The black books

This is a Reference book for use only in the Library. Hardbound; 176 pp., including bibliographic references in footnotes, an appendix (with 21 color illustrations), and an index. From the publisher: "In 1913, C.G. Jung started a unique self-experiment that he called his 'confrontation with the unconscious': an engagement with his fantasies in a waking state, which he charted in a series of notebooks referred to as 'The Black Books.' These intimate writings shed light on the further elaboration of Jung's personal cosmology and his attempts to embody insights from his self-investigation into his life and personal relationships. 'The Red Book' drew on material recorded from 1913 to 1916, but Jung actively kept the notebooks for many more decades." Note that the journals that have been published as "The Black Books" include volumes 2-7 of Jung's original series of seven notebooks. The material in Jung's first notebook has not been included. Contents of the 7 volumes of "The Black Books": • Book 1: Introductory material by Sonu Shamdasani, Martin Liebscher, and John Peck • Book 2: Facsimile and translation of entries from Nov. 12, 1913 through Dec. 29, 1913 (Notebook 2) • Book 3: Facsimile and translation of entries from Dec. 30, 1913 through Jan. 14, 1914 (Notebook 3) • Book 4: Facsimile and translation of entries from Jan. 14, 1914 through Mar. 9, 1914 (Notebook 4) • Book 5: Facsimile and translation of entries from Mar. 13, 1914 through Jan. 30, 1916 (Notebook 5) • Book 6: Facsimile and translation of entries from Jan. 30, 1916 through May 21, 1917 (Notebook 6) • Book 7: Facsimile and translation of entries from May 21, 1917 through Dec. 15, 1932 (Notebook 7) Contents of Book 1: Acknowledgments Toward a visionary science: Jung's notebooks of transformation / Sonu Shamdasani Editorial note / Sonu Shamdasani Translating Jung's Rune's / Martin Liebscher, John Peck, and Sonu Shamdasani Abbreviations Appendix Index