▁never ▁offered ▁for ▁public ▁sale ▁or ▁distribution . ▁When ▁Jung ' s ▁bi ographical ▁mem oir , ▁Mem ories , ▁Dream s , ▁Ref lections , ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁Seven ▁S erm ons ▁to ▁the ▁Dead ▁was ▁included ▁as ▁an ▁append ix . ▁ ▁It ▁remained ▁unclear ▁until ▁very ▁recently ▁exactly ▁how ▁Seven ▁S erm ons ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁hidden ▁Red ▁Book ▁materials . ▁After ▁Jung ' s ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁all ▁access ▁to ▁the ▁Red ▁Book ▁was ▁denied ▁by ▁his ▁he irs . ▁Finally ▁in ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁nearly ▁ 5 0 ▁years ▁after ▁Jung ' s ▁death , ▁his ▁family ▁released ▁the ▁Red ▁Book ▁for ▁publication ▁in ▁a ▁fac sim ile ▁edition , ▁edited ▁by ▁Son u ▁Sh am das ani . ▁The ▁avail ability ▁of ▁this ▁work ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁Seven ▁S erm ons ▁to ▁the ▁Dead ▁actually ▁compose ▁the ▁closing ▁pages ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁Book ▁draft ▁manuscript s ; ▁the ▁version ▁trans cribed ▁for ▁the ▁Red ▁Book ▁var ies ▁only ▁slightly ▁from ▁the ▁text ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 6 , ▁however ▁the ▁Red ▁Book ▁includes ▁after ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁ser m ons ▁an ▁additional ▁ampl ifying ▁hom ily ▁by ▁Ph ile mon ▁( J ung ' s ▁spirit ▁guide ). ▁[ The ▁Red ▁Book : ▁Liber ▁Nov us , ▁pp .   3 4 6 – 5 4 ] ▁ ▁A ▁comment ary ▁upon ▁the ▁work ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Ste phan ▁A