ABSTRACT

The correspondence represents all the Jung–White letters that existed between the two men, and portrays both the positive side and the shadow of the two men. The three most consistent themes are the Jewish/Christian issue, James Kirsch's relationship to his anima and to his women patients, and the hypothesis of synchronicity. Other topics mentioned are relationships to other Jungians, the development of the Jung Institute in Los Angeles, and the promotion of Jung's ideas to the larger collective. What also becomes clear from this correspondence is the special place in Jung's heart occupied by Kirsch, and one senses the care with which Jung dealt with him. In one of these letters, where he gives his views on Judaism, Jung switches in the last paragraph to offer a clinical consultation to Kirsch. He describes the analytic process when the unconscious of both the patient and the analyst are activated, and interprets the patient's dream as the product of their unconscious relationship.