Jung’s lifelong interest in the myths of cultures around the world was broad; he provided introductions to accounts as disparate as Richard Wilhelm’s translation of the I Ching, the Chinese book of oracles, and Gustav Neihardt’s translation of the autobiographical account of a Lakota elder, Black Elk Speaks. He also had a passion for Medieval manuscripts, especially illustrated alchemical texts. In this webinar, we explore the cross-cultural symbolism embedded within the text and artwork recently published in the Red Book, and speculate upon the dynamic interaction between what Jung was drawing from the Collective Unconscious through his dreaming and painting, and the large body of world mythological and religious symbolism which he was exploring during his waking life.
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