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leelulah's review
3.0
Twas okay I guess. Some things are more useful than others but I never find myself entirely convinced by arrogantly exposed psychological arguments
edick's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Only read Jung’s essays from the earlier portion, but it served as a great introduction to the later work of his career
shawnwhy's review
5.0
Jung DIves deep into the subconcious, and finds images and symbols with which our subconscious use to communicate with our conciousness. alot of cultures see thse as dieties, they are usually the shadows which we consider to be abject , and we have to balance our selves with it to individualize and direct our own course of destiny. the Anima and Animus are interesting concets which are our conception of the other. and can destoy us if we are not aware of it. and alot of the times they direct our actions with out us being aware.
shrai's review
3.0
Quit reading at page 300/~380
I loved Jung's part, but the other people's essays feel wildly speculative, straw-grasping, in some ways almost delusional. I should have just stopped reading after Jung's part and moved onto his other works, it would have not left this bad taste in my mouth after trudging through all of this
I only quit after I realized Jung just needed them to fill a whole book worth of content, and probably didn't even fully endorse what the others wrote. He was dead for years when it was published after all
I loved Jung's part, but the other people's essays feel wildly speculative, straw-grasping, in some ways almost delusional. I should have just stopped reading after Jung's part and moved onto his other works, it would have not left this bad taste in my mouth after trudging through all of this
I only quit after I realized Jung just needed them to fill a whole book worth of content, and probably didn't even fully endorse what the others wrote. He was dead for years when it was published after all
invisiblemonster's review
3.5
Though I don’t agree with most of what is said in this book, it piqued my interest enough to keep going. You’ll really have to be into psychology, dream-analysis and symbology though to enjoy I think.
erinstewart's review
1.0
Jung's contribution to the book is cogent and interesting, but the other parts border on New Age, sexism, and racism. The most disappointing thing is that the authors clearly hadn't attended to contemporary developments in psychology, anthropology, and other disciplines which directly related to their conclusions. For instance, there's one essay which argues that the number 4 is a universal symbol for psychic cohesion (which in itself barely makes sense), but not all cultures actually have a counting system in this way. It's highly speculative, and leaves open many unanswered questions on the nature and functions of dreams. I would have liked to see some exploration of alternative theories of dreams, even if it were to dispel them.
It's like this book exists in the world separate from its own time, and not in a cool, universality, symbolic way, but in the arrogance of claiming knowledge without having done the scrupulous work of earning it.
It's like this book exists in the world separate from its own time, and not in a cool, universality, symbolic way, but in the arrogance of claiming knowledge without having done the scrupulous work of earning it.
hrwohl518's review
dark
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
3.75
Ok so I had no idea that only the first chapter of this book was written by Jung. The other chapters were written by his students and tbh did not expand much on his ideas.