The Red Book: Liber Novus is Carl Jung’s magnum opus—a visionary journal that documents his descent into the depths of the unconscious between 1913 and 1930. Long held in private and unpublished during his lifetime, this massive and beautifully illustrated volume reveals the inner experiences that gave birth to many of Jung’s most influential ideas, including the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and active imagination.
Part spiritual memoir, part mythic narrative, and part psychological experiment, The Red Book is unlike anything else in Jung’s body of work. Through richly symbolic images and poetic dialogues with inner figures, Jung records his personal confrontation with the unconscious—a process he later called “individuation.”
Stunningly reproduced with full-color facsimiles of Jung’s original calligraphy and paintings, this edition invites readers into the heart of a psychological and artistic journey that shaped the course of modern depth psychology.
Ideal for: Jungian scholars, artists, spiritual seekers, and anyone drawn to the intersection of imagination, myth, and psychology. Pair with Jung on Active Imagination to explore the method behind the madness, or with Memories, Dreams, Reflections for Jung’s personal reflections on this transformative time.