Memories, Dreams, Reflections

One of my sister’s gave me this book to read when I was in high school. When I was reading it, I felt that I was communicating with a kindred soul who had experienced a dilemma in his life akin to my own sensibilities. I was so inspired that I pursued my interests in mysticism as well as scientific disciplines, setting me on a course that altered my life and my education. This book remains one of my all time favorites. As a result of studying Jung, I took training as a Jungian analyst in the 1970’s and read his entire collected works as well as other Jungian analysts.

In the spring of 1957, when he was eighty-one years old, C. G. Jung undertook the telling of his life story. At regular intervals he had conversations with his colleague and friend Aniela Jaffé, and collaborated with her in the preparation of the text based on these talks. On occasion, he was moved to write entire chapters of the book in his own hand, and he continued to work on the final stages of the manuscript until shortly before his death on June 6, 1961.

This edition of Memories, Dreams, Reflections includes Jung’s VII Sermones ad Mortuos. It is a fully corrected edition.