The red book = Liber novus / C.G. Jung ; edited by Sonu Shamdasani ; preface by Ulrich Hoerni ; translated by Mark Kyburz, John Peck, and Sonu Shamdasani.

"A publication in arrangement with the Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung, Zürich.".

Includes bibliographical references.

The Red Book -- Liber novus: the "Red Book" of C.G. Jung by Sonu Shamdasani -- Liber Primus. The way of what is to come -- Refinding the soul -- Soul and God -- On the service of the soul -- The desert -- Experiences in the desert -- Descent into Hell in the future -- Splitting of the spirit -- Murder of the hero -- The conception of the God -- Mysterium. Encounter -- Instruction -- Resolution -- Liber Secundus. The images of the erring -- The red one -- The castle in the forest -- One of the lowly -- The anchorite dies I [day 1] -- Dies II [Day 2] -- Death -- The remains of earlier temples -- First day -- Second day -- The incantations -- The opening of the egg -- Hell -- The sacrificial murder -- Divine folly -- Nox secunda [Second night] -- Nox tertia [Third night] -- Nox quarta [Fourth night] -- The three prophecies -- The gift of magic -- The way of the cross -- The magician -- Scrutinies. Epilogue -- Mandalas -- Commentaries -- Entry for 16 January 1916 from Black Book 5.

"Nothing less than the central book of Jung's oeuvre, [The Red Book] is being published now in a full facsimile edition with a contextual essay and notes by the noted Jung scholar Sonu Shamdasani and translated by Mark Kyburz, John Peck, and Sonu Shamdasani. It will now be possible to study Jung's self-experimentation through primary documentation rather than fantasy, gossip, and speculation, and to grasp the genesis of his later work. For nearly a century, such a reading has simply not been possible, and the vast literature on his life and work has lacked access to the single most important document. This publication opens the possibility of a new era in understanding Jung's work. It provides a unique window into how he recovered his soul and constituted a psychology. It is possibly the most influential hitherto unpublished work in the history of psychology. This exact facsimile of The Red Book reveals not only an extraordinary mind at work but also the hand of a gifted artist and calligrapher. Interspersed among more than two hundred lovely illuminated pages are paintings whose influences range from Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East to the native art of the new world. The Red Book, much like the handcrafted "Books of Hours" from the Middle Ages, is unique. Both in terms of its place in Jung's development and as a work of art, its publication is a landmark."--Publisher's description.

Text in English and German.