The works of psychologist Carl Jung has mostly been studied by hard core psychoanalysts and Jungians (people who religiously study the works of Carl Jung) and college students. With the publishing of the Jung’s most in depth psychological studies,The Red Book, that’s all about to change. The New York Times recently wrote an in-depth article detailing the way in which Jung was revered and ridiculed during his own time, until recent times.
The reason for his ridicule is that as a psychologist Jung completely broke with traditional ideas about how to treat mental patients. Jung promoted the idea that all of humanity was connected through a collective unconscious that revealed itself through dreams. In his life, he studied the rants of schizophrenics as if they had true knowledge and he walked the fine line between genius and insanity himself. The Red Book tells the tale of an inner journey Jung experienced in the midst of a nervous breakdown. The book is filled with what some say is great spiritual knowledge and others the work of a crazy person. For what it’s worth, read it for the demonic pictures and maybe you’ll end up learning something you never knew before.