| I heard about this book because I was doing some digging into recent books about Carl Jung and his ideas. I found it amazingly helpful. Though it engages in a very thorough and detailed review of the transcendent function, one of Jung's central ideas, it does so in a very understandable fashion. It not only describes the theory but also shows how it applies to the life of the reader. In addition, the author ties the theory into other key parts of Jungian psychology and, in so doing, provides a really handy primer on some of Jung's major ideas such as individuation, the archetypes, the Self, the anima, the opposites, and the constructive view of the psyche. Having read quite a bit in this area, I found this book very enjoyable and incredibly informative. I highly recommend it both to those well-read in Jung and those just wanting to get started. |
