C.J. Jung, Psychology and Alchemy (1953)

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, C.G. Jung The Collected Works,  Volume Twelve. Psychology and Alchemy, 1953, Routledge & Kegan Paul, hardcover, 270 illustrations, 565 pages, index, orginal bookseller label " ID Cape Town", some small loss and wear to dust jacket, otherwise condition: excellent.

Please note this book is billed as the twelfth volume in "The Collected Works" but it was actually the first one published (in English).

Carl Jung puts forward a thesis, which I am going to oversimplify: Alchemy, rather than being a scientific process, was, at least in part, an artistic process by which alchemists were attempting to resolve unconscious material within the psyche by using narratives involving physical matter such as chemicals, precious metals, and stones. The transformation alchemists sought is similar to that of the symbol of the figure of Christ and many of his parallels.