Jung and the Esoteric Imagination
Mystical experience, the unconscious, and alchemy as psychology.
5 stagesIntroductionFoundationPrimary SourcesDevelopmentAdvanced Study
This path follows the psychology of religion from James to Jung, then returns to the alchemical and Gnostic sources Jung read, so you can compare interpretation with original.
Who This Path Is For
Readers interested in the psychological reading of esoteric symbolism, who want both the theory and the sources.
The Syllabus
1
Introduction
Introductory text
William James on mystical states: the founding classic.
2
Foundation
A survey of illumination
Bucke’s historical catalogue of mystics.
3
Primary Sources
Foundational text
Jung’s 1912 turn to myth and symbol.
4
Development
The sources Jung read
Alchemical and Gnostic texts at the heart of his later work.
Splendor Solis: Alchemical Treatises of Solomon Trismosin
Salomon Trismosin
5
Advanced Study
Optional related reading
Dream literature and the Victorian spiritual reading of alchemy that anticipated Jung.
