ABSTRACT
From the beginning Jung’s psychology found fertile ground in Northern Europe and the United States. In the Latin countries the influence of his work was slower in coming, with the exception of Italy. Why Italy was more receptive to Jung’s ideas is open to conjecture. Many possible reasons may account for this, such as the roots of Greco-Roman culture, the medieval Renaissance, or possibly the Italian love of images. From Jung’s perspective, Italian images were significant aspects of his psyche. From early on Jung’s works were quickly translated into Italian, including his doctoral thesis in 1903 (Carotenuto 1977). In the 1930s the Italian edition of the The Secret of the Golden Flower deeply impressed Italian oriental scholars, who held powerful positions in Italy. One such scholar was Giuseppe Tucci, who was a close friend of Mussolini.
