The Red Book

A Reader's Edition

De: C. G. Jung, Sonu Shamdasani - editor translator

Narrado por: Mike Fraser

An audio edition of the famous Red Book text and essay.

The Red Book, published to wide acclaim in 2009, contains the nucleus of C. G. Jung's later works. It was here that he developed his principal theories of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation that would transform psychotherapy from treatment of the sick into a means for the higher development of the personality.

As Sara Corbett wrote in the New York Times, The creation of one of modern history's true visionaries, The Red Book is a singular work, outside of categorization. As an inquiry into what it means to be human, it transcends the history of psychoanalysis and underscores Jung's place among revolutionary thinkers like Marx, Orwell and, of course, Freud.

The Red Book: A Reader's Edition features Sonu Shamdasani's introductory essay and the full translation of Jung's vital work in one audiobook. The Red Book is skillfully narrated by Mike Fraser. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

©2009 The Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung; translation copyright by Mark Kyburz, John Peck, and Sonu Shamdasani. Introduction and notes copyright by Sonu Shamdasani (P)2024 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

one of a kind

Something to hear more than once. Hope you enjoy this as much as i did.

Dissonance

This work is demanding but luminous, the kind that rewards patience with flashes of recognition. Jung’s descent into his own chaos shows that the inner world is not a puzzle to be solved neatly, but a landscape to be entered bravely.

It reminded me how costly it is to keep our edges tucked in, to regulate ourselves under watchful eyes. Yet when the eyes fall away, there’s a thread of energy that lingers effortlessly.

That’s the paradox: how something can be so close, yet remain out of reach. How you can walk away trying to convince yourself that neutrality is wise, even when it can feel like amputating something alive.

In the end, Jung shows that the psyche can grow in both closeness and separation. Distance doesn’t erase what’s true. Sometimes it teaches us how to hold it more carefully.

Tough Slogging, but Worth It

Having closely studied the Thoth tarot and other older occult systems and philosophies will help one make some inexplicable sense of all this...great narration

Jung’s psychology is rich and colorful, narrator was fantastic.

Great book! I’d give it 5 stars but the chapters are mislabeled, needs to be fixed.

Skip the first 4.5 hours.

Much of this book is biographical commentary about Carl Jung. The actual text of The Red Book doesn't begin until the 26th chapter.

Brilliant

Amazing really enjoyed this read. Came to me at the right time to further explore and understand myself.

This book causes dreams

This book is difficult you have to simultaneously decode symbolism and difficult concepts from that symbolism. The symbolism adds depth to the book that makes it one of those books with infinite meaning.

Stunning and enlightening

I am still working through the thoughts and ideas this book has brought me to. My soul is very grateful for the encouragement to bring requital, and I feel a definite upgrade as to how well I know and understand myself. Thank you Carl for undertaking what must have been a challenging journey with little available guidance

this is not for everyone

you don't have to be particularly intelligent, but you have to have some background in a subject material

Carl Jung in his life and works has created an amazing amalgam of psychology and spirituality. In fact I do believe it is the first-of-its-kind.

It means I will be taking a new tangent in the way I look at the world.

great book

great book find out about this a while ago is wanted to check it out definitely introspective book to say the least overall I liked it fast forward a little pretty easy to follow great