In 1934, Erich Neumann, considered by many to have been Carl Gustav Jung's foremost disciple, <br>
sent Jung a handwritten note: "I will pursue your suggestion of elaborating on the 'Symbolic<br>
Contributions' to the Jacob-Esau problem . . . The great difficulty is the rather depressing<br> impossibility of a publication." Now, eighty years later, in<i> Jacob and Esau: On the Collective<br> Symbolism of the Brother Motif</i>, his important work is finally published. <br>
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In this newly discovered manuscript, Neumann sowed the seeds of his later works. It provides a<br>
window into his original thinking and creative writing regarding the biblical subject of Jacob and<br>
Esau and the application of the brother motif to analytical psychology.<br>
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Neumann elaborates on the central role of the principle of opposites in the human soul,<br> contrasting Jacob's introversion with Esau's extraversion, the sacred and the profane, the inner<br>
and the outer aspects of the God-image, the shadow and its projection, and how the old ethic-<br>
expressed, for example, in the expulsion of the scapegoat-perpetuates evil. <br>
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Mark Kyburz, translator of C. G. Jung's <i>The Red Book</i>, has eloquently rendered Neumann's text<br>
into English. Erel Shalit's editing and introduction provide an entrée into Neumann's work on<br>
this subject, which will be of interest to a wide range of readers, from lay persons to<br> professionals interested in Jungian psychology and Jewish and religious studies.<br>
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Erich Neumann was born in Berlin in 1905. He emigrated to Israel in 1934 and lived in Tel Aviv<br>
until his death in 1960. For many years he lectured and played a central role at Eranos, the<br> seminal conference series in analytical psychology. His writings include <i>Depth Psychology and a<br>
New Ethic</i>, <i>The Origins and History of Consciousness</i>, and <i>The Great Mother</i>. The<br>correspondence between C. G. Jung and Neumann was published in 2015.<br>
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Dr. Erel Shalit is a Jungian psychoanalyst in Israel and founding director of the Analytical<br> Psychotherapy Program at Bar Ilan University. He is the author of several books, including <i>The <br>
Cycle of Life</i> and <i>The Hero and His Shadow</i>. <br>
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Dr. Mark Kyburz specializes in scholarly translation from German into English and is the co-<br> translator of C. G. Jung's <i>The Red Book</i> (2009). He lives and works in Zürich, Switzerland. <br>