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Title: Alchemy : An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psycholog by Marie-Louise Von Franz, Marie-Louise von Franz, Von Franz Marie Louise ISBN: 0-919123-04-X Publisher: Inner City Books Pub. Date: January, 1981 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: correction
Comment: just a note: the review above refers to Anatomy of the Psyche by Edinger. Anatomy of the Soul is a misprint.
Rating: 5
Summary: A meeting with a remarkable mind
Comment: I first discovered Marie-Louise Von Franz in her collaboration with Emma Jung in their extraordinary book "The Grail Legend", which is by far the most intellectually coherent book I have ever encountered regarding that material, in which they place those strange and surreal stories in the framework of a Jungian perspective on the history of consciousness. In these lectures on alchemical symbolism, Von Franz applies many of the same Jungian techniques to explore some important alchemical texts.
I especially appreciated her decision to explore three texts in depth, rather than simply presenting a survey of alchemical literature, since there are numerous other books that do that. The fact that this is a transcript of a lecture series actually adds a wonderful dramatic tension to the book, since it includes some encounters with the attendees that demonstrate both her tremendous humanity and her impressive understanding of the subject and its relevance to modern psychology.
One of the most provocative concepts presented is the danger of an individual experiencing an overload of revelation from the unconscious, with its accompanying challenge of integrating more insight than a mere mortal can manage. Von Franz explores this concept especially well in the discussion of the text by Thomas Aquinas, where we learn about his very stressful final years in a very moving lecture that continues to provide me with much to ponder.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great introductions to a fascinating subject
Comment: If I had my time over again I would read these three books on alchemy in the following order: All of them are excellent in their own sphere to introduce a complex process.
(1) The Forge and the Crucible - Eliade
This is an excellent prehistory of alchemy showing the patterns of thought out of which Alchemy most probably arose. An easy read.
(2) Anatomy of the Soul - Edinger
Set out according to seven processes involved in alchemy Calcinatio, Solutio, Coagulatio, Sublimatio, Mortificatio, Separatio, Coniunctio, this is an accessible book that puts each process in reasonably neat boxes, (though the considerable overlap and intermingling is acknowledged). The approach is somewhat mechanical.
(3) Alchemy, an Introduction... - Von Franz.
More 'organic' than Edinger, Von Franz has a very warm and human touch. She deals with the origins of alchemy in Egypt and Greece and delves into the 'Aurora Consurgens', attributed to Aquinas. She includes relevent and interesting case material. Being a transcription of lectures, it is a little haphazard, though none the less informative for that.
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Title: Alchemical Active Imagination : Revised Edition by Marie-Louise von Franz ISBN: 0877735891 Publisher: Shambhala Pub. Date: 02 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: On Divination and Synchronicity: The Psychology of Meaningful Chance. Originally Presented As Lectures at the C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich by Marie-Louise von Franz ISBN: 0919123023 Publisher: Inner City Books Pub. Date: December, 1980 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Jung and the Alchemical Imagination (Jung on the Hudson Book Series) by Jeffrey Raff ISBN: 0892540451 Publisher: Nicholas-Hays, Inc. Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Forge and the Crucible: The Origins and Structures of Alchemy by Mircea Eliade, Stephen Corrin ISBN: 0226203905 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: March, 1979 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Anatomy of the Psyche: Alchemical Symbolism in Psychotherapy by Edward F. Edinger ISBN: 0812690095 Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company Pub. Date: February, 1991 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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