Of all the books of the Bible few have had more resonance for modern readers tha
n the Book of Job. For a world that has witnessed great horrors, Job's cries of
despair and incomprehension are all too recognizable. The visionary psychotherap
ist Carl Gustav Jung understood this and responded with this remarkable book, in
which he set himself face-to-face with 'the unvarnished spectacle of divine sav
agery and ruthlessness'.
Jung perceived in the hidden recesses of the human p
syche the cause of a crisis that plagues modern humanity and leaves the individu
al, like Job, isolated and bewildered in the face of impenetrable fortune. By co
rrelating the transcendental with the unconscious, Jung, writing not as a biblic
al scholar but 'as a layman and physician who has been privileged to see deeply
into the psychic life of many people', offers a way for every reader to come to
terms with the divine darkness which confronts each individual.
