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A Guided Tour of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung

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this is a very good and ambitious challenge to present in a short, simple manner all of jung's theories of his collected works. mr. hopcke does an excellent job of presenting jung's works in a readable form for us beginners. he goes through each theory and explains how it is presented in the collected works. then, as a bonus, at the end of each chapter he presents recommended reading of other works to our degree of understanding. like books to start as beginners, books to look deeper into his works, related works and secondary reading. all very helpful. my only complaint is the chapters are very short roughly 4-6 pages each. this gives you a taste, but i felt he was leaving a lot out also. i do highly recommend this book if you are a jungian beginner and feel intimidated by his collected works like i am.

Since the "Collected Works" is so huge, it is good to have this guide which specifically mentions the volumes and pages for particular topics such as acheotypes and dreams. It helps focus the searching. I highly recommend it.