Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959.
First American Edition. Hardcover.
Translated from the German by R. F. C. Hull.
Carl Jung looks into the psychology of the modern belief in the existence of UFOs, or "flying saucers." Jung made a statement in 1954 on the subject that broadly identified him as a saucer-believer. He subsequently attempted to correct the record with little success. He concluded that belief in UFOs suits general public opinion, whereas disbelief in them is to be ignored. This begged the question for him: "Why should it be more desirable for saucers to exist than not?" He believes that man may have imagined a vision of wholeness - the saucer or sphere - in response to the lack of wholeness and security in his own life and the lack of peace in the world, and explores that possibility in this work.
Item #9027555-5/8 x 8-3/8", black cloth with silver titles, xiv, 186pp, epilogue, supplement, index, illustrated with six photographs and four line drawings, with a jacket design by Janet Halverson.
Foxing to top-edge of textblock with a bit of light foxing to top-edge of first few leaves, bumping to upper corner of rear board, other corners crisp, clean of owner's marks, very good in rubbed dust wrapper with three 1/2" tears to top-edge and a bit of light foxing to edges, in protective mylar.
Price: $250.00