Flying Saucers

A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky

C.G. Jung

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Routledge
11 April 2002

Psychology; Psychotherapy; UFOs & extraterrestrial beings

Series: Routledge Classics

Written in the late 1950s at the height of popular fascination with UFO's, Flying Saucers is the great psychologist's brilliantly prescient meditation on the phenomenon that gripped the world. A self-confessed sceptic in such matters, Jung was nevertheless intrigued, not so much by their reality or unreality, but by their psychic aspect. He saw flying saucers as a modern myth in the making, to be passed down the generations just as we have received such myths from our ancestors. In this wonderful and enlightening book Jung sees UFO's as 'visionary rumours', the centre of a quasi-religious cult and carriers of our technological and salvationist fantasies. 40 years later, with entire religions based on the writings of science fiction authors, it is remarkable to see just how right he has proved to be.

By: C.G. Jung
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 196g
ISBN: 9780415278379
ISBN 10: 0415278376
Series: Routledge Classics
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 11 April 2002
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Professional and scholarly , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements, List of Plates, List of Figures, Preface to the English Edition, Introductory, 1 UFOs as Rumours, 2 UFOs in Dreams, 3 UFOs in Modern Painting, 4 Previous History of the UFO Phenomenon, 5 UFOs Considered in a Non-psychological Light, 6 Epilogue and Supplement, Index

Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961). Founded the analytical school of psychology and developed a radical new theory of the unconscious.