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Where do I start with Jung?

>> No.17306388

>>17306379
Man and his symbols.

>> No.17306389

>>17306379
Two Essays on Analytical Psychology
Archetypes and Collective Unconscious
Aion
Then read his books on topics that interest you.

>> No.17306390

>>17306379
What I wrote a while ago:

-Chapter 1 Man and His Symbols(the rest is optional)
-Modern Man in Search of a Soul
-A History of Modern Psychology Zurich Lectures(the best possible introduction)
-Two Essays on Analytical Psychology(1/ )
-Freud and Psychoanalysis(2/ these two aren't THAT necessary, but you should read them at some point)
-Memories, Dreams, Reflections
-Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
-Psychological Types
-Psychology of the Unconscious/Symbols of Transformation
-Contributions to Psychology
-his various essays from the thirties and forties such as the Wotan essay(see Essays on Contemporary Events)
-Then all the major works from the forties and onwards such as Psychology and Alchemy. Psyche and Symbol is also a very good and favourite collection of some his writings, including those later works. Read the Red Book when you believe you're ready, often it is very good to read it before you get too far in. But above all, Jung is exit tier, you should have basic of knowledge of history, philosophy, art, religion, science and less importantly psychology. And there are still so many other works of his.

Good luck anon. And some of his most important influences were Schopenhauer, Kant, Plato, Carl Gustav Carus and Hartmann. Jung actually said he was more of a Carusian than a Freudian while he was friends with Freud. And the Bible and various European religions obviously.

>> No.17306397

>>17306379
Man and His Symbols. There’s no competition. Jung wrote his part and compiled the others for expressly this purpose. It breaks down Jung’s thinking to it’s constituent parts. Anything else you read after will be better served from having started here.

>> No.17306642

I've only read Answer to Job and Christ as a Symbol of the Self, they were pretty good.

>> No.17307414

The ideas or the man (or both)? At some point, you might find it beneficial to read "Memories, Dreams, Reflections," which is his life story.

>> No.17307682

Jung said skip him and just read the Origins and History of Consciousness

>> No.17307847

>>17307414
I'd say its probably the best starting point

>> No.17307849

>>17306379
Big jungus

>> No.17307902

>>17307849
Based

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>>17307849
based as shit

>> No.17307963

>>17307849
haha jungus goes occultist

>> No.17308027

>>17307915
Why is he so smug?

>> No.17308189

The red book
Yolo

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>>17306379
Modern Man in Search of a Soul handsdown, though Memories, Dreams, Reflections if you're into autobiographies