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scorwin's review
4.0
Access: Chatswood Public Library
I remain somewhat unconvinced that Jung's interwoven theses gel together eloquently within the same exploratory study. Grandiose musings on God's latent desires to become Man while also toying with ideas about the psychology of the unconscious. Perhaps my theological (and indeed psychological) education has proven insufficient to grasp the interplay, or I really am on firm ground when I say he should pick a lane. His chapter-by-chapter progression from historical regurgitation marching further into apocalyptical projection felt clunky at moments, yet that may also be the result of me biting into it one chapter at a time. Irrespective of the mechanics of his writing, the suggestions (and indeed proposals) presented here are profound, deeply unsettling to my Catholic education, and fascinating to consider. I likely haven't understood everything I've read, but I can't say I'm worse off for having tried.
I remain somewhat unconvinced that Jung's interwoven theses gel together eloquently within the same exploratory study. Grandiose musings on God's latent desires to become Man while also toying with ideas about the psychology of the unconscious. Perhaps my theological (and indeed psychological) education has proven insufficient to grasp the interplay, or I really am on firm ground when I say he should pick a lane. His chapter-by-chapter progression from historical regurgitation marching further into apocalyptical projection felt clunky at moments, yet that may also be the result of me biting into it one chapter at a time. Irrespective of the mechanics of his writing, the suggestions (and indeed proposals) presented here are profound, deeply unsettling to my Catholic education, and fascinating to consider. I likely haven't understood everything I've read, but I can't say I'm worse off for having tried.
kwilson271's review
3.0
God is to Job, as The Unconscious is to the Conscious.
What was God's answer to Job? It's what the sea said to the storm tossed mariner: "I am big."
What was God's answer to Job? It's what the sea said to the storm tossed mariner: "I am big."
piccoline's review
4.0
Loses some steam in the back half, but still a delightfully provocative book. Even there, the ideas are wild and bold, but they’re more deeply enmeshed with Jung’s larger project. The earlier bits stand alone better and the audacity of psychoanalyzing Job’s God and tying that analysis to the Incarnation? Brilliant and strange.
Jung also drops in some beautiful little prose diamonds here and there.
Jung also drops in some beautiful little prose diamonds here and there.
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