Public-Domain Audiobook
The Seven Sermons to the Dead
Hear Jung’s enigmatic Seven Sermons to the Dead as a free public-domain selection in the LibriVox Seventh Anniversary Collection.
About This Recording
Seven Sermons to the Dead is a symbolic and pseudonymous text connected with Jung’s period of intense inner work. Its mythic voice differs sharply from his ordinary scholarly and clinical writing.
The work should not be read as a creed, diagnosis, or literal metaphysical instruction. It is more useful as evidence of Jung’s experimentation with symbolic language, opposites, and the psychological significance of religious imagery.
Listening Guide
Listen slowly and separate what the text actually says from what it evokes in you. Note recurring pairs, paradoxes, and names, then compare them with sourced commentary. Avoid converting ambiguous imagery into certainty about supernatural events or personal destiny.
