Seven Sermons to the Dead
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Seven Sermons to the Dead (Latin: Septem Sermones ad Mortuos) is a collection of seven mystical or "Gnostic" texts written and privately published by C. G. Jung in 1916, under the title Seven Sermons to the Dead, written by Basilides of Alexandria, the city where East and West meet.
Editor | Sonu Shamdasani |
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Author | Carl Jung (under pseudonym Basilides) |
Series | The Red Book |
Published | 1916 (private) |
Publication date | 2009 |
Jung did not identify himself as the author of the publication and instead ascribed it to the early Christian Gnostic religious teacher, Basilides. Seven Sermons is a part of Jung's Red Book and can be described as its "summary revelation."[1] Seven Sermons is the only portion of the material contained in The Red Book manuscripts that Jung shared privately during his lifetime.[2] The Red Book was published posthumously in October 2009.[3] The introduction and notes to the text of The Red Book, by Sonu Shamdasani, provide previously unavailable primary documentation on this important period of Jung's life.