Re: Could someone recommend book?

[Guest guest]

Hello Bonnie,

Two books come into mind: Dreams , memories, reflections and the Red Book.

Happy reading!

Artemis

[Guest guest]

Did you see the movie A Dangerous Method? It is the story of Jung's work with Sabina Spielrein and his interactions with Freud leading up to their break. The movie wasn't bad. I enjoyed it and will see it again. Jung is the main character; it is his story more than Freud's or Spielrein's. 

It was based in part on a book called A Very Dangerous Method by Kerr. I've never read the book and don't know anything about Kerr.  Hampton wrote a play and then the screenplay. He based his work not only on Kerr's book but also spent a lot of time in Europe researching. I'm biased because I'm a big fan of his. Here's an interesting article on Hampton's process. 

http://www.wordandfilm.com/2011/11/screenwriter-christopher-hampton-and-psychologist-john-kerr-weigh-in-on-the-method-behind-a-dangerous-method/

The movie is valuable as a story and may have depicted the road Jung was on leading up to the breakdown he writes about in The Red Book, maybe not, but to me it all fits together.

Hello Bonnie,

Two books come into mind: Dreams , memories, reflections and the Red Book.

Happy reading!

Artemis

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[Guest guest]

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> I would like to read about Jung's life when he broke with Freud.  I'm

interested in the spiritual crisis he went through and what he did to help

himself resolve it.  Can someone recommend a book?

> Thank you,

> Bonnie

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If you want to get an objective account of it, you should, I suppose, read

several books. Deirdre Bair's " Jung " is the most thorough biography, to date.

Jung said that taking patients was essential to him during this period. It

helped him to get a stabile focus in life. But I don't remember how long she

dwells at this. I only skimmed through it.

Mats

[Guest guest]

By the way, it wasn't Jung who broke with Freud, it was the reverse. Freud broke

with many people. He could not accept even the slightest deviation. People

around him showed a striking tendency to die, especially by suicide. Herbert

Silberer wrote a book on alchemy (this was before Jung adopted the subject).

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27755

But Silberer showed a slight deviation towards Jung's views. That was enough for

Freud and Silberer was ostracised. He hung himself and arranged a lamp so that

his wife could see him through the window before she entered the house.

Jung, who suffered a tremendous crisis when he was ostracised, managed to

survive (unlike many others). Truth is that he came into contact with Freud only

after he had established himself as a theorist. He had already written important

works on schizophrenia and the feeling toned complexes (his studies in word

association). So, unlike Adler, he was never Freud's pupil. He was already an

independent theorist and the basis of his life-work was already in outline.

However, Freud could never accept that Jung had ideas of his own.

Mats

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> > I would like to read about Jung's life when he broke with Freud.  I'm

interested in the spiritual crisis he went through and what he did to help

himself resolve it.  Can someone recommend a book?

> > Thank you,

> > Bonnie

> >

>

> If you want to get an objective account of it, you should, I suppose, read

several books. Deirdre Bair's " Jung " is the most thorough biography, to date.

Jung said that taking patients was essential to him during this period. It

helped him to get a stabile focus in life. But I don't remember how long she

dwells at this. I only skimmed through it.

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> Mats

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