Carl Jung (1875-1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist who made many important innovations in the study of psychology and personality. Many of his ideas, such as complexes, archetypes, the collective unconscious, synchronicity, the persona, and introversion and extroversion have become established in modern language and culture.
While Jung's name is often associated with the New Age movement, in this regard an important distinction must be made between Jung himself and "Jungians" who followed him, adapting and extending his views. Jung made great efforts to be scientific and empirical in his writings, but this is not always true of Jungians.
Even his harshest critics would admit that Jung was a man of astonishing breadth of learning and depth of intellect. His writings merit careful study.
His ideas are described in a series of 20 volumes of his Collected Works (CW), along several other books, published lectures, and numerous letters.
Due to the complex nature of some of his works, new readers often find it helpful to first consult summarizations of Jung's thought by other authors.
Works of Jung to which separate wiki pages are devoted here are as follows:
| • | Mysterium Coniunctionis (CW Vol.14) |