“…Readers interested in this approach will find much to chew on in Stanton Marlan's collection Salt and the Alchemical Soul. 2 Marlan, a practicing psychoanalyst, brought together a series of essays that trace a tortuous route of symbolism and association through Western, Islamic, and medieval philosophy, ultimately synthesized in archetypal psychology. The centerpiece of his collection is drawn from the writings of none other than Carl Jung, in an essay titled "Salt: The Arcane Substance."…”