Jung-s lectures on the psychology of Jesuit spiritual practice-unabridged in English for the first time
Between 1933 and 1941, C. G. Jung delivered a series of public lectures at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. Intended for a general audience, these lectures addressed a broad range of topics, from yoga and meditation to dream analysis and the psychology of alchemy. Here for the first time are Jung-s complete lectures on Ignatius of Loyola-s Spiritual Exercises, delivered in the winter of 1939-1940.
These illuminating lectures are the culmination of Jung-s investigation into traditional forms of meditation and their parallels to his psychotherapeutic method of active imagination. Jung presents Loyola-s exercises as the prime example of a Christian practice comparable to yoga and Eastern meditation, and gives a psychological interpretation of the visions depicted in the saint-s autobiographical writings. Offering a unique opportun
