Reflections on the Life and Dreams of C.G. Jung

Through the recording, editing and publication of Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. Jung, Aniela Jaffé has introduced a large international readership to his work over the past 60 years. Jaffé was closely associated with Jung from 1937 until his death, having arrived in Switzerland as a Jewish emigrant after studying in Berlin and Hamburg. From 1940 onward she worked for him as a research assistant and from 1955 until 1961, she further supported Jung as his personal secretary. In addition to the posthumous publication of his correspondence, her work as an analyst, lecturer and author of numerous books and articles have helped to make his work available to a broad readership. Reflections on the life and dreams of C.G. Jung, with its many rich facets, is another of her substantial contributions to the understanding of this extraordinary researcher and pioneer in the realm of the human soul.

Elena Fischli studied psychology in Grenoble, Geneva and Zürich, and has maintained a psychotherapy practice for the past 35 years. After working as an editor for Spring Publications, she was a co-founder of Daimon Verlag and has edited numerous works through the years, including new editions of works by Aniela Jaffé and the original German-language version of Reflections (Streiflichter zu Leben und Denken C.G. Jungs). She is also a scriptwriter, active in the world of documentary film.

Contents
Preface         1
Introduction        6
        On Personality and Life Experience
Accepting What Life Presents Me With        13
Insight, Secrecy and Community        15
True Encounters        17
On My Mother’s Second Voice        20
Time Out Before Marriage: Paris and Oxford        23
Early Reading Experiences        27
Reminiscences of Bachofen, Burckhardt and the City of Basel        31
Transference, Willingness to Follow and Responsibility        36
Memories of the Young Einstein        41
On the Importance of Space in a Marriage        44
Languages        45
On Wholeness and the Limits of Language        48
On Toni Wolff        50
The Last Desperate Attempts of Aristocracy to Be Heard: Count Keyserling        53
Experiences at Yale and Harvard        58
Archaic and Uncouth Aspects of Antiquity        61
A Darkness Revealed        64
Seclusion, Solitude and Eternity        66
Thoughts on the Memoir Project        68
The Dream of the Abandoned House        86
Snake and Fish        92
The Call to Allah in Islam        95
On Experiencing Africa        97
Spirits in Kenya        101
Hauntings and Externalized Archetypal Energy        105
Father Hubertus Heals the Little Elephant of Circus Knie        110
The Witch and the Goat        112
Dream Images in Sickness and Convalescence        114
A Vision of Colors as Inspiration to Paint        116
Inner Music        117
Am I the Reincarnation of a Buddhist?        118
        On Psychiatric and Analytical Practice
On Working with Patients Diagnosed with Schizophrenia        123
Recognition Through Empathy        127
On the Phenomenon of Suicide        129
Psychology and Experience        134
Emptiness and Intuition        136
Destruction and Evil in Illness        137
Relationship, Imago and Projection        139
Small Children and the Pleroma        142
The Individuation Process and the Christmas Tree        144
        On the Here and the Beyond
Life After Death        149
An Existence in Psychic Images        150
“Thy dead shall live”        152
Dreams of a Post-Mortal Existence of My Mother        153
Dream of My Late Sister’s Wedding in the Hereafter        156
Two Dreams of a Deceased Friend        159
On the Idea of Rebirth as a Mythical Concept        161
Further Dreams About Toni Wolff and Emma Jung After Their Deaths        163
The Dead Appearing as Animals        166
Animals and the Fullness        168
The Afterlife and Sexuality        169
On an Indian Conception of Life After Death        172
        Human Image, God Image, Worldview
God Revealed        177
On Our Conscious Knowledge        179
On the Unconsciousness of God        183
God and Humans        186
Incarnation        190
Doing What One Is Capable Of        193
Last Note, Three Weeks Before Jung’s Death        195
        Historical Commentary by Elena Fischli
Introduction        197
“This monstrous Gordian knot of fatality, denseness, and aspirations.”        200
“A creative resonance which seems like a revelation of the feminine being”        214
“Find a way through the jungle of my memories”        250
“Entering into a collaborative relationship”        268
“I have therefore encouraged A.J. to contribute as much material as possible in order that the text remains her book.”        293
“In case of my incapacity, I entrusted her with the responsibility for the final version of the whole manuscript.”        316
“A biography of Jung written in the form of an autobiography”        326
“A manuscript came to be, small in size but great in impact”        344
List of Illustrations        374
Acknowledgments        375
Bibliography        376