Jung was initially confounded and at odds with alchemy and its images but after being given a copy of The Secret of the Golden Flower, a Chinese alchemical text translated by his friend Richard Wilhelm, he discovered a direct correlation or parallel between the symbolic images in the alchemical drawings and the inner, symbolic images coming up in his patients' dreams, visions, or fantasies.
jˈʊŋ wʌz ɪnˈɪʃəli kənfˈaʊndᵻd ænd æɾ ˈɑːdz wɪð ˈælkəmi ænd ɪts ˈɪmɪdʒᵻz bˌʌt ˈæftɚ bˌiːɪŋ ɡˈɪvən ɐ kˈɑːpi ʌvðə sˈiːkɹᵻt ʌvðə ɡˈoʊldən flˈaʊɚ, ɐ tʃaɪnˈiːz ælkˈɛmɪkəl tˈɛkst tɹænslˈeɪɾᵻd baɪ hɪz fɹˈɛnd ɹˈɪtʃɚd wˈɪlhɛlm, hiː dɪskˈʌvɚd ɐ dᵻɹˈɛkt kˌɔɹɪlˈeɪʃən ɔːɹ pˈæɹəlˌɛl bᵻtwˌiːn ðə sɪmbˈɑːlɪk ˈɪmɪdʒᵻz ɪnðɪ ælkˈɛmɪkəl dɹˈɔːɪŋz ænd ðɪ ˈɪnɚ, sɪmbˈɑːlɪk ˈɪmɪdʒᵻz kˈʌmɪŋ ˌʌp ɪn hɪz pˈeɪʃənts dɹˈiːmz, vˈɪʒənz, ɔːɹ fˈæntəsiz.