Four Archetypes: (From Vol. 9, Part 1 of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung)

C. G. Jung

Jan 2012 · Jung Extracts Book 29 · Princeton University Press

About this ebook

One of Jung's most influential ideas has been his view, presented here, that primordial images, or archetypes, dwell deep within the unconscious of every human being. The essays in this volume gather together Jung's most important statements on the archetypes, beginning with the introduction of the concept in "Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious." In separate essays, he elaborates and explores the archetypes of the Mother and the Trickster, considers the psychological meaning of the myths of Rebirth, and contrasts the idea of Spirits seen in dreams to those recounted in fairy tales.


This paperback edition of Jung's classic work includes a new foreword by Sonu Shamdasani, Philemon Professor of Jung History at University College London.

Ratings and reviews

I think Carl Jung was good at being a therapist, and Sigmund Freud wasn't good at it, though he's also not some horrible monster in my eyes just as well. That said I probably have to give one and the same level criticism to both recent things I've read by either man. Someday, this book may be considered too pseudo-scientific to read; at least, not very profitably to anyone studying the mind, and it's because Freud's influence itself was pseudo-scientific. I'm able to follow along nicely at the beginning of each essay. Then, Jung's writerly mood transmogrïforms into what could in later history be termed "psychedelic," and he gets my attention-span lost entirely. It's okay to say that works from history are hard-to-read because they have are confusing outside of their context, and not because the authors, brilliant as they are, must be unknowable and unfathomable supermen. Support the little guys instead. Shop open source. Peace out, and love everyone. Finally. The universe? It's a vibe.

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One of my favorite titles by Jung. This is an indispensable work we should be taught from childhood.

About the author

Sonu Shamdasani is editor of The Red Book and Philemon Professor of Jung History at University College London.