In 1934, Erich Neumann, considered by many to have been Carl Gustav Jung's foremost disciple,
sent Jung a handwritten note: "I will pursue your suggestion of elaborating on the 'Symbolic
Contributions' to the Jacob-Esau problem . . . The great difficulty is the rather depressing
impossibility of a publication." Now, eighty years later, in Jacob and Esau: On the Collective
Symbolism of the Brother Motif, his important work is finally published.

In this newly discovered manuscript, Neumann sowed the seeds of his later works. It provides a
window into his...