Archetypal Dimensions of the Psyche

653 Pages·1999·2.06 MB·English

by  Marie-Louise von Franz

“Whether explaining the psychic complexities of gender or racial conflict,
or the survival value of our connection to other animals, von Franz is
perhaps unsurpassed as the archetypal Jungian.”
—Library Journal
ABOUT THE BOOK
The chief disciple of C. G. Jung, analyst Marie-Louise von Franz uses her
vast knowledge of the world of myths, fairy tales, visions, and dreams to
examine expressions of the universal symbol of the Anthropos, or Cosmic
Man—a universal archetype that embodies humanity’s personal as well as
collective identity. She shows that the meaning of life—the realization of
our fullest human potential, which Jung called individuation—can only be
found through a greater differentiation of consciousness by virtue of
archetypes, and that ultimately our future depends on relationships, whether
between the sexes or among nations, races, religions, and political factions.
MARIE-LOUISE VON FRANZ (1915–1998) was the foremost student of
C. G. Jung, with whom she worked closely from 1934 until his death in
1961. A founder of the C. G. Jung Institute of Zurich, she published widely
on subjects including alchemy, dreams, fairy tales, personality types, and
psychotherapy.
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ARCHETYPAL DIMENSIONS OF THE PSYCHE
Marie-Louise von Franz
SHAMBHALA
BOSTON & LONDON
2014
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Originally published by Daimon Verlag, CH-8840 Einsiedeln, Switzerland, under the title Archetypische
Dimensionen der Seele, 1994 by Daimon Verlag.
The Sources page constitutes a continuation of this copyright page.
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The Library of Congress catalogues the hardcover edition of this book as follows:
Franz, Marie-Luise von, 1915– [Archetypische Dimensionen der Seele. English]
Archetypal dimensions of the psyche / Marie-Louise von Franz.—1st ed.
p. cm.
“A C.G. Jung Foundation book.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN 978-0-83482978-7
ISBN 1-57062-133-0 (alk. paper) ISBN 1-57062-426-7 (pbk.)
1. Archetype (Psychology) 2. Jungian psychology. I. Title.
BF175.5.A72F7313 1997 96-38919
150.19′54—dc21 CIP
CONTENTS
Foreword
Sources
Highlights of the Historical Dimension of Analysis
Antichrist or Merlin?: A Problem Inherited from the Middle Ages
The Transformed Berserker: The Union of Psychic Opposites
The Unknown Visitor in Fairy Tales and Dreams
The Problem of Evil in Fairy Tales
The Bremen Town Musicians from the Point of View of Depth Psychology
The Cosmic Man as Image of the Goal of the Individuation Process and Human
Development
The Self-Affirmation of Man and Woman: A General Problematic Illustrated by
Fairy Tales
In the Black Woman’s Castle: Interpretation of a Fairy Tale
The Discovery of Meaning in the Individuation Process
Individuation and Social Relationship in Jungian Psychology
Nike and the Waters of the Styx
The Individuation Process
Jung’s Discovery of the Self
Bibliography
Index
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FOREWORD
THIS FOURTH VOLUME of the selected writings of Marie-Louise von Franz
concludes our project of making available in book form for the first time this
author’s widely dispersed shorter works. Following Dreams, Psyche and Matter,
and Psychotherapy, this volume consists primarily of articles, essays, and
lectures from the years 1969 to 1985 addressing the workings and contents of the
archetypal realm, i.e., unconscious collective forces acting in relation to past,
present, and future developments in ways often not readily evident.
The works comprising this series were not originally conceived as chapters of
a book, having been prepared for disparate occasions, often a lecture. They have
now been reworked, edited, and arranged thematically, but this, nevertheless,
does not preclude a certain amount of repetition.
For those readers unfamiliar with Jungian terminology, a glossary is located at
the end of the first volume, Dreams (Boston and London: Shambhala
Publications, 1991). A bibliography and an index are located at the back of this
fourth volume, and the “Sources” section in the front lists the original
publication locations of material previously appearing elsewhere in print.
As we conclude our series of the selected writings of Marie-Louise von Franz,
we would like to thank the author for her tremendous contribution, not only in
formulating these works in the first place, but also in helping when it was most
needed to compile the present collection, and this at a time in her life when every
effort has been difficult for her. We would also like to thank Dr. René Malamud
of Zurich, who originally conceived the idea of this series and helped it to
become a reality. May these books and the ideas they carry lead to much
reflection and stimulation.
ROBERT HINSHAW
Daimon Verlag
Einsiedeln, Switzerland
SOURCES
“Antichrist or Merlin?: A Problem Inherited from the Middle Ages.” Book
Forum 5, no. 2 (1980): 234–43. Copyright Marie-Louise von Franz.
“The Problem of Evil in Fairy Tales.” From Evil, edited by the Curatorium of the
C. G. Jung Institute Zurich (Evanston, Ill.: Northwestern University Press,
Studies in Jungian Thought, 1967).
The following chapters were translated by Michael H. Kohn. The translations
are copyright 1996 by Shambhala Publications, Inc.:
“The Bremen Town Musicians from the Point of View of Depth Psychology”
(“Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten in tiefenpsychologischer Sicht”)
“The Cosmic Man as Image of the Goal of the Individuation Process and Human
Development” (“Der kosmische Mensch als Zielbild des
Individuationsprozesses und der Menschheitsentwicklung”)
“The Discovery of Meaning in the Individuation Process” (“Die Sinnfindung im
Individuationsprozess”)
“Highlights of the Historical Dimension of Analysis” (“Streiflichter auf die
geschichtliche Dimension der Analyse”)
“Individuation and Social Relationship in Jungian Psychology.” Based on a
lecture given at Loyola Campus of Concordia University in Montreal on
March 19, 1975. Another version appeared (as “Individuation and Social
Contact in Jungian Psychology”) in Harvest 21 (1975): 12–27 (published
by the Analytical Psychology Club of London).
“The Individuation Process” (“Der Individuationsprozess”). Another version of
this essay was published as “The Process of Individuation” in Man and His
Symbols, ed. C. G. Jung (New York: Doubleday, 1968).
“In the Black Woman’s Castle: An Interpretation of a Fairy Tale” (“Bei der