Aion is one of a number of major works that Jung wrote during his seventies that were concerned with the relations between psychology, alchemy and religion.
He is particularly concerned in this volume with the rise of Christianity and with the figure of Christ. He explores how Christianity came about when it did, the importance of the figure of Christ and the identification of the figure of Christ with the archetype of the Self. A matter of special importance to Jung in his seventies - the problem of opposites, particularly good and evil - is further discussed and the importance of the symbolism of the fish, which recurs as a symbol of both Christ and the devil, is examined.
As a study of the archetype of the self, Aion complements The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, which is also published in paperback.
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978-0-415-04529-2 (9780415045292)
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Chapter I The Ego; Chapter II The Shadow; Chapter III The Syzygy: Anima and Animus; Chapter IV The Self1The material for this chapter is drawn from a paper, "UEber das Selbst," published in the Eranos-Jahrbuch 1948.; Chapter V Christ, a Symbol of the Self; Chapter VI The Sign of the Fishes; Chapter VII The Prophecies of Nostradamus; Chapter VIII The Historical Significance of the Fish; Chapter IX The Ambivalence of the Fish Symbol; Chapter X The Fish in Alchemy; Chapter XI The Alchemical Interpretation of the Fish; Chapter XII Background to the Psychology of Christian Alchemical Symbolism; Chapter XIII Gnostic Symbols of the Self; Chapter XIV The Structure and Dynamics of the Self; Chapter XV Conclusion;
