Interpret Jungian spirituality through the alchemical process - a spectacularly different approach - Illustrates the spiritual nature of Jungian psychology and its debt to esoteric religion - Provides insight into the nature of visionary or ecstatic experience sought by mystics on the path to self-understanding - Interprets the three cornerstones of Jungian spirituality - the self, the transcendent function, and active imagination - through alchemical material - Selects unique texts never before Interpreted ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Jung and the Alchemical Imagination examines the spiritual nature of Jungian psychology. Unlike other books on Jung and alchemy that contain a psychological interpretation of alchemical material, this work uses alchemy to understand the three cornerstones of Jungian spirituality. Using the new concepts Jeffrey Raff presents, we gain insights into the nature of visionary and ecstatic experiences.