I've been drawn to more and more writers, speakers, podcasters, and internet threads that reference Carl Jung's works. Was particularly fascinated to hear what Terence Mckenna thought about his ideas relating to UFO's. Anybody versed on his writings, where would a good place for a psychonaut to start?
Posted Sep 8, 2020, 10:44 PM UTC
It depends on your interests; no two psychonauts are the same in their priorities, but he has touched on enough topics to have something for most intuitive types. You could do what I did, and pick up a copy of The Portable Jung. It has excerpts from a whole bunch of his writings, so you can either read front to back and have a good general idea of his stuff, or you can pick and choose what is most interesting and then follow the source material to larger volumes of his work on the topic, like the aforementioned Man and His Symbols.
I can tell you where not to start. Aion or the Red Book. Take him to dinner before going in the deep end.
I am just getting into "Man and his symbols" which I think is a good start. Its written for us common folk to comprehend and starts with his definition of unconscious which is the crux of his ideology.