The Spirit in Man, Art, & Literature (Collected Works of Jung Vol. 15)

Mind blowing book, even in sections you wouldn’t expect. Jung does it again!! Beautiful

I bought this because the virtual library didn't have it.

Easy read, great insight.

Was for a class and met what I needed.

Jung tries his hand at a psychological interpretation of ancient and contemporary art and culture; several interesting studies here as well as more info about what Jung means by "spirit."

Art & literature provided Jung with data with which to correlate his model of the psyche. Furthermore, they provided the means for his presentation of profound observations of human nature & behavior. This is not my favorite volume of the collected works, but it is interesting. Read volume 18, The Symbolic Life for more information/observations on these topics. My favorite quotes in this book are:p. 4 Nothing exerts a stronger psychic effect upon the human environment, and especially upon children, than the life which the parents have not lived.p. 14 (quoting Paracelsus): `His motto is said to have been alterius non sit, qi suus esse potert (Let him not be another's who can be his own).'p. 47 Doubt alone is the mother of scientific truth.p. 60 Human instinct knows that all great truth is simple.

Good read

In very good condition.