Introduction to first reflections : initial responses to C.G. Jung's Red Book (liber novus): based on essays presented in San Francisco, 4-6 June 2010 / Thomas Kirsch -- 1. The genesis of the Red Book and its publication / Ulrich Hoerni -- 2. Jung and the quest for beauty : the Red Book in relationship to German classicism / Paul Bishop -- 3. The Red Book : entrances and exits / Joseph Cambray -- 4. C.G. Jung in Eastern culture and the Red Book : how the Red Book helps make Jung more understandable to the traditions of Asia / Bou-Yong Rhi -- 5. Manifesting the vision: C.G. Jung's paintings for the Red Book / Susan Thackrey -- 6. Jung's "Seven sermons to the dead" (1916): a gnosis for modernity : a multicultural vision of spirituality / Christine Maillard -- 7. "The wealth of the soul exists in images" : from medieval icons to modern science / George Hogenson -- 8. The Red Book as a work of literature / John Beebe.