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The Visions consists of two large volumes of material that arose from the presentations of the dreams and Visions of a thirty-year-old woman, Christiana Morgan. The dreams began shortly after she started her analysis with Jung, and these presentations were made at the Zürich Analytical Psychology Club to a fluctuating group of colleagues, interested professionals, students and analysands during the years 1930 to 1934. Earlier versions of the proceedings of the seminar, transcribed from shorthand notes taken during its meetings, appeared at intervals from 1931 to 1935. Between 1939 and 1941, Mary Foote edited these transcribed notes and issued them in twelve privately-circulated multigraphed volumes. The present edition is thus the first edited and published version of the seminar; and for the first time, too, Christiana Morgan's own watercolour paintings of her visions are reproduced and published with the text.
In the Visions, we see Jung working with and amplifying many of his major themes and concepts: the archetypes, the self, anima, animus, and the coniunctio of the opposites. He also makes extensive reference to tantric philosophy, to the alchemists and to early Christian and Mithraic culture. A major place is given to discussion of the quaternity of the four functions, with special emphasis on the neglected left-hand side. He is therefore at pains to emphasize the importance of the subjective, the feminine, and the role of feelings in the processes of healing, of the advancement of consciousness generally, and of individuation in particular. Women's development is given a significant and powerful place in the seminar's discussions, focusing particularly on Jung's understanding of the different aspects of the woman. He discusses women against the background of history and of modern culture, giving particular attention to that which impedes their journey towards personal selfhood and political and social prominence. This discussion takes place against the backgr