The Red Book

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The Red Book is Carl Jung’s richly illustrated, posthumously published manuscript in which he recorded and explored his visionary experiences that later shaped many of his key psychological theories.

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instanceOf book
manuscript
psychological work
alsoKnownAs Liber Novus
author Carl Gustav Jung
linked to: Carl Jung
began 1913
compiledDuring 1913–1930
completedSubstantiallyBy circa 1930
contains calligraphic text
illuminated paintings
mandalas
visionary narratives
editor Sonu Shamdasani
format facsimile edition
oversized hardcover
genre autobiographical psychological document
visionary literature
hasPart The Red Book: Liber Novus (facsimile and translation)
footnotes and annotations
historical introduction
scholarly apparatus
influenced Jung’s concept of the collective unconscious
Jung’s later psychological writings
Jung’s method of active imagination
Jung’s theory of archetypes
Jung’s theory of individuation
inLanguage German
language German
originalMedium gouache paintings
handwritten calligraphy
large red leather‑bound folio
pageCountApproximate 600
posthumouslyPublished true
publicationDate 2009
publisher W. W. Norton & Company
relatedWork Black Books (Jung’s private journals)
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
repository Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) archives
linked to: ETH Zurich
settingOfComposition Zurich
subject Jungian psychology
active imagination
analytical psychology
archetypes
individuation
mythology
personal visions
religious symbolism
the unconscious
timePeriodDescribed Jung’s confrontation with the unconscious
translatedInto English

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