The Jung-White Letters
The Jung-White Letters charts fifteen years of correspondence between C. G. Jung and Victor White, an English Dominican priest and theologian. The dialogue between the two provides valuable insights into the development of Jung’s thought, and the relationship between psychology and religion.\ Jung hoped that his correspondence with White would help him to reinterpret the classic Christian symbols and White sought Jung’s support of his project to integrate analytical psychology into Catholic...
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The Jung-White Letters charts fifteen years of correspondence between C. G. Jung and Victor White, an English Dominican priest and theologian. The dialogue between the two provides valuable insights into the development of Jung’s thought, and the relationship between psychology and religion.Jung hoped that his correspondence with White would help him to reinterpret the classic Christian symbols and White sought Jung’s support of his project to integrate analytical psychology into Catholic theology. Although both Jung and White were committed to a productive collaboration, the letters trace a trajectory toward a crisis of misunderstanding and betrayal, culminating in a sharpening of disagreements after publication of Jung’s Answer to Job.The letters are presented with great attention to authenticity, and Jung's previously published letters have been restored to their original style. The text is helpfully annotated throughout with historical, literary and personal references. A wealth of editorial material is also included to set the letters in context, including an authoritative memoir of Victor White.Jung’s engagement with White was an essential dialogue that contributed importantly to his late writings, forcing him to refine his critique of classical theology. This volume will be of great interest to all Jungian analysts, psychoanalysts and psychotherapists and anyone interested in investigating the complex relationship between analytical psychology and religion.
List of illustrations viiForeword Murray Stein ixAcknowledgments xiiiAbbreviations xviiIntroduction Ann Conrad Lammers xxiThe Letters1945 11946 251947 631948 1111949 1331950 1451951 1651952 1751953 2111954 2251955-58 2511959-60 279Jung's Letters about White 293Victor White, a Memoir Adrian Cunningham 307Jung's "gnoseological note" 335Some Notes on Psychologie und Alchemie Victor White Barbara Hannah Marie-Louise von Franz 337White's Footnote on Good and Evil 347Jung on Job Victor White 349Editorial Note 357List of Letters 363Selected Bibliography 367Index 373
