The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious This volume is an eloquent witness to Jung's greatness of mind and heart... His idea of the archetype involves profound attitudes towards man's existence and intimates values through which very many people have found a new significance in their lives." -- R. F. Hobson, The Journal of Analytical Psychology This ninth volume of C. G. Jung's collected writings is devoted to his chief works on the concept of the collective unconscious and its correlate, that of the archetypes. Part I contains essays describing and elaborating upon the two concepts, and Part II, entitled Aion and published separately, is devoted to an extended monograph on the archetype of the self as revealed in the "Christian aeon." The contents of Part I are as follows: Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious [1934] The Concept of the Collective Unconscious [1936) Concerning the Archetypes, with Special Reference to the Anima Concept [1936] Psychological Aspects of the Mother Archetype [1938] Concerning Rebirth [1939] The Psychology of the Child Archetype [1940) The Psychological Aspects of the Kore [1941] The Phenomenology of the Spirit in Fairytales [1945] On the Psychology of the Trickster-Figure [ 1954] Conscious, Unconscious, and Individuation [1939] A Study in the Process of Individuation [1933] Concerning Mandala Symbolism [1950]