ABSTRACT
The Red Book, Jung’s personal diary of his confrontation with the unconscious, has now been published, ninety-five years after it was written. Beginning in the autumn of 1913 and essentially finishing by April 1914, he wrote his visions, fantasies, and dreams in a series of black books. Later, he transferred his writings to a large leather-bound Red Book and added medieval-style calligraphy and a series of mandala paintings. Those in the Jungian community have been aware of the existence of this Red Book, but very few outside the family had actually seen it. Now, after over a decade of editorial work by Sonu Shamdasani, and with the cooperation of the Jung estate, we have this beautifully illustrated magnificent Red Book. Jung himself was unsure whether to publish it out of concern for his scientific reputation. In today’s world, however, it has been fabulously received.
