03/30/2025
In Memoriam
J. Gary Sparks
November 27, 1948 -- March 20, 2025
Our condolences to all the people who knew and loved Gary, and those who were touched by Gary's life and work.
In a comment Gary posted to Daryl Sharp’s In Memoriam page on the Inner City Books’ blog, he said:
“When it is my time to cross over, I hope it is Daryl who meets me on the other side and helps me feel at home.”
It is very sad to say the words – Gary Sparks has indeed now crossed over. Gary brought a great warmth of eros into the world, while at the same time making a huge intellectual contribution to the collective and our understanding of Carl Jung’s still-expanding ideas.
It was hard to find the words to say how important Gary Sparks has been, and always will be, to everyone here at Inner City Books.
Our tribute to Gary is on the Inner City Books blog.
https://innercitybooks.net/2025/03/28/5226/
You are welcome to post your favourite memories of Gary, or the writing he did that especially resonated with you.
The books Gary published with Inner City Books were deceptively slim volumes with mighty contents:
At the Heart of Matter: Synchronicity and Jung’s Spiritual Testament (2007)
Valley of Diamonds: Adventures in Number and Time with Marie-Louise von Franz (2009)
Carl Jung and Arnold Toynbee: The Social Meaning of Inner Work (2017)
The Call of Destiny: An Introduction to Carl Jung’s Major Works (2024)
(editor) Edward F. Edinger’s Ego And Self: The Old Testament Prophets (2000)
(co-editor with Daryl Sharp) Edinger’s Science of the Soul: A Jungian Perspective (2002)
Let’s imagine that he and Daryl did meet on the other side, and that they now know the secrets of the universe. They worked hard and well to serve their vocations, helped others find their path, and created their own lives in a way that was both authentic to them and meaningful to all of us. With comfort and ease, they are communing with the infinite.
