Chapter 1, Introduction & First Years Summary and Analysis

This is a somewhat unusual situation. Aniela Jaffe worked with Carl Gustav Jung to put this work together. So much did he enjoy the cooperative nature of the effort that in the introduction it is explained that Jung himself often referred to his own autobiography as "Aniela's project". It was assembled over quite some time, and included Jung and Jaffe spending a few hours together each week for quite some time. Whether one views this is as very little or quite a lot depends a great deal upon the needs, expectations, and hopes of those involved. Jaffe describes in terms that make it sound as though it felt like a very meaningful amount of time, spent in a decidedly "good way". Carl Gustav Jung bore the exact same name as one of his grandfathers. He...