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There may be in each of us an impulse, however fleeting, to destroy the world with its evil, its problems and conflicts, either in momentary anger or in the hope of starting afresh. Now that we have the technical means to make this fantasy come true, it behooves us to explore its sources in a very serious way.It is obvious that groups, like individuals, sometimes enact the dark part of their nature in mass movements or "accidental" events, even when this dark part is only a small part of a whole with the best intentions and genuine ideals.In spite of detente, therefore, the destruction of the world by nuclear means, massive pollution, or political explosion remains a distinct possibility unless our hidden destructiveness is better understood.Creative regression, living closer to one's fun­damental nature, is what we are learning about today. But how to apply our knowledge on a world scale so as collectively to avoid violent swings and explosions is., of course, the unsolved problem of our era of massive blindness and consequent mass behaviors.Joseph Redfearn, M.D., was born in 1921 in a Yorkshire mining town and educated at John Hopkins, Baltimore, and Maudsley Hospital, London. Since 1968 he has been a training ana­lyst for the Society of Analytical Psychology in London. He is a past chair and was its director of training for many years. He continues to practice in London.Table of ContentsIntroductionThe Bomb in Dreams: UnfaceableAspects of the SelfFrom Concrete Behaviour to the Ability to Use Metaphors and Symbols in TherapyThe Interdependence of OurOuter and Inner WorldsThe Explosive Self and the Maternal ContainerTrees, Fountains, Eggs, Volcanoes, and Bombs: Symbols of Renewal or Breakthrough of Varying Degrees of ViolenceAtom Bomb and Divine Child: Regression and ResponsibilityHistory Seen Partly as Concretized Mythology: The Interaction of the Subpersonalitiesof the SelfHuman SacrificeThe Rise of the Male Gods and the Separation of the OppositesPavlov, Freud, and Jung on the Meeting of Oppositeshe Democratization of the Divine SelfThe Healing ApocalypseThe Task of HealinSummary and Conclusions

Little attention has been paid to Emma Jung¿s role in the history of analytical psychology and in the life of C. G. Jung. This extended biographical essay by Imelda Gaudissart, originally published in French, provides us with a carefully detailed view of this remarkable woman. Gaudissart¿s sensitive depiction of Emma Jung reveals a very real woman confronted with an unexpected life and challenged to develop in ways that, for a wife and mother of that period, were almost unimaginable. She worked closely with her husband, C. G. Jung, and Sigmund Freud, becoming herself an analyst, and she was instrumental in establishing the earliest institutions for analytical psychology. The issues Emma Jung faced on her path to individuation will resonate with those of many women today.¿The importance of Emma Jung in the life of C. G. Jung has often been either taken for granted or underestimated, and her rightful place in the history of analytical psychology has rarely been given serious consideration. Imelda Gaudissart has managed to correct this imbalance and to provide us with a highly nuanced portrayal of this remarkable woman without falling into idealization or caricature. Any understanding of Jung is incomplete without an understanding of Emmäs contribution. I highly recommend this book.¿ ¿Tom Kelly, past president of the International Association for Analytical Psychology¿The psychodynamics of the relationships between Emma, Carl, Sabina, and Toni are fascinating, and Emmäs composure and contributions under such difficult circumstances are miraculous. This is a story about the amazing varieties of love in this world¿always combined, sooner or later, with some sort of a pain but always stronger in the end. Beyond therapists and historians of psychology, this book serves all who want to grow, but who are sometimes frustrated by the trials of life. Emmäs achievements have so much to teach us.¿¿John Cerullo, professor of history, University of New Hampshire at Manchester¿Imelda Gaudissart has the great merit of having molded the biographical material about Emma Jung-Rauschenbach into an interesting and moving essay. She helps to keep alive the memory of this remarkable, brave, and generous woman, my beloved grandmother.¿¿Jost Hoerni, one of Emma Jung¿s nineteen grandchildrenImelda Gaudissart has a master¿s in psychopathology and has been a Jungian analyst for more than thirty years. She is the coauthor, with her husband Pierre, of a new translation of the I Ching. Married and head of a large family, she lives in Tours, on the Loire Valley.Kathleen Llanwarne, English by birth, now lives in Brussels where she has worked as a translator for thirty years. Her interest in the work of C. G. Jung and in Jungian analysis dates back even further.