When Carl Jung hit 38 his mental world started to unravel. He began to hear voices and descended into a world of horrific hallucinations, in his own words he felt “menaced by a psychosis” or “doing a schizophrenia.” Instead of medicating himself or trying to keep the unconscious at bay he encouraged this black period in order to explore it, and The Red Book was his journal and partner during this time in which everything is fleshed out. Included within these demonic fantasies he falls in love with his sister, is squeezed by a giant serpent, dines out on the liver of a small child and finds the devil criticizing him as hateful. Rock ‘n Roll… buy it here, and read an interesting article here.