symbols
proves to be--decades after its conception--a revelatory, absorbing, and relevant experience.