Cary Baynes, bornCary Fink (1883–1977) was an American Jungian psychologist and translator.[1] She translated several works byJung, as well asRichard Wilhelm's version of theI Ching.
Cary Fink was born on September 26, 1883, inMexico City. She and her sister were brought up in their mother's home inLouisville, Kentucky. She studied atVassar College, where she was taught byKristine Mann, and graduated in 1906.[1] She went on to study medicine atJohns Hopkins University, marrying her fellow medical student, the future anthropologistJaime de Angulo, in 1910. She graduated in 1911, and the pair settled inCarmel, California, in 1913. In 1918 they had a daughter, Ximena. Cary objected to Jaime's plans to home-school Ximena as eccentric and autocratic.[2] Since 1915 Jaime had also divided his attention between Cary andLucy "Nancy" Freeland, spending summer 1920 living with Nancy.[3] In 1921, at Kristine Mann's suggestion, Cary De Angulo moved toZürich to study withCarl Jung, taking Ximena with her,[2] and living in a house onLake Zurich with her sister Henri Zinno. She and Jaime De Angulo agreed to an amicable divorce.[4]
Though she never practiced analysis herself, Fink became a respected friend and collaborator with Jung. In 1924–25 she worked on a fresh transcription of Jung's manuscriptLiber Novus. Though she did not finish the transcription, she had ongoing discussions with Jung about its potential publication. She also transcribed and edited his 1925 seminar.[5] In 1925 she met Jung's assistantHelton Godwin Baynes, known to friends as Peter, at the Jungian Conference atSwanage. They married in 1927, setting up home inHemel Hempstead inEngland, though they moved toCalifornia in 1928.[4] The pair collaborated on translating Jung into English, and in 1929 Cary also undertook the translation ofRichard Wilhelm's translation of theI Ching.
In 1931 Cary Baynes divorced Peter, who had fallen in love with another woman in 1930.[4] Through the 1930s she continued her translation of theI Ching, and worked withOlga Fröbe-Kapteyn on her 'Eranos Project'.[1] In 1938 she metPaul andMary Mellon, founders of theBollingen Foundation, introducing them to Olga Fröbe. TheI Ching was eventually published in the Bollingen Series.[6]
In the 1950s Baynes, prompted by Olga Fröbe and Jung, began collaboration with Lucy Heyer on a biography of Jung. She considered basing her biography onLiber Novus, but to Jung's disappointment withdrew from the project.[5]
Cary Baynes remained intellectually active up to her death in October[7] 1977. Her papers are held at theWellcome Library.[1]
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