Carl Jung created a remarkable library of books, letters, and lectures. If you have read any of his work and feel he is sometimes simply "too far out there," you are not alone. During his life he had the luxury of time for reading the great books, engaging in massive letter writing, seeing clients or working in a clinical setting, and seemingly able to travel, write, and present endlessly. He was nothing less than an acute observer of culture, history as manifest in literature, and master of synthesizing information both current and from the past which led him to propose inventive ways of thinking about the human experience. I think many readers of Jung miss the mark when they forget the intellectual culture in which his work was embedded and his simple proposition that he was sharing his journey . His writings are not particularly straightforward--complicated as well by being translated into English. His ideas are often esoteric. It is easy to see w...