Dream interpretation ancient and modern : notes from the seminar given in 1936-1941; reports by seminar members with discussions of dream series

Reports by seminar members with discussions of dream series.. Translated from Kindertraume (calendar contents for the full seminar, Winter Term, 1936/37-Winter Term 1940/40) by Ernst Falzeder with the collaboration of Tony Woolfson.

Note to the English edition. Preface and introduction by the original editors, Lorenz Jung and Maria Meyer-Grass. Introduction by the editor, John Peck. Part 1 - Older literature on dream interpretation. 1 Macrobius: commentarius ex Cicerone in somnium scipionis - W. Bachtold. 2 Atemidorus: five books on the art of dream interpretation - Grete Adler. 3 Synesius of Cyrene: treatise on dream visions - Rivkah Scharf. 4 Caspar Peucer, De Somniis - Marie-Louise von Franz. Part 2 - The enlightenment and romanticism. 5 M. l'Abbe Richard, Theorie des songes - Alice Leuzinger. 6 Franz Splittgerber, Schlaf un tod - Kristin Oppenheim. Part 3 - The modern period. 7 Yves Delage, Le reve - Hans Baumann. 8 Discussion of Paul W. Radestock, Schlaf und traum - Alice Kitzinger. 9 Discussion of Philipp Lersch, Der Traum in der deutschen romantik - Charlotte Spitz. 10 Discussion of Jackson Steward Lincoln, The dream in primitive cultures - Kenower Bash. 11 Discussion of Eugene Marais, The soul of the white ant - Carol Baumann. Part 4 - Visions and dreams. 12 Discussion of the visions of St. Perpetua - Marie-Louise von Franz. 13 Discussion of the dreams of the Renaissance scholar Girolamo Cardano - E. Levy. 14 Discussion of three dreams of Dr. John Hubbard, alias Peter Blobbs - Carol Baumann

'These sessions open a window on Jungian dream interpretation in practice, as Jung examines a long dream seriesfrom the Renaissance physician Girolamo Cardano. They also provide the best example of group supervision by Jung the educator....'

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