Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Vol 12: Psychology and Alchemy

Trade Paperback.  Edited and translated by Gerhard Adler and R.F.C. Hull

A study of the analogies between alchemy, Christian dogma, and psychological symbolism. Revised translation, with new bibliography and index.

"Readers . . . who believe that medieval and early modern alchemy was only a misguided effort to transform base metals into gold, or at best a crude preparation for scientific chemistry, will experience a great and probably bewildering surprise."—Thought