Marie-Luise von Franz

Carl Gustav Jung

Aniela Jaffé

Jolande Jacobi

Joseph Lewis Henderson

Explores Jung's psychological concepts regarding the nature, function and importance of man's symbols as they appear on both the conscious and subconscious level

Man and His Symbols

Explores how fairy tales reveal the darker side of life and human psychology, discussing how fairy tales have reflected society's deepest fears, obsessions, and secrets throughout history.

Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales

Brer Rabbit will never learn! He loves to play jokes, tricks and set traps for his friends - but once in a while, they beat him at his own game! These timeless stories of the briar patch trickster are re-told in Blyton's hugely popular and successful style. This collection contains many Brer Rabbit stories from the books Enid Blyton's Brer Rabbit Book, Brer Rabbit Again and Brer Rabbit's a Rascal.

The Interpretation of Fairy Tales

"It was the genius of C.G. Jung to discover in the 'holy technique' of alchemy a parallel to the psychological individuation process. This book, by Jung's long-time friend and co-worker, completely demystifies the subject. Designed as an introduction to Jung's more detailed studies, and profusely illustrated, here is a lucid and practical account of what the alchemists were really looking for--emotional balance and wholeness"--back cover.

An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology

Alchemy

In this engaging commentary, the distinguished analyst and author Marie-Louise von Franz shows how the Feminine reveals itself in fairy tales of German, Russian, Scandinavian, and Eskimo origin, including familiar stories such as andquot;Sleeping Beauty,andquot; andquot;Snow White and Rose Red,andquot; and andquot;Rumpelstiltskin.andquot; Some tales, she points out, offer insights into the psychology of women, while others reflect the problems and characteristics of the anima, the inner femininity of men. Dr. von Franz discusses the archetypes and symbolic themes that appear in fairy tales as well as dreams and fantasies, draws practical advice from the tales, and demonstrates its application in case studies from her analytical practice.

The Feminine in Fairy Tales

From the author's preface: "This book is a collection of fairy tale interpretations I presented in a series of lectures at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. I did not want to focus on a specific theme but rather to wander through many countries and types of fairy tales. I chose some that challenged me because they were unusual. I wanted to show both their diversity and their underlying similarities, so that one could appreciate what is common to all civilizations and all human beings, and I wanted to show how Jung's method of interpreting archetypal fantasy material could be applied to these diverse tales."

Archetypal Patterns in Fairy Tales

Daryl Sharp

The late Dr von Franz devoted much of her life to interpreting fairy tales, bringing clarity and humour to the work. Here she focuses on what they can tell us about the contrasexual complexes - animus and anima - that inform our fantasies and behaviour concerning the opposite sex.

Animus and Anima in Fairy Tales

A living disciple of C.G. Jung, Dr. Marie-Louise von Franz references a text by 16th-century alchemist and physician Gerhard Dorn in order to show alchemy as a symbolic process of psychological and spiritual transformation. Originally presented as a lecture series at the Jung Institute in Zurich, this book opens therapeutic insights into the relations among spirit, soul, and body in the practice of active imagination.

Alchemical Active Imagination

With a text revised and corrected by the author, this definitive edition of Individuation in Fairy Tales is rich with insights from religion, literature, and myth. Dr. von Franz focuses on the symbolism of the bird motif in six fairy tales of Europe and Asia: andquot;The White Parrotandquot; (Spain), andquot;The Bath Bagerdandquot; (Persia), andquot;Princess Hassan Pashaandquot; (Turkestan), andquot;The Bid Flower Trillerandquot; (Iran), andquot;The Nightingale Giserandquot; (Balkans), and andquot;The Bird Wehmusandquot; (Austria). She explores the themes of psychological and spiritual transformation in the varied images of birds, such as the phoenix, the parrot, and the griffin. Special attention is given to the connection between fairy tales and alchemy and to the guidance that fairy tales give to therapeutic work.

Individuation in Fairy Tales

Fraser Boa

Interviews describe the Jungian approach to dream analysis and its fundamental concepts

Conversations on Jungian Dream Interpretation with Marie-Louise Von Franz

The Way of the Dream

Penetrating study of the psychological aspects of time, number and methods of divining fate such as the I Ching, astrology, Tarot, palmistry, dice, etc., contrasting Western scientific attitudes with those of the Chinese and so-called primitives.

The Psychology of Meaningful Chance

On Divination and Synchronicity

Maintaining that dreams prepare people for death and afterlife and that traditional religions have ignored dreams when it comes to death, the author attempts in this book to uncover the symbolism of death as found in dreams. She also compares death dreams to accounts of near-death experiences.

A Jungerian Interpretation

On Dreams & Death

The renowned psychoanalyst examines the nature of dreams and their use in Jungian analysis while exploring the dreams of Socrates, Descarte, Themistocles, Hanibal, and Jung

Dreams

The Cat is a Romanian fairy story, which tells of a princess turned into a cat. She must remain in this form until an emperor's son arrives to behead her, which one such man accordingly does. The author uses Jungian psychological analysis methods to interpret the symbolism of the tale.

A Tale of Feminine Redemption

The Cat

Puer Aeternus

The Latin term puer aeternus means eternal youth. In Jungian terms it is used to describe a certain type of man - charming, affectionate, creative and ever in pursuit of his dreams. Based on a series of lectures, this guide provides an explanation of this concept.

The Problem of the Puer Aeternus

The thinkers of ancient Egypt, Greece and India recognized that numbers governed much of what they saw in their world and hence provided an approach to its divine creator. Robert Lawlor sets out the system that determines the dimension and the form of both man-made and natural structures, from Gothic cathedrals to flowers, from music to the human body. By also involving the reader in practical experiments, he leads with ease from simple principles to a grasp of the logarithmic spiral, the Golden Proportion, the squaring of the circle and other ubiquitous ratios and proportions. Art and Imagination These large-format, gloriously-illustrated paperbacks cover Eastern and Western religion and philosophy, including myth and magic, alchemy and astrology. The distinguished authors bring a wealth of knowledge, visionary thinking and accessible writing to each intriguing subject.

Rhythm and Repose

Time

Emma Jung

Writing in a clear and readable style, two leading women of the Jungian school of psychology present this legend as a living myth that is profoundly relevant to modern life. 17 illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

The Grail Legend

These collected essays by the distinguished psychoanalyst Marie-Louise von Franz offer fascinating insights into the study of dreams, not only psychologically, but also from historical, religious, and philosophical points of view. In the first two chapters, the author offers general explanations of the nature of dreams and their use in analysis. She examines how dreams can be used in the development of self-knowledge and describes how C. G. Jung worked with his own dreams, and the fateful ways in which they were entwined with the course of his life. The rest of the book records and interprets dreams of historical personages: Socrates, Descartes, Themistocles and Hannibal, and the mothers of Saint Augustine, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, and Saint Dominic. Connections are revealed between the personal and family histories of the dreamers and individual and collective mores of their times. "Dreams" includes writings long out of print or never before available in English translation.

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