>>24115215
For fundamentals there’s no single perfect resource but here’s a few suggestions:
>Anthony Stevens- On Jung
The best introduction I’ve found, somewhat of a materialist reading though.
>John Ryan Haule- Jung In The 21st Century
Connects Jungian thought with modern science and finds it holds up very well, then pushes some modern science assumptions. Probably a better introduction if you have a science background or if you have a standard physicalist worldview
>Jung- Two Essays On Analytical Psychology, Man And His Symbols, Structure And Dynamics Of The Psyche, Archetypes And The Collective Unconscious
His easier and more central works. His books on case studies are very worthwhile for curing your own issues, and his Psychological Types book is brilliant for all sorts of things, but those seem tangential to what you’re researching.
>Erich Neumann- Origins and History of Consciousness
As Jung wrote in the foreword, this is basically Symbols Of Transformation if it had the benefit of hindsight. It lays out the maturation of consciousness in the psyche and symbolically connects it to mythology, primarily Egyptian. It also talks about how a similar process has occurred across societies and accounts for the differences in religious history. The latter part is an oversimplification in Nuemann’s case but his method of laying it out symbolically is great for making sense of symbolic interpretations in Jung.
>>24115344
Primarily a psychologist, and a metaphysician insofar as metaphysics bears on psychology. Much like how Damazio is a neuroscientist who talks about the errors of Cartesian philosophy of mind.
>>24115381
Psyche and Soul are the same thing to Jung.

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