Aurora Consurgens: A Document Attributed to Thomas Aquinas on the Problem of Opposites in Alchemy : A Companion Work to C.G. Jung's Mysterium Conjunctionis,9780919123908

Aurora Consurgens: A Document Attributed to Thomas Aquinas on the Problem of Opposites in Alchemy : A Companion Work to C.G. Jung's Mysterium Conjunctionis

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ISBN13: 9780919123908
ISBN10: 0919123902
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-06-01
Publisher(s): Inner City Books
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Summary

Aurora Consurgens, the 89th title in the series of Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts, reputed to be the last work of St. Thomas Aquinas, was seen by psychologist Cari G. Jung as a validation of his view that the traditional practice of alchemy was an attempt to express unconscious psychic contents through their projection onto matter. Marie-Louise von Franz's analysis and commentary suggest that Aquinas experienced a breakthrough of the unconscious while expounding on the vision of the mystic marriage in the biblical Song of Solomon. She also draws attention to insights that she believes relevant to the process of individuation in modern men and women.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. vii
Editorial Notep. viii
Foreword to the English Editionp. ix
Abbreviations and Symbolsp. xv
Introductionp. 1
Preliminaryp. 3
The Transmission of the Textp. 5
The Sourcesp. 7
The Problem of Datingp. 22
The Manuscriptsp. 25
The Establishment of the Text of the Present Editionp. 28
Aurora Consurgens: Text and Translation and III. Commentary
The Aurora or Aurea Hora of Blessed Thomas Aquinas. Here Beginneth the Treatise Entitled Aurora Consurgensp. 32
Commentaryp. 155
What Wisdom Isp. 42
Commentaryp. 195
Of Them Who Know Not and Deny This Sciencep. 46
Commentaryp. 200
Of the Name and Title of This Bookp. 50
Commentaryp. 203
Of the Provocation of the Foolishp. 52
Commentaryp. 209
The First Parable: Of the Black Earth, Wherein the Seven Planets Took Rootp. 56
Commentaryp. 217
The Second Parable: Of the Flood of Waters and of Death, Which the Woman Both Brought in and Put to Flightp. 66
Commentaryp. 244
The Third Parable: Of the Gate of Brass and Bar of Iron of the Babylonish Captivityp. 72
Commentaryp. 261
The Fourth Parable: Of the Philosophic Faith, Which Consisteth in the Number Threep. 80
Commentaryp. 277
The Fifth Parable: Of the Treasure-House Which Wisdom Built upon a Rockp. 100
Commentaryp. 314
The Sixth Parable: Of Heaven and Earth and the Arrangement of the Elementsp. 120
Commentaryp. 339
The Seventh Parable: Of the Confabulation of the Lover with the Belovedp. 132
Commentaryp. 362
Was St. Thomas Aquinas the Author of Aurora Consurgens?p. 405
Latin and Greek Textsp. 435
Supplement to the Apparatusp. 470
Bibliographyp. 477
Index of Biblical References and Parallelsp. 525
General Indexp. 531
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