Psychologe und Psychiater (1875–1961). Typed letter signed ("C. G. Jung"). Zürich. 1½ pp. Gr.-4to. Mit ms. adr. Kuvert.
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Letter to German psychologist Wolfgang Müller Kranefeldt in regards to a patient’s dream and therapy, in full (translated): “I would estimate the situation rather to the contrary: vision is in the rarest of cases of the pure unconscious. In most of the cases it is the consciousness plus the unconscious because the unconscious has to push through the consciousness during wakefulness. On this passageway through consciousness there is no other way than bringing parts of the consciousness with it.
As a consequence, all visions—except the pathological ones—have a well-composed character. On the contrary, the normal dream does lack the shaping of consciousness almost completely, and therefore the dream of the female patient is a pure look at the unconscious thus without a consciousness build. The visions have a decisively dominantly calm character because they derive from the composing of the conscious being while the dream without the influence of the consciousness composure portrays the majesty of the undisguised animus occurrence. In this case, the vision shows that on the female side there is unlively and grey lack of freedom, however on the male side there is lively activity. The indication of ‘north’ possibly means intuition and thinking, abstraction which means coldness. I would assume that the person in question has to rely on intuition and thinking because she is possibly in need of abstraction for the fastening in the consciousness opposed to the dangerous activity of the unconscious which reveals itself in the animus. It would be in line with going ahead with intuitive understanding and thinking which of course always threatens the confusion with the animus. A woman can only liberate herself from animus when she starts thinking for herself instead of having inclinations, when she starts asking herself how she thinks about it, not knowing what one may think about it, which means in other words she would have to do what the dream murderer does namely to put the ‘slicing open’—that is the ‘recognizing’ action into motion, and therefore she also goes for the knife in her dream while the animus beats her to it.” In fine condition, with central horizontal and vertical folds, and some creasing to top edges. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. Described by Jung in his theory of the collective unconscious as the primary anthropomorphic archetype of a woman’s unconscious mind, the animus embodies a set of masculine attributes and potentials within a woman’s psyche. A complex host of images, the animus can be either positive or negative, bringing ‘life-giving development and creativeness to the personality, or [causing] petrification and physical death.’ Gaining understanding of it and balancing its power, not letting it ‘invade’ one’s self, was Jung’s ultimate response to controlling the animus. Writing to his longtime colleague W. M. Kranefeldt, who had recently published his book Secret Ways of the Mind: A Survey of the Psychological Principles of Freud, Adler, and Jung, for which Jung wrote an introduction, Jung offers an interesting analysis of this very element in one of Kranefeldt’s patients. “A woman can only liberate herself from animus when she starts thinking for herself instead of having inclinations, when she starts asking herself how she thinks about it.” A fascinating letter regarding a key element in Jung’s groundbreaking theory of the collective unconscious..
Psychologe und Psychiater (1875-1961). Photograph signed ("C. G. Jung") and inscribed "Arcana publicata vilescunt". N. p. 225 x 185 mm. Framed and glazed.
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Showing him in conversation with Hugh Burnett, the plinth of a bust showing behind him, at a tea-table. - The haunting phrase "Arcana Publicata Vilescunt", which may roughly be translated as "secret knowledge when published is made profane", is to be found on the title-page of the first edition of the "Chemical Wedding" of Christian Rosenkreutz (1616), an alchemical allegory by the early Rosicrucian and later Silesian father, Johann Valentin Andreae, and edited by the aptly-named Johann Friedrich Jung.
The teasing inscription on this photograph refers to the fact that it was Hugh Burnett's programme, "Face to Face", that brought Jung into contact with a mass audience for the first time. One of the viewers of the programme, Wolfgang Foges, contacted Burnett's interviewer, John Freeman, and asked him to contact Jung to sound him out about the possibility of writing a book explaining his views for the intelligent general reader rather than the specialist. Freeman conducted two interviews to this end with Jung, but was met with a firm but polite refusal. Jung then had a dream in which he was speaking in a public forum to 'a multitude of people who were listening to him with wrapt attention and understanding what he said'. When asked by Foges if he would reconsider, Jung agreed, on the condition that it consisted not just of his own writings but included essays by his closest followers, and was to be edited by Freeman. The result, which was to appear after Jung's death, was "Man and His Symbols", 1964 (cf. Deirdre Bair, Jung: A Biography [2004], pp. 619-620)..
Psychologe und Psychiater (1875-1961). Typed letter signed ("C. G. Jung"). Küsnacht-Zürich. 23.06.1954. Large 8vo. 1 p. Addenda.
