Meetings with the Soul. Active Imagination

The book by analytical psychologist Barbara Hannah invites the reader into the realm of one of the most complex methods of establishing a dialogue between the conscious and the unconscious — active imagination. The author demonstrates that this method of self-discovery, which became a cornerstone of analytical psychology, existed long before the birth of Carl Gustav Jung. Examples from the lives of Barbara Hannah's contemporaries, an analysis of ancient Egyptian texts and 12th-century texts, as well as dialogues carefully recorded by Barbara Hannah's analysand and Emma Jung, help us feel the complexities of this method and convince us of its effectiveness. The book emphasizes that active imagination can only be used in independent practice and shows the process of working with the material obtained through the method, together with an analytical psychologist. The book will be of interest not only to those studying analytical psychology but also to anyone who wants to better understand themselves.