Jung's Library

“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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There are three prefaces to the book 
  1. For the Reader: to explain what the book is about, aging. Just as a midlife crisis requires a person to look backwards, aging requires looking forward to death.  This method assumes that aging  is an affliction; what if instead it was something required for the fulfillment of character? It is a chance to learn the true nature of our character: a process that requires curiosity and Courage.
  2. A Preface from the writer: to explain what the writer is trying to do in this book. The main purpose is to decouple death from aging. 
  3. A Preface to the Book: The book has three parts: Lasting to discuss the meaning of being old or aging. Leaving: to discuss the meaning of values and how they are created. {an Interlude is found here to discuss how the face is marked by character}. And the final part: Left; or what of ourselves remains after we leave the stage. 

 

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