Product Description

A FASCINATING ENCOUNTER WITH ONE OF THE GREAT PIONEERS OF OUR AGE

(... the images of the unconscious place a great responsibility upon a man. Failure to understand them or a shrinking of ethical responsibility deprives him of his wholeness and imposes a painful fragmentariness on his life.) In The World Within, this idea is explored as we are given a glimpse inside Jung s Red Book, the diary in which he described his dreams and fantasies. In addition, he recorded these unconscious images with colorful paintings which appear throughout the film, along with his reflections upon their possible meaning. These are the creations, as Jung comments, which have carried me out of time into seclusion, out of the present into timelessness. Also included in The World Within is rarely seen footage of Jung himself interviewed in Switzerland. He talks at length about his work on dreams, memory, archetypal figures and the importance of ritual and fantasy.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Remembering Jung: Interview excerpts with Jung s associates
- Sir Laurens van der Post offers a candid description of Jung s discovery of the need to heal the rejected feminine aspect in men and women and how this contributes to the positive evolution of modern culture. (20 min.)
- Gerhard Adler (30 min.)
- Liliane Frey-Rohn (27 min.)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22781 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-12-02
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 60 minutes

Review
Grandly informal footage of Jung, who presents his ideas with the greatest clarity. --Los Angeles Times

Customer Reviews

Presence of Jung
This is a fairly well composed artistic montage of images and words (speaking and writing) set to the same music as "Matter of Heart." Therefore, while it does stand on its own as a presentation of Jung and the ideas of his psychology, I regard it as a companion to that other work that focuses on the man himself. In this work there are a lot more clips of Jung speaking from the 1957 interview on various subjects such as childhood, fantasy, myth, archetypes, persona, the mandala, and so on. It concludes with a wonderful display of his "confession of faith in stone" at Bollingen and a translation of the inscription on the square (or cube-like) piece that had been mistakenly delivered for the cornerstone of his tower garden wall. It is a beautiful poem that sums up Jung's life and philosophy.

Everyone Should Watch this DVD
Jung talks about the importance of day dreaming, fantasies and dreams. He also talks about how those can created our reality which in turn creates de-ja-vu moments. Highly recommended for everyone.

Only for the serious
This video gives a very good "sense" of C.G. Jung and is based on a filmed interview with him. It is just as the title says, "in his own words." It is excellent for anyone who has a serious interest in C.G. Jung or who is a serious student of Psychology. I will use it in the History of Psychology class that I teach for Psychology majors at the university where I work. The DVD is well made and includes interviews with other important followers of Jung. It is excellent historical footage.