The existence of Memories, Dreams, Reflections has significantly delayed scholarly work on Jung. I hope to show that through a process that has had disturbing implications for the understanding of Jung, and his rightful location in twentieth century intellectual history, Memories, Dreams, Reflections is by no means Jung’s autobiography. In this study, my first omission will be the vast majority of this secondary literature, for reasons that will become clear. Since Jung’s death, it has been the preeminent source on his life and has spawned a plethora of secondary literature. It has been taken as his final testament, for, as Gerhard Adler notes, “Nowhere else has the man Jung revealed himself so openly or testified to his crises of decision and the existence of his inner law.”3 Memories, Dreams, Reflections is commonly regarded as Jung’s most important work, as well as being the most widely known and read. This is such an important and intensely original book-I think it will have an enormous success and become a classic! ~Richard Hull, 1960 The Original Protocols for Memories, Dreams, Reflections MEMORIES, DREAMS, OMISSIONS by Sonu Shamdasani Carl Jung Depth Psychology Facebook Group
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