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Man and His Symbols
enlarge	Author: Carl Gustav Jung Publisher: Doubleday Category: Book List Price: ~~$30.00~~ Buy Used: $3.95 You Save: $26.05 (87%) New (6) Used (53) from $3.95 Media: Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 320 Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5 Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 7.9 x 1 ISBN: 0385052219 Dewey Decimal Number: 153.8 UPC: 978188542837 EAN: 9780385052214 ASIN: 0385052219 Publication Date: June 6, 1969 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews: Product Description Illustrated throughout with revealing images, this is the first and only work in which the world-famous Swiss psychologist explains to the layperson his enormously influential theory of symbolism as revealed in dreams.

Customer Reviews: Read 41 more reviews... Jungian Student November 28, 2008 This book was a catalyst in my development as an individual at 17 years of age. To this day many years later, it has provided me with so much insight about myself and humanity. The realizations of self ultimately give an understanding of others and their tribulations. br /br /I have purchased another copy (because mine was not returned by friends twice) and a Carl Jung "action figure" for my five-year-old son. While I understand he will not be able to read and comprehend it now, I know it will provide a great outline regarding the inner world that so many are lacking in this day and age. br /br /For anyone who is cerebral, this book stands the test of time. The concepts and images will make a direct correlation with your personal life. Always go to the source August 27, 2008 This is a classic must read for any counselor, psychologist, therapist, Etc. or someone just interested in interesting thought. Some truth some fantasy some bewildering mind scapes. C'mon why just read about how the original masters thought, why not read their own words! Man and his symbols - a must have April 29, 2008 0 out of 2 found this review helpful This is a book that everybody should own, in my opinion. Karl Jung is a must have. Surprisingly uninteresting. April 16, 2008 1 out of 5 found this review helpful I purchased this in a batch of books which I had wanted to read for a while, including Richard Dawkin's The Selfish Gene.br /br /To be honest, this book is quite a disappointment to me. As noted in other reviews, Jung actually wrote only 1/5th of this book, serving as editor for the rest of the pieces. And it is exactly Jung's own writing which I find disappointing.br /br /Jung's style is sloppy and unfocussed, possibly because this is evidently the first time he writes 'for the layman'. Compared to Dawkins' The Selfish Gene, which I read alternatingly with this book, Man and his Symbols reads like a sloppy collection of personal opinion. It's hard to see from this introduction how Jung is considered to be such an important thinker. This book changed my life October 13, 2007 6 out of 6 found this review helpful I picked up a copy of this book in Mendocino, CA just after I graduated from college and was trying to figure out what to do with my life. For those of you who are somewhat introverted, academic, or artistic, you may find that his book changes your view and helps begin the process of what Jung (and now other therapists) call the "individuation" process, or normal unfolding of human life. I ended following my bliss and doing all kinds of things that have made me a very happy, very satisfied and yet unendingly curious person. I am now studying to be a therapist, and whether or not I graduate is not the point. The journey and the dream images and meaning we assign to them are the whole point. Life became a meaningful joy for me and (no kidding) this book was the ONLY source of that inspiration. br /br /I have the coffetable version of this book, which is much larger and in color, but the smaller paperback will also do...I'm sure the pictures are good enough. It is the words, not the pictures, that change your life. Who knew that western individualistic humanism was such a powerful and compelling force of psychology? br /br /This book changed my life for the better permanently. Read it.

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