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“The main content of Jung’s private library was contemporary literature of the 19th and 20th century, mainly about medicine, psychiatry, psychology and philosophy. Additionally there are a great number of books on antique cultures, gnosis, christian symbols, eastern religion, ethnology and occultism. The library also contains a collection of about 300 rare books (printed before 1800) on alchemy, theurgy and kabbala, as well as antique literature on dreams, writings of church fathers and of the latin and greek classic.”

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Prelude - From 1913 - 1932 - I of the Black Books

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Prelude - From 1913 - 1932 - I of the Black Books was created by Charles
Starting in 1913 Jung began a confrontation with his soul and recorded these happenings of his active imagination. Based on these notes; kept in what is known as 'The Black Books' the Liber Novus was created; also known as The Red Book. The Red Book was written between 1913-1916.

The introduction volume will focus on this visionary self-exploration and give a contexualization of later years, from 1916 - 1932. 

Note that Jung believed that his fantasies came from general mythopoeic layer of the psyche; as area he called the collective unconscious. There is another writer who may have had similar fantasies; but instead of developing a world of the human psyche, created a world and a place called MIddle Earth
 

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