Active imagination in Jung's Answer to Job

Abstract

The first part of C. G. Jung's Answer to Job is often misunderstood because of Jung's very emotional and personal attack on the figure of Yahweh. This article offers an examination of the first part of Answer to Job as an example of Jung's psychological technique of active imagination. The second part of the book then can be seen as a product of Jung's personal confrontation with the dark aspect of the God-image.