Colin Wilson, Lord of the Underworld: Jung and the twentieth century

Colin Stanley (University of Nottingham)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.09: English Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary Britain , 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Gina Lyle (University of York), Graham MacPhee (University of Manchester), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Jenni Ramone (The Nottingham Trent University)

Domains

Psychology

Dates

First circulation or publication 1984

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Biography (any)
Non-fictional prose

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Wilson’s short study of Carl Gustav Jung (1865-1961) was first published on April 26, 1984 by the Aquarian Press (Wellingborough, UK). It was reprinted in 1988 under the title

C. G. Jung: Lord of the Underworld

and appeared that year in the US (San Bernardino: The Borgo Press). French, Finnish, German, Dutch and Swedish editions, among others, have also, at various times, been available. It was the second in a series of short, largely biographical, studies written by Wilson for Aquarian on important non-mainstream thinkers:

The War Against Sleep: the philosophy of Gurdjieff

[Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff (1866?-1949)] had appeared in 1980 and studies of Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) and P(yotr) D(emianovich) Ouspensky (1878-1947) followed in 1985, 1987 and 1993…

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Citation: Stanley, Colin. "Lord of the Underworld: Jung and the twentieth century". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 20 February 2015 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=23974, accessed 26 November 2024.]