The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious features many of Jung's most important essays describing and elaborating on these two central, related concepts. The contents are:

• Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious (1934)
• The Concept of the Collective Unconscious (1936)
• Concerning the Archetypes, with Special Reference to the Anima Concept (1936)
• Psychological Aspects of the Mother Archetype (1938)
• Concerning Rebirth (1939)
• The Psychology of the Child Archetype (1940)
• The Psychological Aspects of the Kore (1941)
• The Phenomenology of the Spirit in Fairytales (1945)
• On the Psychology of the Trickster-Figure (1954)
• Conscious, Unconscious, and Individuation (1939)
• A Study in the Process of Individuation (1933)
• Concerning Mandala Symbolism (1950)