Mysterium coniunctionis

Paperbound: xx + 702 pp., including ten black-and-white plates, bibliographic references in footnotes, an appendix, and a bibliography. The first edition of CW 14 was published in 1963; the second edition was published in 1970. The second edition is the terminal version of CW 14, as reflected in Princeton's digital edition of Jung's Collected Works, which is also among the Library's holdings. Vol. 14 of the Collected Works was the twelfth to be published. The contents of CW 14 were translated from "Mysterium Coniunctionis: Untersuchung über di Trennung und Zusammensetzung der seelischen Gegensätze in der Alchemie," Parts I and II, published by Rascher Verlag, Zurich, 1955 and 1956 (volumes X and XI of "Psychologishe Abhandlungen," edited by C.G. Jung). Contents: Editorial note (revised for the Second Edition) Translator's note List of plates Foreword I. The components of the coniunctio 1. The opposites 2. The quaternio and the mediating role of mercurius 3. The orphan, the widow, and the moon II. The paradoxa 1. The arcane substance and the point 2. The scintilla 3. The enigma of Bologna III. The personification of the opposites 1. Introduction 2. Sol 3. Sulphur 4. Luna a. The significance of the moon b. The dog c. An alchemical allegory d. The Moon-nature 5. Sal a. Salt as the arcane substance b. The bitterness c. The Red Sea d. The fourth of the three e. Ascent and descent f. The journey through the planetary houses g. The regeneration in sea-water h. The interpretation and meaning of salt IV. Rex and regina 1. Introduction 2. Gold and spirit 3. The transformation of the king 4. The regeneration of the king (Ripley's "Cantilena") 5. The dark side of the king 6. The king as anthropos 7. The relation of the king-symbol to consciousness 8. The religious problem of the king's renewal 9. Regina V. Adam and Eve 1. Adam as the arcane substance 2. The statue 3. Adam as the first adept 4. The polarity of Adam 5. The "old Adam" 6. The transformation 7. Rotundum, head, and brain 8. Adam as totality VI. Conjunction 1. The alchemical view of the union of opposites 2. Stages of the conjunction 3. The production of the quintessence 4. The meaning of the alchemical procedure 5. The psychological interpretation of the procedure 6. Self-knowledge 7. The monocolus 8. The content and meaning of the first two stages 9. The third stage: The unus mundus 10. The self and the bounds of knowledge Epilogue Appendix: Latin and Greek texts Bibliography Index Table of paragraph correlations