Psychology and the East: (From Vols. 10, 11, 13, 18 Collected Works)

by C.G. Jung

Book Overview

Extracted from Volumes 10, 11, 13, and 18. Includes Commentary on The Secret of the Golden Flower, Psychological Commentary on The Tibetan Book of the Dead and The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation, Foreword to Suzuki's Introduction to Zen Buddhism, and Foreword to the I Ching.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691018065
• ISBN13: 9780691018065
• Release Date: June 1978
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful analysis of Eastern vs. Western approach to self-realization its validity and difficultie

Jung gives a unique persceptive with great relevance for today's New Age shift into the many varieties of Eastern religiousity, even though it was postulated over sixty years ago. His characterization of the root and practice of Buddist and Hindu practices and why they are particularly suited to Eastern culture and his analysis of why this is so, is truly eye-opening. To someone who has approached and studied diffrent forms of Eastern practices and tried to incorporate them into the Western way of life, Jung gives a great explanation why success is so difficult and reaching nirvana or samadhi is not suited for Western man. There are too many ideas to ponder and summarize in a short neat way in this fine book. But the themes in this compilation provides much wisdom on how not to approach spiritual discipline of the East and Jung explains some the fallacy as well as the worth in the effort. I was blown away because it was very illuminating as`well as cautionary. And written with a genius that is very educational. Jung shows how the unconscious and ego as well as consciousness work together in these Eastern religions and also how this related to the West's conception of religious transcendent liberation. I have never seen a better explanation anywhere of this type of systematic puzzle solving with questions dealing with the historical as well what an ultimate spiritual experience may represent and how the various components of inner man are defined in relation to each other. Lastly, Jung shows how Western culture could learn from the East and begin to see life from an inner viewpoint instead of losing spiritual focus by putting all its eggs in an outer reality. He says this outer focus is responsible for the discontent even though man's material needs are abundant, he spirals into greater anxiety and insecurity.