MEMORIES, DREAMS, REFLECTIONS: An Autobiography

A must read for those who read Jung. This book is an account of his personal thoughts and a narrative of his own discovery of his sub-conscious content and thus finally coming to a transparent relationship with sub-conscious. Taking from Jung's description, this book is helpful to draw an understanding of how the sub-conscious speaks to us. This book instantly makes a connection as if the therapist is guiding life's universally-experienced-complexities and has solved them for our-kind. It is like receiving therapy from a genius. It is a biography and a collection of all those important instances that marked major realizations in his career-path. It also includes a list of his life's published work. A revere-worthy an edition.

This book is a hidden gem. The way Jung has unveiled his life is the peak of literature, science and numinousity. Loved it!

Excellent autobiography and a must read!.

Indeed a pleasure to read this remarkable autobiographical book about the life & work of Jung. It nicely captures the meanings of his dreams, images, his struggle with the unconscious internally & with people outside including Freud. His understanding of patient therapist relation etc (Same nice cases of patients are also shared). A life dedicated to the understanding of human psyche.

carl jung is one of the greatest thinkers and his books must be read by all teachers and parents. it is one the important ways to redeem this world from the grip of evil.

A wonderful book, well written with so many insights!

This is about a person who is in the journey of life, seeking for the reason of his existence. In the book Jung talks about his encounter with the unconscious, which helps him get a better understanding of his life. It is an approach from the psychological point of view. His life's work has been very influential in the field of psychology, hence he's also called The Father of analytical psychiatry.

Bought book from them costing INR 650 and the paper quality was worse than newspaper.

This book started coming apart, but I didn’t start reading it for awhile, so didn’t realise & missed the refund window! Pages have been falling out. Very disappointed ☹️

It's an awesome book but not really an autobiography as he hardly talks about his personal life apart from his parents and childhood. He barely mentions his wife and kids. It's a book about his professional life, cases he studied and shows a real interest in helping patients. Definitely worth reading if you are interested in the human psyche. The importance of dreams, how the mind works and a life dedicated to helping patients With seriously troubled lives.

Book arrived shrink wrapped and in good condition. It's a 2019 paper back edition published by William Collins, UK. Excellent book to read after reading Jung's Map of the Soul by Murray Stein and Soul-Making by Christina Becker (memoir, self-help). It's also the book that seems to be referenced often by Robert Johnson in his book, Inner Work. This book is an autobiography of Carl Jung and he directed for this book to be excluded from his Collected Works. Still it's a gem to read and understand his personal experiences, ideas, thinking, and individuation journey. At close to 500 pages, it's quite hefty. Have just begun reading and the writing has been easy to digest given its narrative format. It's helpful that explanatory notes are added to aid those new to Jungian terminology. At the onset, one can already see how the struggles to create this autobiography reflects Jung's wisdom and thoughts. Highly recommend for those on the path of soul making, of individuation.

5 estrelas e muitos sonhos, memórias e reflexões para esta obra prima de Jung em uma edição perfeita e com muitas gravuras.

Writing about this book is a pleasure as it rates as one of my favourite books ever. It is, according to James Hillman, who studied under Jung, a book that is healing for many. It's easy to understand why, as it records many impressions from Jung's life which include things many regard as perhaps mad, or strange. It is a book that suggests an honouring of one's own inner truth and experience. It's also a book that allows many people to appreciate Jung's thinking better because this comes form more personal experience than his more scholarly writings which can be difficult. More recent scholarship by Sonu Shamdasani, has raised questions about how much of the book was actually written by Jung. Some of this can be seen in the introduction by Jung's secretary, Aniela Jaffe, who tells the story of how the book was written. Much of what is here is taken from interviews she conducted with Jung, though she says some of the early chapters were actually written by him, as were some of the later thoughts. These strike me as wonderfully profound, and observing some of the mysteries of being in a philosophical/reflective mode. The early chapters concentrate on how Jung grew up, his relationship with his parents and his decision to study medicine. There are also chapters about his relationship with Sigmund Freud, his travels to Africa and America, his confrontation with the unconscious and final reflections where Jung states how near the end of his life he felt still felt unfamiliar with himself. Much of this can be seen as myth making. There are many things which were left out, some of them more because of Jung's successors wishes than the man himself. Yet in it there is still much that is moving and interesting even if there is often little that reveals much about his relationships with his wife and family, though he states they helped ground him at a time described as his confrontation with the unconscious, which some others would call a breakdown. We now know more about this from The Red Book: Liber Novus (Philemon) which is mentioned in the text and some dreams recorded in it also appear in this book. That said this is still a fascinating read about Jung's interior landscape which many will find of value. Now some words about this Stellar Classics edition. It has on the cover a facsimile of an old cover which was on British Fontana editions of the text, with the famous Karsh portrait there. On the back there is one of the Cartier Bresson photos of the man, one of which appeared in American editions. The text itself appears to be a facsimile of the Fontana edition available elsewhere with different cover. There are none of the photographic plates from the British edition, thought there is the text of the Six Sermons on the Dead which appeared in American editions. This one is also in larger type. Details to consider if purchasing the book for the first time. All current paperback editions I know are well produced. I leave it to readers to choose which they prefer.