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Carl Jung had an ambivalent relationship with the Soul of India. This issue of Spring explores the complexities of this relationship between Jung and India.   Spring: A Journal of Archetype and Culture Spring, founded in 1941, is the oldest Jungian psychology journal in the world. Published twice a year, each issue explores from the perspective of depth psychology a theme of contemporary relevance and contains articles as well as book and film reviews. Contributors include Jungian analysts, scholars from a wide variety of disciplines, and cultural commentators. http://www.springjournalandbooks.com/Jung and India Spring: A Journal of Archetype and Culture, Volume 90 Nancy Cater, J.D., Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief Al Collins, Ph.D., and Elaine Molchanov, LCSW, Guest Editors ISBN: 978-1-935528-60-9 418 pp. Price: $25.95 Buy this issue now » SUBSCRIBE to Spring Journal and SAVE up to 40% off the cover price. One year (two issues) is $40.00 and two years (four issues) is $70.00, with free shipping within the United States. Your subscription will start with theJung and India issue. Subscribe to Spring Journal »Carl Jung’s interest in India, and specifically in Hinduism and Buddhism, will be obvious to anyone who has even superficially read his work. Nevertheless, its significance is often ignored or minimized. This issue of Spring aims to show just how extensive and fraught Jung’s ties to India were and to present attempts from a number of directions to plumb the meaning of the relationship and, in the spirit of active imagination, to “dream it onward” into the present and future. In this issue we will focus mostly on Jung’s connections with Hindu thought. Buddhism and Hinduism in complex ways grew out of one another, so it is inevitable that there will be some overlap between the two. However, in spite […]