The Making of The Red Book

Carl Jung's The Red Book is considered to be the most influential unpublished work in the history of psychology.

When Carl Jung embarked on an extended self-exploration he called his confrontation with the unconscious, the heart of it was The Red Book, a large, illuminated volume he created between 1914 and 1930. Here he developed his principle theories—of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation—that transformed psychotherapy from a practice concerned with treatment of the sick into a means for higher development of the personality.

While Jung considered The Red Book to be his most important work, only a handful of people have ever seen it. Now, in a complete facsimile and translation, it is available to scholars and the general public. It is an astonishing example of calligraphy and art on a par with The Book of Kells and the illuminated manuscripts of William Blake. This publication of The Red Book is a watershed that will cast new light on the making of modern psychology.

More information on The Red Book: http://wwnorton.com/books/978-0-393-06567-1/

The process of digitally capturing the book was done by DigitalFusion. They are also responsible for this film showing the process. Learn more about DigitalFusion: http://www.digitalfusion.net/

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[elguanteloko]

that is the Red Book?.... that thing is freaking huge!

Did they really take the copies of all the pages?

[WWNorton]

Yes, they really took copies of all the pages.

[hellahiggamonster]

I am a student of people. I am so intrigued in the roles that we all play each day. Carl G. Jung and his work on archtypes has influenced my art and writing. I will pick up my copy of this extraordinary book tomorrow. I thank you guys for the tedious and delicate work that you put into such an amazing guide to the soul.

[BLOODPACT74]

The book has been delayed by Amazon! I can't wait until December!!!

[dyedinsoul]

a friend of mine was telling me about this ... there was excerpts of the original on display at a museum that she attended. fascinating ...

[sanchezherrera92]

@IraniusPregrinator I agree with you but you are forgetting that Jung was mentored by Freud.

[Redcaster916]

Got my copy today :)

[guarassu]

dear all. They photographed every single page with digital cameras with high resolution. I work with graphic production and I know It's a special kind of job, Very dificult because the original is very valious and they coundnt make everything they need to have a good job. They had do create solutions, like the support for the book, and so on. Its a amazing job..

[xn6]

Thanks for recommending this video, I just watched it and I'm more excited than ever to see the Red Book. Very very exciting.

[captainplanet85]

The Red Book just arrived after about 2 months of waiting for it to be delivered, and I am NOT disappointed... I can't wait to spend the next year reading it! It's available on Amazon for a reasonable price if anyone is interested and the images really are just as they're described in this video.

[leenaguer]

this is beyond incredible, i can't wait to get a copy of this piece. and the video rocks so much better than any movie trailer! :)