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Encounters With the Soul: Active Imagination as developed by C. G. Jung book introduction by M.-L. von Franz in print 1981 ISBN: 1-888602-14-7 Links:

BARBARA HANNAH, Jungian analyst and author, explores Jung's method of "active imagination," often considered the most powerful tool in analytical psychology for acheiving direct contact with the unconscious and attaining greater inner awareness. Using histrorical and contemporary case studies, Hannah traces the human journey toward personal wholeness. This approach to confronting the unconscious is a healing process that applies to both men and women and deals in depth with the injured feminine as well as many powerful archetypal forces. Chiron Publications, in conjunction with the Stiftung für Jung'sche Psychologie, is proud to reissue this classic title in analytical psychology. "Encounters With the Soul is the first and only book I know of which can promote the understanding of 'active imagination' by illustrating through various examples, the steps, the pitfalls, and successes of this method of encountering the unconscious....Her point-by-point comments on every turn within the stories and dialogues were often surprising and most helpful for me." --Marie-Louise von Franz Barbara Hanna was born in England and went to Zurich in the 1920s to study with C. G. Jung. She remained in Switzerland where she was a practising analyst and teacher at the C. G. Jung Institute. She is author of Striving Towards Wholeness and Jung: His Life and Work. A Biographical Memoir. A collection of her lectures, The Cat, Dog, and Horse Lectures, is also available from Chiron Publications. Marie-Louise von Franz also wrote a very brief discussion of The Inward Gaze by Peter Birkhäuser, the painting used in the cover illustration. Her commentary appears in this book. -- B. G.

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