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To E. A. Bennet, about disputes among his London disciples: "[...] There is something in that London group I noticed already quite a while ago: a sort of unnatural prestige psychology. The way they handled the situation seems to me awfully immature and clumsy. I can't understand Fordham. The way you dealt with the situation seems to me entirely reasonable and adequate. May I keep the copies of the correspondence you sent me for a while? They might be useful in case of further discussions. I have seen Dr.
Philp whom I had met once in your house. I couldn't quite make out what his theological or psychological problems are [...]". - E. A. Bennet had been Jung's foremost advocate in England since the 1930s. - On headed paper; some slight edge damage. Includes a letter to Bennet by C. A. Meier, concerning the controversy Jung discusses in his letter, some letters of response from Bennet to Jung, Meier and others, typescripts of papers by Jung's associate, Toni Wolff, "Some Principles of Dream-Interpretation" (April 1934; 36 ff.) and "A Few Thoughts on the Process of Individuation in Women" (undated; 48 ff.), as well as an obituary brochure for Toni Wolff and some related material..
Psychologe und Psychiater (1875-1961). Ms. Brief mit eigenh. U. Küsnacht-Zürich. 1 S. Qu.-8vo. Auf Briefpapier mit gedr. Briefkopf.
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Empfehlungsschreiben für die (geschiedene) Gattin seines ehemaligen Assistenten Helton Godwin Baynes: "I herewith confirm that Mrs. H. G. Baynes (West Byfleet, Surrey) is to come to Zürich for studies in Analytical Psychology for educational purposes. These studies will consist in personal work and also in attendance of courses given at the C. G. Jung-Institute Zürich". - Cary Baynes (geb. Fink, 1883-1977) übersetzte mehrere Schriften Jungs und war von 1927 bis 1931 mit Jungs zeitweiligem Assistenten Helton Godwin Baynes (1882-1943) verheiratet.
Neben der Beschäftigung mit Jungs Schriften besorgte sie die englische Übersetzung von Richard Wilhelms "I Ging" (auch "Yijing", "Das Buch der Wandlungen"), zu der Jung ein umfangreiches Vorwort verfasste, in dem er sein Verständnis des Yijing darlegt..
Psychologe und Psychiater (1875-1961). Autograph letter signed ("C.G. Jung"). Küsnacht. 1 S. 4to.
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To Rivkah Schärf Kluger. Jung informs Schärf of his plans to return early from Bollingen to Küsnacht after becoming ill "with a high fever (39.5°C). General infection, intestines, liver, bladder. In bed all last week. […] I was taken down into the unconscious and impregnated with content matter that I will have to develop, in spite of my frailty […] God have mercy on me, I do not know where this will lead. I am still at sea […] Travelling along the edges of death. A piece of mundane reality appears to have fallen away, allowing me to move around more freely within the spiritual sphere [...]" (Leider kann ich Ihnen nicht von Bollingen aus antworten.
Ich musste schon am 3ten Tag wieder hieherkommen, da ich mit hohem Fieber (39.5) erkrankte. Allgemeine Infection, Darm, Leber, Blase. Letzte Woche im Bett. Jetzt fieberfrei, kann aufstehen, aber schwach. Bin ins Ubw heruntergeholt und dort mit Inhalten imprägniert worden, die ich jetzt, trotz Schwäche, ausarbeiten muss. Alles sehr zwangsläufig. Titel: 'Antwort auf Hiob'. Gott sei mir gnädig, ich weiss nicht, wohin es führt. Ich schwimme noch. Es ist eine Erneuerung geschehen. Anderes Niveu und neue Motivkraft, die mir unerwartet ist. Eine Reise den Rändern des Todes entlang. Ein Stück Weltgebundenheit scheint abgefallen zu sein, daher freiere Bewegung im Geistigen [...]")..
Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology (1875-1961). Typed letter signed ("C. G. Jung"). [Küsnacht]. 4to (295 x 209 mm). 1 page. In English. On headed stationery.
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To the British neuroscientist John Raymond Smythies (1922-2019): an early letter on synchronicity. - Jung apologises for his reply to Smythies coming so late; he has been unwell, "I get so many letters that I’m completely swamped" and he wanted to reply to this one personally as it was highly interesting to him. "You obviously try to elucidate a problem which I have been very much concerned with these last years, although I didn’t approach it in the way you do. I merely tried to collect all the empirical data showing the psychical relativity of space as well as of time.
