The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation by Walter Evans-Wentz, contrib. Carl Jung

EVANS-WENTZ, Walter Yeeling, editor; Carl Gustav JUNG, contributor. The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation or the Method of Realizing Nirvana Through Knowing the Mind. London and New York, Oxford University Press, 1954.

First edition of Evans-Wentz’s introductory guide to realizing Nirvana.

Evans-Wentz was a distinguished American anthropologist and pioneer in the study of Tibetan Buddhism. In this fourth volume of his series dedicated to Tibetan Buddhism, he introduced Guru Padmasambhava’s tantric teachings to English-speaking readers. The book features translations of original texts along with comprehensive explanatory and commentarial content, including a contribution from the renowned psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung.

Octavo, pp. lxiv, 261; illustrated; near fine, in green-coloured publisher’s cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt designs to spine and front board, top edge gilt, with printed dust jacket (dust jacket a little rubbed and worn, some tape repair to verso).