The secret of the golden flower

Paperbound; xvi + 149 text pages + 11 plate pages, including: a translator's preface and note; two forewords; an exposition on and translation of the Chinese text by Richard Wilhelm; a foreword, commentary and appendix by Jung; bibliographic references in footnotes; eleven black-&-white plates; and four black-&-white text illustrations. This edition also includes an excerpt from the Chinese meditation text "The Hui Ming Ching" ("The Book of Consciousness and Life"). The romanized Chinese title of this book is "T'ai I Chin Hua Tsung Chih" (Pinyin: "Tàiyǐ Jīnhuá Zōngzhǐ"). Although traditionally attributed to the Tang dynasty scholar Lü Dongbin (b. 796 [vs. 798?]), the extant texts for the "T'ai I Chin Hua Tsung Chih" are now thought to have originated much later, during the early Qing dynasty (ca. 1668-1692). Additional information on the source of the original Chinese text is provided in Wilhelm's "A Discussion of the Text." The Chinese texts that were the basis for this edition were translated into German by Wilhelm (first published in 1929). Wilhelm's German edition was subsequently translated into English by Cary F. Baynes in the first English edition of 1931 (Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., London), subsequently revised and augmented with a new translation by Baynes in this 1962 edition. Earlier versions of this material are among the Library's holdings: • The first (1931) edition, which is published under the same title. • Baynes' first translation of Jung's commentary was also published separately in a collection of Jung's writings under the book title "Psyche and Symbol" (edited by Violet S. de Laszlo; Doubleday Anchor Books, 1958). Later versions of this material are also among the Library's holdings: • Jung's Commentary on the text was republished with a new translation by R.F.C. Hull in Vol. 13 of the Collected Works (pp. 1-5, ¶1-¶84, and pp. 56, A1-A10). • Jung's memorial tribute to Richard Wilhelm was republished with a new translation by R.F.C. Hull in Vol. 15 of the Collected Works (¶53-¶96). Contents: Translator's preface Translator's note to the new, revised edition Foreword to the second German edition / C.G. Jung Foreword to the fifth German edition / Salome Wilhelm A discussion of the text / Richard Wilhelm Origin and contents of the T'ai I Chin Hua Tsung Chih (The Secret of the Golden Flower) 1. Origins of the book 2. The psychological and cosmological premises of the text Translation of the T'ai I Chin Hua Tsung Chih / Richard Wilhelm 1. Heavenly consciousness (the heart) 2. The primordial spirit and the conscious spirit 3. Circulation of the light and protection of the centre 4. Circulation of the light and making the breathing rhythmical 5. Mistakes during the circulation of the light 6. Confirmatory experiences during the circulation of the light 7. The living manner of the circulation of the light 8. A magic spell for the far journey Summary of the Chinese concepts on which is based the idea of the Golden Flower, or immortal Spirit-Body The Hui Ming Ching (The Book of Consciousness and Life) Commentary / C.G. Jung Introduction 1. Difficulties encountered by a European in trying to understand the East 2. Modern psychology offers a possibility of understanding The fundamental concepts 1. The Tao 2. The circular movement of the centre Phenomena of the Way 1. The disintegration of consciousness 2. Animus and anima The detachment of the consciousness from the object The fulfilment [sic] Conclusion Examples of European mandalas Appendix: In memory of Richard Wilhelm / C.G. Jung