The peculiar phenomena we observe in connection with archetypal numinosity, termed as synchronicity, belong to this category. My approach is, as you see, entirely inductive, as I’m a bit afraid of deduction in such delicate matters like psychophysical relations". Jung adds that he has written an essay, "Synchronicity as a Principle of A-Causal Connections", which is being published with a paper by Pauli, "the well-known physicist, who deals with the archetypal foundations of Kepler's astronomy". - The term "synchronicity" was first coined by Jung in the late 1920s but it was only after collaborating with Wolfgang Pauli to refine his concept - which Jung defined as the acausal connection of two or more psychic and physical phenomena - that it was formally introduced to the scientific community in 1952 with their joint publication, 'The Interpretation of Nature and the Psyche'. Smythies letter pre-empts the publication of both Jung and Pauli’s essay and their book on the subject. - The British neuropsychiatrist, neuroscientist and neurophilosopher Smythies developed the first specific biochemical theory of schizophrenia; his research was inspired by the remarkable effects of mescaline on the human brain and the interdisciplinary work of Albert Schweitzer. Jung directs his letter to Smythies at the Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon: founded in 1869, it became one of the most advanced brain surgery centres in the world in the 20th century, and was involved in the development of the CT scanner in the 1970s..
Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology (1875-1961). Typed letter signed ("C. G. Jung"). [Küsnacht]. 4to (293 x 209 mm). 1½ pages on 2 ff. In English. On headed stationery.
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To the American parapsychologist Stephen Irwin Abrams on the practical use of archetypes and the difficulties of parapsychology, whose study makes "the very framework of our understanding and explanation, namely time, space and causality, become questionable". - It is a noteworthy fact that a young man of 19 is intending to work in parapsychology, Jung tells his correspondent; Professor [Joseph B.] Rhine's work is a hitherto unique approach to the study of parapsychological phenomena, but he notes that the principal drawback to pursuing a comparable "statistical" method is finding a similarly simple question to ask.
Jung himself gave much thought to it, but has not yet succeeded in overcoming the difficulty. He has taken a different approach: instead of focusing on the statistical truth of the phenomena, he has tried "to answer the question of the psychological conditions under which parapsychological phenomena occur. This approach, however, is equally difficult, since it demands an unusual amount of psychological knowledge, particularly of the psychology of the unconscious. Such knowledge can only be acquired by practical work in the field", and the results are "complex facts which are apt to be full of chance-variations. To deal with such intricate facts you need certain hypothetical patterns serving as means of comparison. I call them archetypes". Suggesting his correspondent read up on practical psychology, he stresses that archetypes are not philosophical constructs, but based in fact, before warning him that parapsychology is one of the hardest problems ever put to the human mind, more complex than nuclear physics, because it calls into question our very understanding of space, time and causality. He moves on to discuss the relative merits of the experimental and psychological approaches to synchronicity. - Stephen Abrams was at the time attending the Parapsychological Laboratory at Duke University under Professor J. B. Rhine and planned to work on the experimental confirmation of Jung's theory of synchronicity. He moved to Britain in 1960 to work on an extra-sensory perception at Oxford and head its parapsychology laboratory..
Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology (1875-1961). Typed letter signed ("C. G. Jung"). [Küsnacht]. 4to (293 x 209 mm). 1 page. In English. On headed stationery.
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To the American parapsychologist Stephen Irwin Abrams, recommending the study of analytical psychology and a session with his pupil, Marie-Louise von Franz. Jung describes analytical psychology as "that branch of science is chiefly concerned with the enigmatic nature of the unconscious mind, which, as Parapsychology shows, has a quality of its own, namely a peculiar independence from the categories of space and time. The comprehensibility of the world or f[or] i[nstance] the fact, that equations can be worked out, which a posteriori coincide with hitherto unknown processes in nature, hangs obviously together with a certain identity or - as you rightly say - harmony between microcosm and macrocosm.
This is exactly what I understand by Sychronicity. I have chosen this term, because the approximate coincidence in time is the most obvious criterium of the phenomenon", going on to explain in more detail how a psychical quality might be shared between a conscious subject and an object. He informs his correspondent that the Zurich Institute’s chief focus is the instruction of professional analysts, adding: "As you want a specific knowledge of a more theoretical nature you are in particular need of a concrete experience in the realm of the unconscious". Such experience can only be acquired by personal analysis, he notes, recommending to that end that Abrams contact Marie-Louise von Franz , "in this respect the most competent of my pupils". - Jung directs his letter to Abrams, recently graduated from J. B. Rhine’s programme at Duke, at a new address: the Parapsychology Society at the University of Chicago. His correspondence with the younger man on the topic of synchronicity began the previous year and is notable for its expositional quality and the complexity of the ideas contained therein..
