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This book is encyclopedic in scope, filled with page after page of electrifying insight and ecstatically illustrated throughout with 17th and 18th century alchemical engravings. There are worlds upon worlds to be discovered here, many of which I'm afraid I will have to wait until subsequent readings to fully grasp. Jung writes for the serious scholar, with footnotes that often cover more than half the page, and assumes substantial knowledge in the fields of analytic psychology, alchemy, and Christian theology from the reader. (I recommend working up to it with more introductory texts such as Titus Burckhardt's Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul and Jung's Man and His Symbols.) That said, this book is well worth the effort. Whether or not one agrees with all the connections Jung makes, it is certain that his work paved the way for much subsequent scholarly interest in alchemy and other symbolic spiritual vocabularies and is at the very least crucial on an historical level. The overlap with Jung's lectures on Psychology and Religion are of specific importance, and some of the most interesting insights from the text relate the process of alchemy to the symbolic transformation of Christ (the Christ-Lapis parallel, discussed indepth here.) This may be Jung at his most passionate, and his passion for the material is contagious. I am inspired to follow this up with Mysterium Coniunctionis.