The Seven Sermons To The Dead

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The Seven Sermons To The Dead was a text written in 1917 by the Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung and ascribed to the gnostic teacher Basilides. The text speaks about the Pleroma, the Abraxas and the soul. The text was written by Jung in a time of difficulty around his break with Freud. The text is written in a cryptic form and a commentary book was written by the gnostic bishop Stephan A. Hoeller about the text.

In the text Jung discusses his Principal of Individuality and warns of the mystical tendency to 'unite' with God and sees it as a dangerous psychological desire to identify with the unconscious.

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