Psychologe und Psychiater (1875-1961). Autograph letter signed ("C.G. Jung"). Bollingen. 2 SS. (Qu.-)8vo. Auf Briefpapier mit gedr. Briefkopf.
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To the Swiss Biblical scholar Rivkah Schärf Kluger on his dislike of Zen, a year before his death. Jung denigrates humans' ambition for super-humanity: "I am only interested in how I can live properly as a human being. This is difficult enough for me, so that I have no time left for any additional koans. The recitation of sutras I find unattractive. Like Indian philosophy, Zen appears medieval to me and, at least for a Western person, hardly desirable" (transl.). He requests Cuban Belinda cigars from his correspondent, comments on his new status as honorary citizen of Küsnacht, and recounts his successful birthday celebrations in Zürich: "Ihre Erfahrung mit Zen hat mich sehr interessiert.
Ich weiss von der Praxis dieser Kunst viel zu wenig, als dass ich mir ein klares Bild davon machen könnte. Auch kann ich mir das Ziel der Methode nicht recht vorstellen. Ich habe, vielleicht fälschlicherweise, immer das Bild des christlichen Mönches vor mir, der eigentlich Übermenschlichkeit erstrebt; also etwas, das er nicht ist, ähnlich der Zenmeister, er ist ein grosser Bogenschütze, kann die Koans verstehen und Glocken zum Ertönen bringen. Mich interessiert aber nur wie ich als Mensch richtig leben kann. Das ist mir schwierig genug, sodass mir keine Zeit für weitere Koans bleibt. Sutras zu recitieren finde ich unattractiv. Wie indische Philosophie, so kommt mir der Zen als mittelalterlich vor und, jedenfalls für den wirklichen Menschen[,] kaum wünschenswert vor [...]"..
Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology (1875-1961). Typed letter signed ("C. G. Jung"). [Küsnacht]. 4to (295 x 209 mm). 1 page. In English. On headed stationery.
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To the parapsychologist Stephen I. Abrams (1938-2012), on a puzzling case of continuous positive ESP results (Extrasensory Perception, also known as a sixth sense, or cryptaesthesia). Noting that "archetypal constellations usually are more or less momentary and don't extend over longer periods", he details the case of "a man who was practically invulnerable even to rapier thrusts through kidneys and liver. His remarkable achievements lasted over several years. It was accompanied by a pious and devoted attitude.
He was unselfish and idealistic. Two bad friends succeeded in persuading him that there was money in it. The next experiment killed him. In this case it was quite obvious that he owed invulnerability to an intensely religious attitude which is an archetypic constellation. It is possible that also other conditions like physical traumata, diseases and physiological constellations can maintain an 'abaissement' of consciousness, which enables unconscious effects to cross the threshold. I should not wonder at all if synchronistic phenomena would manifest in form of physiological effects". Stating that the mathematical theory of information is beyond his understanding but describing it as interesting nonetheless, he allows that it is quite possible, even probable, "that man has a much greater amount of ESP at his disposition than one generally supposes. This must be so if it is true that synchronicity belongs to the basic qualities of existence". - The present letter concludes the correspondence between Jung and the young parapsychologist Stephen Abrams on the topic of parapsychology and synchronicity. The same year this letter was written, Abrams moved to Britain in 1960 to work on an extra-sensory perception at Oxford and head its parapsychology laboratory..
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Photograph signed ("C. G. Jung").
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Showing him in conversation with Hugh Burnett, seated beneath a classical bust by a window, at a tea-table, the two in wicker chairs.
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To the mathematician and former assistant of Albert Einstein at the TH Zurich, Ludwig Hopf (1884-1939): "Dear Doctor, I would be grateful if you would send me the passage from Aristophanes that you recently cited for me, along with the literary quotation. By so doing, you would save me a lot of search time [...]" (transl.).
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Certificate for the painter and writer Margaret Erwin Schevill (1887-1967): „Mrs. Margaret Erwin Schevill has worked with me in the Spring semester of 1926, the Spring and Autumn semesters of 1928, the Winter and Spring semesters of 1929 and the Autumn semester of 1935. She has done serious and commendable work in analytical psychology [...]“. - Small damage to edges; mild toning.