This is a playlist that was created in accordance with the reading guide of Rafael Krüger, A Jungian Therapist, as an introduction to Carl Jung’s Collected Works. Rafael is a friend of mine and has a great teaching style with contagious energy! I encourage you to check out Rafael's masterclass: "Katabasis - The Shadow Integration Manual" rafaelkrugerc.systeme.io/katabasis?sa=sa0194577598… And this is a link for Rafael's Audacity University - a series of amazing lectures that I've benefited a lot from, basically it's a high-level education for therapists, coaches, and psychology enthusiasts rafaelkrugerc.systeme.io/audacityuniversity?sa=sa0… In this order: 1 – “Man and His Symbols”. I suggest reading only chapters 1 (Jung’s chapter) and 3 (Von Franz’s). Jung wrote this book after a dream that propelled him to create something for the layman to get acquainted with his ideas, making this a perfect introduction. 2 – Volume 10 – “Civilization in Transition” – Chapter 4 – “The Undiscovered Self (Present and Future)”. In this chapter, Jung explores what self-knowledge truly means. He criticizes the statistical and scientific method, and presents us with how we can develop our own personalities and individuality. 3 - Volume 16 – “The Practice of Psychotherapy” – Part I. This is the only book where Carl Jung gives a detailed explanation of his methods and the foundations of his thinking. Furthermore, he gives a clear explanation of the development of personality and his views on psychotherapy. Just an amazing book overall. 4 – volume 17 – “Development of Personality” – Chapter 7 also entitled “The Development of Personality”. This is one of my favorite chapters of all time and I feel inspired every time I read it. It’s important to say that “development of personality” and “individuation process” are synonyms, and in this book, Jung explores in-depth what this truly means and what it entails. 5 – Volume 9 – “Aion” – The First 4 Chapters – “The Ego, The Shadow, The Syzygy, and The Self”. This book is so hard to understand that the editors asked Jung to prepare an introduction about his main concepts. This is the only time you’ll see him writing about his ideas in individual chapters. 6 – Volume 18 – “Symbolic Life” – Chapter 12 – “A reply to Martin Buber”. This is an essential read to clearly understand Jung’s position on religion and metaphysics. Spoiler alert: If you believe he was gnostic or a crazy wizard you’ll be disappointed. 7 – Volume 7 – “Two Essays On Analytical Psychology”. Now that you have a good background it’s time to read the whole volume 7. Every bit of Jung’s ideas are in this volume, making this one of his most important works. 8 – Volume 18 – “Symbolic Life”- Chapter 1 – “The Tavistock Lectures”. Here’s where Jung introduces his typological method, the backbone of his psychology. It also has an introductory feel to it and it’s great to read this instead of jumping right into volume 6 – The Psychological Types. Furthermore, you can see how the British fellows were trying to grill him, which also adds to an enjoyable reading, haha. 9 – Volume 9.1 – “Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious” – First 3 Chapters – “Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious”, “The Concept of the Collective Unconscious”, “Concerning the Archetypes, with Special Reference to the Anima Concept”. Lastly, these chapters can give you a better understanding of the concept of archetypes and their applications. 10 – Volume 6 – “The Psychological Types”- Chapter 5 – “The Type Problem In Poetry”. In this chapter, Jung introduces his most important idea and the goal of his entire work: The symbol formation process. He explores the redeeming journey our soul must endure in order to unite the opposites within, unraveling the Self. 11 – Bonus – “Animus and Anima” – by Emma Jung. Emma Jung was Carl Jung’s wife, so I guess there’s no one better to teach us about the animus and anima. She writes in a very clear and concise way, a very pleasant reading overall. 12 – Pro Bonus Tip – Volume 6 – “The Psychological Types” – Chapter 11 – Definitions. In the final part of this volume, Jung left us a kind of “dictionary”. So whenever you’re feeling lost and can’t really understand what the heck he’s talking about, you can just check the terms and concepts there. __________________________________________________________________________ archetypes, jung carl gustav, carl c jung, carl comjung, carl g jung, carl jung and, carl jung carl jung, carl jung jung, cj jung, jung carl jung, c jung, carl jung, jungian psychology, brand archetypes, jungian archetypes, archetypes meaning, individuation, jung psych, the archetypes and the collective unconscious