C. G. Jung on Alchemy

10.0IMDb Score
Released:2023-10-26
Duration: min
Country:Italy
Director:Sara Ferro, Chris Weil
Actors:Françoise Bonardel, Paul Bishop, Murray Stein, Aksel Haaning, Alfred Ribi
Production:Artoldo Pictures

Overview:

Explore Carl Gustav Jung's private collection of rare books. Uncover the secrets of alchemy and psychology. Fathom the knowledge of the transmutation of the soul, Jung's excerpts, the hidden story behind the Red Book, Septem sermones and Gnostic wisdom, Aurora consurgens, the Secret of the Golden Flower, the Individuation process, Synchronicity and archetypes, Goethe - the alchemist and Paracelsus. The project has been realized in association with the Foundation of the Works of C. G. Jung. Filmed at paradigmatic locations like the House of C. G. Jung in Zurich, Eranos and other mystic places in Switzerland.

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