On a par with Einstein that is how highly I rate him. ( )

Autobiografia di un grande studioso della psiche e perciò ricordi anche molto lontani rivisitati e rivissuti alla luce del sapere appreso ed elaborato nel corso di una vita. Così, ripensando episodi ed emozioni (oltre ai molti sogni) Jung cerca sè stesso e il senso della propria vita, l'altro che è in lui come in tutti noi. Istruttivo. ( )

Outstanding and thought-provoking look inside the mind of one of modern psychology's deepest thinkers. ( )

Not the synthesis of his ideas i had been looking for, but still interesting to read about a person who had such extraordinary dreams and visions. His relationship with Freud was particularly interesting. Still there were chunks of the book that i found boring. ( )

I'm not sure how to classify this book. It's part autobiography; part introduction to analytical pychotherapy; part intimate journey through the labyrinth of Jung's unconscious. I was assigned to read this book in a Theories of Personality class during my college days. I've always wanted to return to it and finish it (the book was a bit "too much" for me at the time). So many books I read make passing references to Jung. This autobiography is a good place to start if you desire to understand one of the seminal thinkers in the field of psychotherapy. One of the best chapters offers a penetrating analysis of Freud, a contemporary of Jung (although the chapter reads at times like the musings of a disenchanted son). An understanding of Jung enables one to dialogue with more recent authors such as Joseph Campbell who draw from Jung's vision of the archetype.