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At first sight my book looks like a collection of essays. But there is a drama going on beneath the surface. The author is the narrator and the towering figure of C.G. Jung takes centre stage. Throughout the play Jung engages in dialogues and disputes with a number of philosophers, theologians and mystics. In the final act (the last three chapters) Jung encounters the great medieval Sufi master Ibn 'Arabi. There are deep affinities between Jun...

Within these pages Frederick Burniston has crafted a unique discussion of the psychologically and philosophically relevant journeys of C.G. Jung contained in fourteen chapters and three appendices. With his big picture ability to juggle disparate ideas, Burniston engages in connecting, comparing and contrasting Jung's ideas with a variety of other philosophers and thinkers' theories. (US Review of Books) The book is a culmination of a life of...

When I ran study groups on Jung's major works, I couldn't fail to notice that the combined effort to decipher the text had a transformative effect on us all - Jung's alchemical writings really were alchemical. My book is an attempt to convey something of this transformative impact. Every system of yoga or meditation requires a doctrine and a method. In alchemy the doctrine is the theoria and the actual work in the laboratory is the practica. J...

C.G. Jung described "the uncertain path that leads to the depths of the unconscious" as "unpopular, ambiguous, and dangerous, a voyage of discovery to the other pole of the world." In order to navigate this boundless ocean Jung needed set of coordinates or a theoria. In alchemy the theoria or doctrine is as important as the practica, the work in the laboratory. Jung's method of psycho-spiritual development, the individuation process is the pra...

C.G. Jung described "the uncertain path that leads to the depths of the unconscious" as "unpopular, ambiguous, and dangerous, a voyage of discovery to the other pole of the world." In order to navigate this boundless ocean Jung needed set of coordinates or a theoria. In alchemy the theoria or doctrine is as important as the practica, the work in the laboratory. Jung's method of psycho-spiritual development, the individuation process is the pra...