COLLECTED WORKS OF C. G. JUNG: Mysterium Coniunctionis (Volume 14)

<p><em>Mysterium Coniunctionis</em> was first published in the <em>Collected Works of C.G. Jung </em>in 1963. For this second edition of the work, numerous corrections and revisions have been made in cross-references to other volumes of the <em>Collected Works </em>now available and likewise in the Bibliography.</p><p><em>Mysterium Coniunctionis</em> was Jung's last work of book length and gives a final account of his lengthy researches in alchemy. It was Jung's empirical discovery that certain key problems of modern man were prefigures in what t he alchemists called their 'art' or 'process'. Jung maintained that 'the world of alchemical symbols does not belong to the rubbish heap of the past, but stands in a very real and living relationship to our most recent discoveries concerning the psychology of the unconscious'. The volume includes ten plates, a Bibliography, an Index, and an Appendix of original Latin and Greek texts quoted in the work.</p> <p><strong>Part I: The Components of the Coniunctio.</strong> The Opposites. The Quaternio and the Mediating Role of Mercurios. The Orphan, the Widow, and the Moon. Alchemy and Manichaeism.<strong> Part II: The Paradoxa. </strong>The Arcane Substance and the Point. The Scintilla. The Enigma of Bologna. <strong>Part III: The Personification of the Opposites.</strong> Introduction. Sol. Sulphur. Luna. Sal. <strong>Part IV: Rex and Regina.</strong> Introduction. Gold and Spirit. The Transformation of the King. The Regeneration of the King. The Dark Side of the King. The King as Anthropos. The Relation of the King-symbol to Consciousness. The Religious Problem of the King's Renewal. <strong>Part V: Adam and Eve. </strong>Adam as the Arcane Substance. The Statue. Adam as the First Adept. The Polarity of Adam. The "Old Adam". The Transformation. Rotundum, Head, and Brain. Adam as Totality. <strong>Part VI: The Conjunction. </strong>The Alchemical View of the Union of Opposites. Stages of the Conjunction. The Production of the Quintessence. The Meaning of the Alchemical Procedure. The Psychological Interpretation of the Procedure. Self-knowledge. The Monoculus. The Content and Meaning of the First Two Stages, The Third Stage: The Unis Mundus. The Self and the Bounds of Knowledge. <strong>Epilogue.</strong> Appendix: Latin and Greek Texts. Bibliography. Index.</p>