{"product_id":"9780877735892","title":"Alchemical Active Imagination","description":"\u003cb\u003eA leading Jungian psychologist reveals the relationship between alchemy and analytical psychology, delving into the visionary work of a sixteenth-century alchemist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAlthough alchemy is popularly regarded as the science that sought to transmute base physical matter, many of the medieval alchemists were more interested in developing a discipline that would lead to the psychological and spiritual transformation of the individual. C. G. Jung discovered in his study of alchemical texts a symbolic and imaginal language that expressed many of his own insights into psychological processes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Marie-Louise von Franz examines a text by the sixteenth-century alchemist and physician Gerhard Dorn in order to show the relationship of alchemy to the concepts and techniques of analytical psychology. In particular, she shows that the alchemists practiced a kind of meditation similar to Jung's technique of active imagination, which enables one to dialogue with the unconscious archetypal elements in the psyche.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOriginally delivered as a series of lectures at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich, the book opens therapeutic insights into the relations among spirit, soul, and body in the practice of active imagination.","brand":"Marie-Louise von Franz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45895323320532,"sku":"9780877735892","price":28.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_88b8e3f0-4e2b-45bb-9064-8e89981392f3.jpg?v=1732416452","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780877735892","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}