Quest for Transformation

Abstract This is a thorough Jungian take on Wolfram von Eschenbach’s 13th century myth of roots the quest for the holy grail. The author traces not only its roots in a great diverse of cultures throughout the ages, but also describes the continuing influence of the myth in modern and contemporary artistic creations to ultimately focus on its central meaning within the corpus of Jung’s work. For Bishop, the book under review is the first of four volumes about the corner-stones of Western civilization, the other three are planned to concentrate on Goethe’s Faust , Nietzsche’s Zarathustra , and finally, on Jung’s Red Book , the Liber Novus .