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1032104511 rar This book explores the genesis of the Red Book (or Liber Novus), through the lens of Jungs lifelong confrontation with Dante and, in doing so, provides the first-ever thorough comparative analysis of the intertextual and symbolical correspondences between Liber Novus and the Commedia. Starting from Jungs multifaceted fascination with Dante and his pivotal role in the formers visionary material at historical, hermeneutical, and psychological levels, the book challengingly envisions Liber Novus as Jungs Divine Comedy. This work finds a new way of approaching Jungs understanding of concepts such as "visionary works" and "visionary mind" and considers how this approach can enhance our vision of depth psychology. Through various thematics such as the metanoia and the symbolism of animals, as well as the transformative role of the feminine and the erotic and spiritual imagery of the soul, this work revolves around the Jung-Dante correlation.