Nathalie Pilard was born in Paris, where she started her studies in history and religion at the universities of Pantheon-Sorbonne, Denis Diderot, and the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. Her thesis on C. G. Jung and the Confucian 'Changes' was subsequently published in France. She then joined the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, where she completed her PhD on C. G. Jung and intuition. An independent scholar, she is also a collagist and a drawer, currently working on a tarot deck.
'Meticulously researched, Nathalie Pilard's book argues forcefully that, for all the importance seemingly granted the place of intuition in Jung's psychology, intuition is even more central to understanding Jung's ideas. An original and, indeed, passionate work.'- Robert A. Segal, Sixth Century Chair in Religious Studies, University of Aberdeen