Aniela Jaffé was given permission to quote from Jung's highly personal"Red Book," and she does so in her essay on Jung's creative phases. Shortly before her death, the author also updated and expanded her long-famous article addressing the National Socialism accusations leveled against Jung. Sir Laurens van der Post provides a sharp echo in his Epilogue, written especially for this edition.
Chapters: Parapsychology / C.G. Jung and National Socialism / From Jung's Last Years / The Creative Phases in Jung's Life / Alchemy / Epilogue (L. van der Post).

Biografie: Aniela Jaffé (19031991) war Analytikerin in Zürich und langjährige Mitarbeiterin C.G. Jungs. Als Herausgeberin von "Erinnerungen, Träume, Gedanken von C.G. Jung" ist sie einem großen Leserpublikum bekannt geworden. Sie hat mit ihren zahlreichen Publikationen maßgeblich dazu beigetragen, dass seine Psychologie einem breiteren Kreis näher gebracht wurde. Ihr Interesse galt nicht nur der Analytischen Psychologie, wie viele ihrer Bücher bezeugen, sondern auch der Literatur und Parapsychologie. Biography: One of the most distinguished interpreters of C.G. Jungs ideas today, Aniela Jaffé was born in Berlin and studied psychology at the University of Hamburg. With the outbreak of World War II, she emigrated to Zürich, where she later trained with the psychiatrist/analyst C.G. Jung. Frau Jaffés reputation as a lucid and authoritative writer has been substantiated through her collaboration with Jung on the biographical work, "Memories, Dreams, Reections", her editing of his collected "Letters", and numerous independent works, including The Myth of Meaning. She practiced as an analyst in Zürich until her death in 1991.