exposition
Genius,illustrated
CARL JUNG’S RED BOOK ILLUMINATES
THE PROFOUND DIMENSIONS OF HIS
INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
HE HAD VISIONS; HE HEARD VOICES. In 1913, at the age of
38, when he was a famous scientist and family man, the Swiss
psychiatrist Carl Jung underwent a profound psychological crisis.
Rather than resist it, he embraced it. He took extensive notes on
his hallucinations and represented them in an oversize red leather
book using calligraphy and intricate paintings. For 16 years, while
maintaining his psychiatric practice, he plumbed the depths of
his psyche, not shying away from any ugliness. The result was a
205-page tome of mind-boggling weirdness and staggering
