{"id":29932,"date":"2025-06-02T01:51:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T06:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/?post_type=product&#038;p=29932"},"modified":"2025-07-30T01:05:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:05:46","slug":"from-elemental-to-alchemical-an-introduction-to-the-visual-imagery-in-jungs-red-book","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/jungchicago.org\/blog\/product\/from-elemental-to-alchemical-an-introduction-to-the-visual-imagery-in-jungs-red-book\/","title":{"rendered":"From Elemental to Alchemical: An Introduction to the Visual Imagery in Jung\u2019s Red Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The session will explore Jung\u2019s creative process though his visual images for <em>The Red Book<\/em> (1915-1929), and their pedagogical aims in illustrating his new concept of analytical psychology as it emerged between 1915 and 1930.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #820024;\"><strong>Learning Objectives<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThis course is intended to help you:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Become familiar with Jung\u2019s visual imagery in <em>The Red Book<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Experience the impact of these images on the viewer<\/li>\n<li>Relate the visual imagery to the narrative in Liber Primus and Liber Secundus of <em>The Red Book<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Understand the emerging symbolic language employed by Jung for his visual imagery in <em>the Red Book<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Trace the development of Jung\u2019s ideas and psychological concepts between 1915-1930<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #820024;\"><strong>Required Reading (Click to Download)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phanes.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Diane-FinielloZervas-Article-Phanes-2-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zervas, D. F. 2019. \u2018Philemon, Ka, and Creative Fantasy: The Formation of the Reconciling Symbol in Jung\u2019s Visual Work, 1919-1923\u2019, <em>Phan\u00eas<\/em>, 2, 59-103.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phanes.live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Diane-FinielloZervas-Article-Phanes-3-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zervas, D.R. 2020. \u2018From the Instinctual to the Cosmic: Jung\u2019s Exploration of Colour in <em>The Red Book<\/em>, 1915-1929\/30\u2019, <em>Phan\u00eas<\/em>, 3, 25-76.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #820024;\"><strong>Suggested Reading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zervas, D.F. 2019. \u2018Intimations of the Self: Jung\u2019s Mandala Sketches for <em>The Red Book<\/em>, in <em>The Art of C.G. Jung<\/em>, Eds. The Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung. U. Hoerni, T. Fischer, B. Kaufmann (New York, London: W.W. `Norton &amp; Company).<\/li>\n<li><em>The Art of C.G. Jung<\/em>, 2019. Eds. The Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung. U. Hoerni, T. Fischer, B. Kaufmann (New York, London: W.W. `Norton &amp; Company).<\/li>\n<li>Mellick, J. 2018. <em>The Red Book Hours. Discovering C.G. Jung\u2019s Art Mediums and Creative Process<\/em> (Zurich: Verlag Scheidegger &amp; Spiess AG).<\/li>\n<li>Jung, C.G. 2009.\u00a0<em>The Red Book Liber Novus.\u00a0<\/em>Ed. S. Shamdasani. Preface by U. Hoerni. Trans. M. Kyburz, J. Peck, and S. Shamdasani (New York London: W.W. Norton &amp; Company).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #820024; text-decoration: underline;\">Instructor<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span>Diane Zervas Hirst, PhD, publishes under the name of Diane Finiello Zervas. She is an art historian, and a senior member and supervisor at the Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists, London with a special interest in the interface between creativity and psychology. She has published two books and numerous articles on Florentine medieval and renaissance art, served as a guest editor and author for <em>Harvest<\/em>, and edited Francesco Donfrancesco, <em>Soul-Making<\/em>: <em>Interweaving Art and Analysis<\/em> (Routledge 2009). Her interest in Jung\u2019s <em>Red Book<\/em> and visual works led to \u2018Intimations of the Self\u2019: Jung\u2019s Mandala Sketches, 1917\u2019 for <em>The Art of C.G. Jung<\/em> (W.W. Norton &amp; Company\u00a0 2019). Together with George Bright and Katerina Sarafidou she is a co-founder of the Circle of Analytical Psychology, which offers a two-year reading seminar on <em>Liber Novus <\/em>and <em>The Red Book. <\/em>A contributor to <em>Phan\u00ebs. Journal for Jung History<\/em> since 2019, her forthcoming book, \u2018<em>Enchanting the Unconscious\u2019<\/em>:<em> Jung\u2019s Reception in Great Britain, <\/em>The Red Book<em> and his English Seminars, 1919 &amp; 1920<\/em>, will be published by Routledge Press in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online Only<br \/>\nDiane Zervas Hirst, PhD<br \/>\nJuly 26, 2025 | 9am-12pm<br \/>\nOnline<br \/>\n3 CEs Available<\/p>\n<p><em>The event will be recorded and registrants will be able to view the video for one (1) month after the event. 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