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Jung's autobiographical memoir, often cited by Jungians in their own work. Readable and wide ranging, it is a good introduction to Jung's life and work.

Ouch. I must admit that this arm's length assessment of Jung's life and work, so different in tone from the admiring accounts by Jung's close friends and followers Barbara Hannah and Lawrence van der Post, threw me for a loop, especially on the heels of my memorable trip to Switzerland for a Jungian Seminar. My hero a temperamental womanizer? Heaven forfend! If you are a student of Jung's life and work you owe it to yourself to include this critically acclaimed biography in your reading list.

Re-Visioning Psychology
James Hillman

I've just started to dip into this rambling rant of a volume about which Parabola magazine says, "Hillman has written a book with poetry, passion, clarity and a sense of immediacy. The book itself has soul. To the folklorist and theologian it offers a way into and behind myth and religion. To the psychologist it suggests a way out of egocentricity. For the individual and for the professional it is a remarkable, kaleidoscopic breaking up of psychology's density and life's literalness. And, a rarity, it is a book on psychology that sees through itself." A hell of a recommendation, eh?

This is one of the essential volumes in any Jungian library. Hannah was a student, friend and close associate of Jung's. Her account reveals much that is left undisclosed in Jung's own Memories, Dreams and Reflections, filling in our picture of Jung's life and work.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes revisits familiar tales and brings us new ones in this vibrant exploration of the feminine psyche and its power. Connect with your own Wild Woman and celebrate! (hardback, paperback, audio tape)