Symbols of Transformation (Collected Works 5)
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Bollingen Series XX
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Psychology of the Unconscious is an important early work of C.G. Jung, published as Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido in 1912. The English translation by Beatrice M. Hinkle appeared in 1916 under the full title of Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations & Symbolisms of the Libido, a Contribution to the History of the Evolution of Thought (London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner). Jung published a revised version of the work, in German in 1952, translated into English in 1956 as Symbols of Transformation. The book illustrates a theoretical divergence between Jung & Freud on the nature of libido. Its publication led to a break between the two, both stating that the other was unable to admit he could possibly be wrong. According to Jung, his work is an "extended commentary on a practical analysis of the prodromal stages of schizophrenia" (Jung, [1956] '67: xxv). The analysis is of the Miller Fantasies. These are fantasies of a woman Jung didn't know, identified by the pseudonym Frank Miller. She recorded her fantasies, with her own comments & impressions, before she succumbed to a schizophrenia outbreak. Jung explains their crucially significant mythological content & portending influence. The Miller Fantasies are included as an appendix in Symbols of Transformation.
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