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Psychology of the Unconscious

C. G. Jung · tr. Beatrice M. Hinkle · 1916 · 134,918 words

Jung’s early study of the images in myths, dreams and fantasies: heroes, rebirth and the sun. This is the book where his archetypal way of reading first appears.

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Translator’s Note

That humanity is seeking a new message, a new light upon the meaning of life, and something tangible, as it were, with which it can work towards a larger understanding of itself and its relation to the universe, is a fact I think none will gainsay. Therefore, it has seemed to me particularly timely to introduce to the English-speaking world Dr. Jung’s remarkable book, “Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido.” In this work he has plunged boldly into the treacherous sea of mythology and folklore, the productions of the ancient mind and that of the common people, and turned upon this vast material the same scientific and painstaking method of psychologic analysis that is applied to the modern mind, in order to reveal the common bond of desire and longing which unites all humanity, and thus bridge the gaps presumed to exist between ancient and widely separated peoples and those of our modern time. The discovery of this undercurrent affecting and influencing ancient peoples as well as modern serves as a foundation or platform from which he proceeds to hold aloft a new ideal, a new goal of attainment possible of achievement and which can be intellectually satisfying, as well as emotionally appealing: the goal of moral autonomy.

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Contents

  1. Translator’s Note
  2. An Introduction to Psychoanalysis and Analytic Psychology
  3. Author’s Note
  4. Part I, Introduction
  5. Part I, Chapter I — Concerning the Two Kinds of Thinking
  6. Part I, Chapter II — The Miller Phantasies
  7. Part I, Chapter III — The Hymn of Creation
  8. Part I, Chapter IV — The Song of the Moth
  9. Part II, Chapter I — Aspects of the Libido
  10. Part II, Chapter II — The Conception and the Genetic Theory of Libido
  11. Part II, Chapter III — The Transformation of the Libido. A Possible Source of Primitive Human Discoveries
  12. Part II, Chapter IV — The Unconscious Origin of the Hero
  13. Part II, Chapter V — Symbolism of the Mother and of Rebirth
  14. Part II, Chapter VI — The Battle for Deliverance from the Mother
  15. Part II, Chapter VII — The Dual Mother Rôle
  16. Part II, Chapter VIII — The Sacrifice

About this edition

Source: Project Gutenberg #65903

Public domain: Public domain in the US (published 1916). It may still be in copyright in countries that use the life + 70 years rule (until 2032).

What’s included: Hinkle’s introduction, Jung’s note, and Parts I and II in full. The notes, bibliography and index are not included.

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