Many of you have seen James Cameron’s remarkable new film, Avatar. I am presently involved in a project to document the evolution of that film from the early 1990s to its release in 2009. For more info on this project, go this THIS LINK.

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I hope you are all having a great holiday. Thanks to the many hundreds who (according to the stats) keep coming back to this blog, reading and looking for new posts.

As you know, for the last six months we have been putting together a bookstore in Bennington, Vermont. The store is nearly complete now, and should open in the next few weeks. I will post a notice here when it opens, for those who may live in the area.

As booksellers, my wife and I get to see a tremendous number of books, including thousands of books which are almost forgotten, despite their obvious interest. Recently I was able to purchase a collection of 1,000+ books about India and China (60% India). There are some “popular” books in the lot, but mostly they’re scholarly and obscure…and (need I add) rather scarce. The collection is entirely non-fiction, concentrated in ancient to medieval times.

It is going to be great fun going through these books, once the shop is open and we have the time. I don’t expect to just put them on the shelves – rather, we will do a catalog or two of India, then one of China.

Oh…and what about E-Notes? My New Year’s resolution is to post here at least once a week, hopefully more. I have one post ready-to-go that will be up in the next couple of days.

best wishes to all,

Elias

As many of you know by now, Norton did ship The Red Book in the last two weeks. We got our copy and it is in fact the First Edition / First Printing.

The thing is huge…and very beautiful. An amazing object to hold, and thoroughly permeated with Jung’s spirit.

Here is an image of the book:

and, to show you the relative size of the book, here is an image Herr Doktor Jung holding the book:

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PS: You can order The Red Book on Amazon for $90 at THIS LINK.

Norton will publish Jung’s most famous unpublished work in the next few weeks – The Red Book.

If you read Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Jung’s autobiography), then you know about this work and its genesis during a time when Jung was flooded with the contents of his unconscious.

Most famously, The Red Bopk includes a number of paintings that Jung did during that time, much in the style of a medieval illuminator:

The New York Times ran a long article this past Sunday on The Red Book. You can currently read that article HERE .

Until today you could preorder the book on Amazon for almost 50% off the list price of $195. They have now apparently withdrawn that offer, I suspect because dealers and collectors were buying multiple copies. Jung’s books notoriously go up in value, and there is a very good chance The Red Book will be selling for $300 and up in a year or two. Long term, the first edition will be a $700+ collectible.

(In case you don’t know it, my wife and I are antiquarian book dealers here in Vermont. We have been members of The Vermont Antiquarian Booksellers Association for a number of years. Very soon we will open a retail store in Bennington, Vermont.)

~E

9-23-09 update: The publication date of The Red Book has been pushed back to December, and Amazon is again offering its low preorder price of $105. You can see it (or order it) at THIS LINK.

12-25-09 update: As of today, Amazon is offering The Red Book for $90, with free shipping. ~ LINK ~ I heard recently the book is in its 5th printing, so don’t expect a First Edition!

Note: we have reactivated our old “associate” account at Amazon, which helped support the Lightmind website in the late 1990s. If you purchase Jung’s book through the above link, we will receive a small “finder’s fee” from Amazon.