C. G. Jung Book

Bennet's biography of C.G. Jung went to press just a few days before Jung's death in 1961. Over the preceding 15 years, Bennet had met frequently with Jung at his home & stayed there as his guest. Their many talks-about Jung's childhood, his family, his career & the development of his ideas-yielded the material for this authorized biography. In the months before publication, Jung read & corrected Bennet's book in typescript, making this the only biography of Jung to have been written during the subject's life with his supervision & approval. Thanks to Bennet's unique opportunities to hear Jung's personal perspective-on subjects from Freud to Hitler, & including a valuable correspondence about Aion, regarded as Jung's most "difficult" book-C.G. Jung sheds new light for today's scholars on Jung's work & on the man himself. Edward Armstrong Bennet (1888-1977), psychiatrist & Jungian analyst, held degrees from Trinity College in philosophy, theology, & medicine & was well known as an outstanding psychotherapist & lecturer. In addition to being Jung's student & colleague, he was also a close personal friend for three decades. Bennet was a leader in introducing Jung's psychotherapeutic approach to the English-speaking world. He was author of several books.