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Book SynopsisAims to offers symbolic representation of the psychic totality through the concept of the Self, whose traditional historical equivalent is the figure of Christ. This work demonstrates the author's thesis by an investigation of the Allegoria Christi, especially the fish symbol, and also of Gnostic and alchemical symbolism.
Trade Review"Much of the material in this book and many of the conclusions are fascinating. There is a great deal here to illustrate the background of modern mysticism and much which the reader, of whatever orientation, will regard as insight."--Psychiatric Quarterly "Aion contains some of Jung's most advanced thinking on the integrative principles of the psyche, and on the relation of matter to the symbolic processes of the collective unconscious. This is difficult ground to explore, but those who attempt the journey will find that their horizons have been surprisingly widened."--Psychosomatic Medicine
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*EDITORIAL NOTE, pg. v*TRANSLATOR'S NOTE, pg. vi*TABLE OF CONTENTS, pg. vii*LIST OF PLATES, pg. viii*FOREWORD, pg. ix*I THE EGO, pg. 3*II THE SHADOW, pg. 8*III THE SYZYGY: ANIMA AND ANIMUS, pg. 11*IV THE SELF, pg. 23*V CHRIST, A SYMBOL OF THE SELF, pg. 36*VI THE SIGN OF THE FISHES, pg. 72*VII THE PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS, pg. 95*VIII THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FISH, pg. 103*IX THE AMBIVALENCE OF THE FISH SYMBOL, pg. 118*X THE FISH IN ALCHEMY, pg. 126*XI THE ALCHEMICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE FISH, pg. 154*XII BACKGROUND TO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN ALCHEMICAL SYMBOLISM, pg. 173*XIII GNOSTIC SYMBOLS OF THE SELF, pg. 184*XIV THE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF THE SELF, pg. 222*XV CONCLUSION, pg. 266*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 271*INDEX, pg. 301
