Memories, Dreams, Reflections

By: Carl Jung

Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart

Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins

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.

©1963 Collins Routledge Kegan and Paul (P)2016 Ukemi Productions

Critic reviews

"Jung's single-minded humiity, his passion to unearth truth, is one of the loveliest impressions to emerge from this absorbing and many-sided book." ( The Times)

Great but not for the uninitiated

I found this audio book enthralling but that's coming from a guy that's read several thousand pages of Jung's Collected Works. if this is someone's introduction to Jung I would imagine some confusion. This isn't an autobiography of the external events in Jung's life rather the internal events that helped shape his career, his philosophies, his religious views, and his psychology. For the first time, he actually explains his particular religious views which are fascinating and completely original.

The narrator is great. He has a great tone and he switches voices for other people (like Freud). I will absolutely listen to this again. There are just so many but ideas in this book. Unlike the Collected Works, this book contains many of his opinions instead of solely facts from his empirical studies.

Necessary material for the apprehension oh the self initiated

Here is a brief but remarkable account of a man who truly faced the abyss and remained engaged with it and all that he could grasp for the entirety of his corporal life. Incredible

Wonderfully read and masterfully worded.

This is not something with which to start if you are interested in learning about Jungian psychology or the principles of his work. In this book he discusses freely his personal thoughts and visions and how they corroborate with his empirical studies. The nomenclature utilized would require prior knowledge of jungian analysis to truly gather something meaningful from this book. With that said, I absolutely loved this. To hear the vivid dreams that occured within Jung helps one grasp how expansive and deep his knowledge base and creative impulses ran.

Too awesome for words...

Carl Gustav Jung Was a man far ahead of his time. But for this I thank God as I would have never met another being who understood so well for the old soul I am.

Insightlng

His insights and study of the psyche drive deep into the lessons of our existence.
Modern day sage comes to mind. From his mind an excellent understanding of why he is one of the fathers of modern psychology.

Explore the mind of a genius

Jung was a superior human being in many aspects. His insights are vast. I admire his discipline and artistic will, as well as his capacity to uncover truths from antiquity and elucidate them in the most lucid way.

Credibility and Reassuring

Beautiful biography ! What stands out to me is listening to a reputable, credible and professional
Psychoanalysis expert describe his very real experience with the Parapsychology and visions and dreams and so much more .

Now a new entry in my Top 5 books of all time

Utterly Captivating...the Deepest insight into the mind of a legend in Psychology. Best autobiography I have ever read.

Multidimensional Subconscious?

Sigmund Freud originated the idea that our outer person is a function of the subconscious conglomerations of our personal histories and our resulting inner drives and their outward manifestations in the form of personality. According to Carl D. Jung, in this coordinated autobiography, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, by Carl G. Jung, Freud was too focused on our sexual contemplations, and the effects, of the origins of the subconscious. Jung took a broader approach conglomerating our totality of personal histories and our resulting inner drives and their outward manifestations in the form of personality. That advancement alone would make this work insightful. Jung, though, had a more meaningful purpose in writing Memoirs.

Jung suspected our subconscious is a viable psychic lifeline from our ancestry and shared (subconsciously) by all that now exists. I would have suspected that I would be a skeptic. How Jung so ever slowly argued his understanding in this leviathan of a book though has left me as one who will listen to more on the subject. Having an open mind. After all, Albert Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance” has not done any harm to the quantum mechanics concept of “entanglement”, whereby two particles, originating from the same formative source, seem intimately linked, no matter how far away one is from the other. If that is how the Cosmos works, why would our unconsciousness not work likewise?

I have both read the softcover book and listened to it on Audible. The listening is a very comfortable read, and perhaps an even better experience.

my favorite alchemist

I love Jung. this book is a great intro to him for people that are new to him and his mind and his work. highly recommend