From Elemental to Alchemical: An Introduction to the Visual Imagery in Jung’s Red Book

The session will explore Jung’s creative process though his visual images for The Red Book (1915-1929), and their pedagogical aims in illustrating his new concept of analytical psychology as it emerged between 1915 and 1930.

Learning Objectives
This course is intended to help you:

1. Become familiar with Jung’s visual imagery in The Red Book
2. Experience the impact of these images on the viewer
3. Relate the visual imagery to the narrative in Liber Primus and Liber Secundus of The Red Book
4. Understand the emerging symbolic language employed by Jung for his visual imagery in the Red Book
5. Trace the development of Jung’s ideas and psychological concepts between 1915-1930

Required Reading (Click to Download)

• Zervas, D. F. 2019. ‘Philemon, Ka, and Creative Fantasy: The Formation of the Reconciling Symbol in Jung’s Visual Work, 1919-1923’, Phanês, 2, 59-103.
• Zervas, D.R. 2020. ‘From the Instinctual to the Cosmic: Jung’s Exploration of Colour in The Red Book, 1915-1929/30’, Phanês, 3, 25-76.