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Memories, Dreams, Reflections
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
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Publisher's Summary
'I can understand myself only in the light of inner happenings. It is these that make up the singularity of my life, and with these my autobiography deals' (Carl Gustav Jung)
In 1957, four years before his death, Carl Gustav Jung, psychiatrist and psychologist, began writing his life story. But what started as an exercise in autobiography soon morphed into an altogether more profound undertaking. The result is an absorbing piece of self-analysis: a frank statement of faith, philosophy, and principles from one of the great explorers of the human mind.
Covering everything from Sigmund Freud, analytical psychology, and Jungian dream interpretation to a forthright discussion of world myths and religions, including Christianity, Buddhism, and other religions, these final reflections on an extraordinary life are a fitting coda to the work of Carl Gustav Jung. It was Jung who observed and named key human characteristics such as the introvert, the extrovert, the animus, the anima, and other concepts such as archetypes (the wise old man, the mother), the collective unconscious, the complex and many more.
His studies took him into many fields—religion, anthropology, archeology and literature—which instructed his clinical work. This extraordinary breadth gave him a view of humanity and of culture that still resonates deeply.
Memories, Dreams, Reflections is a remarkable document showing a man of great depth, humility, and perspicacity. Once read, it is never forgotten.
Aniela Jaffé's introduction is read by Elizabeth Proud.
"Jung's single-minded humility, his passion to unearth truth, is one of the loveliest impressions to emerge from this absorbing and many-sided book." (The Times)
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- Owen
- 29-10-2017
Illuminating
Fascinating to hear the story of someone so in-tune with their unconscious. This book has undoubtedly changed me and opened my eyes.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15-11-2017
Excellently Read and Thoroughly Interesting
I don't think I have enjoyed the reading of a book so much. I kept thinking Jung was speaking. Hard to agree with Jung in all things but he was remarkable and his thoughts should challenge us all. Great to gain a more personal insight.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-07-2020
Challenging but Enlightening
Wonderful but not a light read. I am sure to listen again as there is much I left behind.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-12-2022
Companion for understanding Jung’s work
Not a huge fan of the narration personally, made it a little dry at times to listen to at first, I lost interest for a while. Started listening again as my supervisor (I’m a trainee psychodynamic therapist) mentioned it: a peer had asked “if there is one book of Jung’s I should read or start with, what would you recommend?”
I thought it was strange at first for them to choose this book but upon continued listening I saw why. Some really fascinating hypotheses in here!
If you can get past hearing the elements of racism and cis-heteronormativity (it was obviously a contextual influence for Jung, especially given he was a white cishet identifying man 😕).
There’s a kind of dramatic irony: frustrating and amusing. Jung of course experiences a cognitive dissonance around the conceptions of the colonial status quo- his theories naturally both contain decolonial ideas and contradictory colonial biases.
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- Haydn
- 24-12-2020
Not an average autobiography
This acts as both a fantastic intro to Jung's works and as a carthetic wrap up if you are studying his works. The narration is fantastic and easy to understand (played at 1.5 speed) and with Jung's wording you can't fail to adore this audiobook. Jung's works in general have provided great insights into my own life as well as how one should live, however the somewhat indepth analysis his other books go into are a bit full on. Now I'm glad I have something a bit more relaxed to recommend to people who might be intimidated by his major publications.
This simply isn't an overview of his life (in fact most of his personal life is not mentioned unless it directly relates to his work). For me this was great as most autobiographys tend to muse on meaningless things while Jung simply wishes to share the wisdom of his life which was dedicated to understanding the psyche. He also includes many interesting case studies but skips over complexities that require intense thought and understanding making it perfect for casual listening.
Could praise this more but I will just say that if you have even a passing fascination with psychology or the unconscious I can't recommend this enough.
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- Juan Pablo Paredes
- 12-11-2021
Not a classical autobiography, way more than that.
Incredible insight to a way to analyse why we are the way we are, as an elder he was able to look back at his childhood, teens and adulthood and analyse in retrospective his life, not just from an investigative point of view, but personal as well, his views on the unconscious and dream analysis are impressive to say the least, I loved the analysis on Freud's theories flaws, and the collective concious development, a bit intricated on the religion views towards the "reflections" side of the book, but still understandable, and the views on soul and reincarnation were truly interesting. If you have ever read some Jordan Peterson books you can see a huge influence by Jung on them. Obviously saving a massive difference between one and the other
It's impressive how these gifted minds realize later in life how they actually knew very little, that's what makes his info and contribution so valuable.
You won't regret reading it, perhaps you'll understand a couple things about yourself, that you didn't even know how to address, yet, pointed out so clearly here, perhaps it might help you in your personal development, pretty sure it won't harm you
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- Anonymous User
- 11-09-2017
Thiroug enjoyed
Excellent book , brilliantly narrated , very good Tone , I can't stand American narrators English is the best .. I wish the book wasn't finished I'll even listen again
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- Mr G.
- 23-10-2018
Thought provoking!
Having never read any of Jungs writings I found this a fascinating listen and feel it gave me a solid foundation to build upon when I explore his work further.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-11-2019
wonderfully interpreted
Very thought provoking. An intriguing lifes journey of the master and his own struggles. Well read.
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- Warwick
- 01-06-2021
good
loved it, struggled with it all at the same time ummm to see you then the deeper
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