Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. Jung - Paperback

I loved this book. It really helps you understand how Jung came to his ideas, how he felt about them, and how they developed over time. Honestly, once I started reading, I could not put it down. The ideas presented in this book are really amazing, and for me are a great beginning for my journey to understanding Jung.

I am very unhappy with such poor quality of paper, print and font sizes. These books are not for one read, they are for keep sake. it needs better quality printing even though it may be paper cover/bound

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.

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.

Fascinating Book for learning about Jung