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22 January 2026: 41-89

Part II: Individual Dream Symbolism in Relation to Alchemy (1)

1. Introduction pp 41-45

2. The Initial Dreams pp. 47-89

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Following on from the first two reading seminars on CW 12 Psychology and Alchemy led by Robert Macdonald, Gill Kind and Nan Parry’s seminars for February and March 2026 will focus on paragraphs from Part II: Individual Dream Symbolism in Relation to Alchemy, Chapter 3, 'The Symbolism of the Mandala’; Part III:Religious ideas in Alchemy, Chapter 1 'Basic Concepts of Alchemy'; Chapter 2, 'The Psychic Nature of the Alchemical Work’; Chapter 3, 'The Work’; and Chapter 4, ‘The Prima Materia'.

Individual dream symbolism in relation to alchemy

3. The symbolism of the mandala. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 12. 2nd ed., Princeton University Press, 1968, pp. 95-22).

Religious ideas in alchemy: an historical survey of alchemical ideas

1. Basic concepts of alchemy

I. Introduction.

II. The alchemical process and its stages.

III. Conceptions and symbols of the goal. Ibid. pp. 225-241.

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Religious Ideas in Alchemy: an historical survey of alchemical ideas‍

2. The psychic nature of the alchemical work. In: Jung, C., Collected Works of C. G. Jung, Vol. 12. 2nd ed., Princeton University Press, 1968, pp. 242-287.

3. The work. Ibid., pp. 288-316.

4. The prima materia. Ibid., pp. 317-344.

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1951, pp. 151-182

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1948, pp. 207-254

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1954 pp. 255-275