Freud, Jung, and Spiritual Psychology: (CW 143, 178, 205)

A collection of talks on Psychology (CW 143, 178, 205)

In these five talks, Rudolf Steiner laid out the foundations for a truly spiritual psychology. The first two lectures take a critical look at the principles of Freud and Jung’s early work. The last three lectures describe the threefold structure of human consciousness and then outline a psychological approach that considers both the soul’s hidden powers and the complex connections between psychological and organic, bodily processes. 

Robert Sardello, codirector of The School of Spiritual Psychology, contributed an important and provocative introduction from the perspective of a practicing psychotherapist. 

CONTENTS:

• Introduction by Robert J. Sardello
• “Anthroposophy and Psychoanalysis,” part 1
  Dornach, November 10, 1917
• “Anthroposophy and Psychoanalysis,” part 2
  Dornach, November 11, 1917
• “Spiritual Psychology: Subconscious and Supraconscious”
  Munich, February 25, 1912
• “Hidden Depths of Soul”
  Munich, February 27, 1912
• “Organic Processes and Soul Life.”
  Dornach, July 2, 1921
• Notes

This is an important work for understanding Steiner’s views on psychoanalytic practices as they appeared in the first quarter of the twentieth century.

A previous edition of this book was titled Psychoanalysis & Spiritual Psychology.

READ A REVIEW BY BOBBY MATHERNE