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Catafalque offers a revolutionary new reading of the great psychologist Carl Jung as mystic, gnostic and prophet for our time.

This book is the first major re-imagining of both Jung and his work
since the publication of the Red Book in 2009 -- and is the only serious
assessment of them written by a classical scholar who understands the
ancient Gnostic, Hermetic and alchemical foundations of his thought as
well as Jung himself did. At the same time it skillfully tells the
forgotten story of Jung's relationship with the great Sufi scholar,
Henry Corbin, and with Persian Sufi tradition.

The strange reality of the Red Book, or "New Book" as Carl Jung called
it, lies close to the heart of Catafalque. In meticulous detail Peter
Kingsley uncovers its great secret, hidden in plain sight and still --
as if by magic -- unrecognized by all those who have been unable to
understand this mysterious, incantatory text.

But the hard truth of who Jung was and what he did is only a small part
of what this book uncovers. It also exposes the full extent of that
great river of esoteric tradition that stretches all the way back to the
beginnings of our civilization. It unveils the surprising realities
behind western philosophy, literature, poetry, prophecy -- both ancient
and modern.

In short, Peter Kingsley shows us not only who Carl Jung was but who we
in the West are as well. Much more than a brilliant spiritual biography,
Catafalque holds the key to understanding why our western culture is
dying. And, an incantatory text in its own right, it shows the way to
discovering what we in these times of great crisis must do.

Book details 844-page paperback.