Was C. G. Jung a Mystic? And Other Essays

By: Aniela Jaffé

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

C.G. Jung, the father of analytical psychology, explored the realms of thought and intuition. He devoted many years to an in-depth study of alchemy and closely observed the range of the occult; he was interested in anthropology and in nuclear physics. He liked to consider himself a scientist. 
But was Jung a "mystic"? Aniela Jaffé, his editor, collaborator and confidante, addressed this question and others in her last book of essays. One of the most distinguished interpreters of C.G. Jung’s ideas today, Aniela Jaffé was born in Berlin and studied psychology at the University of Hamburg. With the outbreak of World War II, she emigrated to Zürich, where she began to train with the psychiatrist/analyst C.G. Jung. Frau Jaffé’s reputation as a lucid and authoritative writer has been substantiated through her collaboration with Jung on his autobiographical Memories, Dreams, Reflections, her editing of his collected Letters, and numerous independent works. She practiced as an analyst in Zürich.