Alchemy Jung and Remedios Varo

<p><em>Alchemy Jung and Remedios Varo</em> offers a depth psychological analysis of the art and life of Remedios Varo a Spanish surrealist painter. The book uses Varo’s paintings in a revolutionary way: to critique the patriarchal underpinnings of Jungian psychology alchemy and Surrealism illuminating how Varo used painting to address cultural complexes that silence female expression. </p><p>The book focuses on how the practice of alchemical psychology through the power of imagination and the archetypal Feminine can lead to healing and transformation for individuals and culture. <i>Alchemy Jung and Remedios Varo</i> offers the first in-depth psychological treatment of the role alchemy played in the friendship between Varo and Leonora Carrington—a connection that led to paintings that protest the pitfalls of patriarchy. </p><p>This unique book will be of great interest for academics scholars and post-graduate students in the fields of analytical psychology art history Surrealism cultural criticism and Jungian studies.</p>