David Tacey
David Tacey is a writer and public intellectual who works across the fields of spirituality, psychology, literature and philosophy. David is interested in the return of the sacred in secular societies and is a specialist in Jungian studies. He is the author of sixteen books in these fields, including How to Read Jung, Remaking Men, Gods and Diseases, The Darkening Spirit, Religion as Metaphor and The Postsecular Sacred. He teaches courses at the Jung Institute in Zürich and is Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University, Melbourne. His books have been translated into Chinese, Russian, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish and French.
Jung and Spirituality
An exploration of spirituality in the modern world using Carl Jung’s insights.
Jung believed that a spiritual life lies buried in everyone’s unconscious and could be brought before... (more)
Remaking men: Jung, spirituality and social change
Examining his own and other men's experiences, David Tacey discusses the nature of masculinity. He looks at masculinity from both a psychological and social perspective. 222 pages. (more)
Jung and the New Age
Just as formal religion appears to dwindle to a minority interest, New Age spirituality gathers increasing momentum and popular appeal. What is more, it has appropriated Jung as one of its spiritual... (more)
The Idea of the Numinous: Contemporary Jungian and Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Questions of soul and spirit are increasingly being raised in connection with the scientific exploration of the psyche, and especially in the context of psychotherapy. The contributors to this volume... (more)
Edge of the Sacred: Jung, Psyche, Earth
Does the earth have a spirit or soul? Science and rationality have not taught us how to love or care for the earth. The mythic bonds to nature, such as those found in Aboriginal Australian cultures,... (more)
The Jung Reader
Carl Gustav Jung was the pioneering founder of analytical psychology, a form of analysis that has revolutionised the approach to mental illness and the study of the mind. In this anthology, David... (more)
Gods and Diseases: Making Sense of Our Physical and Mental Wellbeing
Today's society faces many problems that cannot be solved by the application of reason, logic or medicine. Some of these include alcoholism, suicide, drug addiction and child abuse to name but a few.... (more)
The Darkening Spirit: Jung, Spirituality, Religion
The twenty-first century could well be Jung's century, just as the twentieth century was Freud's. Jung predicted the demise of secular humanism and claimed we would search for alternatives to... (more)
The Spirituality Revolution: The Emergence of Contemporary Spirituality
"The Spirituality Revolution" addresses the major social issue of spirituality which requires immediate attention if we are to creatively respond to spiralling outbreaks of depression, suicide,... (more)
The Postsecular Sacred: Jung, Soul and Meaning in an Age of Change
In The Postsecular Sacred: Jung, Soul and Meaning in an Age of Change, David Tacey presents a unique psychological study of the postsecular, adding a Jungian perspective to a debate shaped by... (more)