Carl Jung’s Red Book

This is a Reference Recording for use only in the Liubrary. DVD (Region 1 coding); 15 tracks; 2-hours, 45-minutes. The seminar is divided into three parts with Q&A sessions following each part. This seminar was recorded live in Zurich on 1/22/2010. Dr. Murray Stein, Jungian analyst, explains the history, background, context, and basic contents of Jung's masterpiece. Stein begins by asking four questions: "What is the Red Book? Why did C.G. Jung make it? How did he make it? What's in it?" He goes on to address each query in a succinct and accessible way. For example, answering the first question, he says, "The Red Book is a highly stylized record of a mid-life man's dialogue with his soul." He shares biographical material from the years Jung had the experiences memorialized in the book and introduces many of the images, situations and themes covered in the book’s chapters, especially those in the first and second parts of the Red Book known as the 'Liber Primus' and the 'Liber Secundus.' Dr. Stein, an OFJ presenter on several occasions, is an excellent speaker. Part II of this seminar, recorded May 14, 2010, is available in the Library's Reference Recordings: MNF-101286. Copies of Part I and Part II are also available in the Library's ciculating recordings.