Alchemical Active Imagination: Revised Edition - Paperback

by Marie-Louise Von Franz (Author)

A living disciple of C.G. Jung, Dr. Marie-Louise von Franz references a text by 16th-century alchemist and physician Gerhard Dorn in order to show alchemy as a symbolic process of psychological and spiritual transformation. Originally presented as a lecture series at the Jung Institute in Zurich, this book opens therapeutic insights into the relations among spirit, soul, and body in the practice of active imagination.

Author Biography

Marie-Louise von Franz (1915-1998) was the foremost student of C. G. Jung, with whom she worked closely from 1934 until his death in 1961. A founder of the C. G. Jung Institute of Zurich, she published widely on subjects including alchemy, dreams, fairy tales, personality types, and psychotherapy. Her works include Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales, The Feminine in Fairy Tales, and The Interpretation of Fairy Tales.