{"product_id":"alchemical-active-imagination-seminar-series-spring-publications-inc-14","title":"Alchemical Active Imagination (Seminar Series (Spring Publications, Inc.), 14.)","description":"Although alchemy is popularly regarded as the science that sought to transmute base physical matter, many of the medieval alchemists were more interested in developing a discipline that would lead to the psychological and spiritual transformation of the individual. C. G. Jung discovered in his study of alchemical texts a symbolic and imaginal language that expressed many of his own insights into psychological processes. In this book, Marie-Louise von Franz examines a text by the sixteenth-century alchemist and physician Gerhard Dorn in order to show the relationship of alchemy to the concepts and techniques of analytical psychology. In particular, she shows that the alchemists practiced a kind of meditation similar to Jung's technique of active imagination, which enables one to dialogue with the unconscious archetypal elements in the psyche. Originally delivered as a series of lectures at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich, the book opens therapeutic insights into the relations among spirit, soul, and body in the practice of active imagination.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0882141147\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.0882141147.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Franz, Marie-Luise von\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: It's been through some chapters of life! Expect visible wear—creases, notes, highlights, maybe even a splash of water here and there. Perfect for readers who love a book with history.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52597651603743,"sku":"PKV.0882141147.A","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/alchemical-active-imagination-seminar-series-spring-publications-inc-14","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}