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Projection and Re-collection in Jungian Psychology: Reflections of the Soul
"Marie Louise von Franz's Projection and Re-Collection is thorough in its wide-ranging exploration as both a map and a guide to the recognition and reclaiming of projection. Von Franz skillfully brings theory to life as she builds on and further develops C.G. Jung's research on projection". -- Julia Jewett Jungian Analyst "The book is stimulating in going to the core of psychotherapeutic work, and invites a response from psychotherapists in general and from Jungian analysts in particular". -- San Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal
254 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1980
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Marie-Louise von Franz
81 books856 followersMarie-Louise von Franz was a Swiss Jungian psychologist and scholar.
Von Franz worked with Carl Jung, whom she met in 1933 and knew until his death in 1961. Jung believed in the unity of the psychological and material worlds, i.e., they are one and the same, just different manifestations. He also believed that this concept of the unus mundus could be investigated through research on the archetypes of the natural numbers. Due to his age, he turned the problem over to von Franz. Two of her books, Number and Time and Psyche and Matter, deal with this research.
Von Franz, in 1968, was the first to publish that the mathematical structure of DNA is analogous to that of the I Ching. She cites the reference to the publication in an expanded essay "Symbols of the Unus Mundus," published in her book Psyche and Matter. In addition to her many books, Von Franz recorded a series of films in 1987 titled The Way of the Dream with her student Fraser Boa.
Von Franz founded the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. In The Way of the Dream she claims to have interpreted over 65,000 dreams. Von Franz also wrote over 20 volumes on Analytical psychology, most notably on fairy tales as they relate to Archetypal or Depth Psychology, most specifically by amplification of the themes and characters. She also wrote on subjects such as alchemy, discussed from the Jungian, psychological perspective, and active imagination, which could be described as conscious dreaming. In Man and His Symbols, von Franz described active imagination as follows: "Active imagination is a certain way of meditating imaginatively, by which one may deliberately enter into contact with the unconscious and make a conscious connection with psychic phenomena."
Von Franz worked with Carl Jung, whom she met in 1933 and knew until his death in 1961. Jung believed in the unity of the psychological and material worlds, i.e., they are one and the same, just different manifestations. He also believed that this concept of the unus mundus could be investigated through research on the archetypes of the natural numbers. Due to his age, he turned the problem over to von Franz. Two of her books, Number and Time and Psyche and Matter, deal with this research.
Von Franz, in 1968, was the first to publish that the mathematical structure of DNA is analogous to that of the I Ching. She cites the reference to the publication in an expanded essay "Symbols of the Unus Mundus," published in her book Psyche and Matter. In addition to her many books, Von Franz recorded a series of films in 1987 titled The Way of the Dream with her student Fraser Boa.
Von Franz founded the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. In The Way of the Dream she claims to have interpreted over 65,000 dreams. Von Franz also wrote over 20 volumes on Analytical psychology, most notably on fairy tales as they relate to Archetypal or Depth Psychology, most specifically by amplification of the themes and characters. She also wrote on subjects such as alchemy, discussed from the Jungian, psychological perspective, and active imagination, which could be described as conscious dreaming. In Man and His Symbols, von Franz described active imagination as follows: "Active imagination is a certain way of meditating imaginatively, by which one may deliberately enter into contact with the unconscious and make a conscious connection with psychic phenomena."
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June 7, 2009
I wanted a book that would help me to see people - really see them - instead of projecting myself onto people and seeing my projections everywhere. This book was just what I needed. I've read other work by the author and I really like her.
An interesting aspect is that she compares words used in psychology with their use in science and physics - mirroring, reflection, etc. - and relates ideas about projection in psychology to how projection impacts scientific research.
She also looks at projection not just from person to person, but as a person projects onto archetypes. The Jungians are so wild - with a belief that the archetypes exist autonomously in the collective unconscious and that we can communicate with these autonomous spirit beings. There's an amazing world of magic subtly hidden between the lines from these early Jungian writers.
I met a professor recently who knows more about this than anyone I'd met before. I asked how to see "the other" as they are instead of as my projection. The prof talked about transcending: "You’re transcending away from something. You’re transcending to something: Away from your fears; away from your pain… You’re transcending to the Other. You can’t rise to any part of the Other except to the Self. And there you’ll see them." I asked, "So how do I do it – transcend?" The response: "Meditate, watch, listen, wait." (I really want to understand this thing.)
"Projection and Re-collection" has so many interesting paragraphs. Here are a few that I particularly liked:
“When a man projects his anima onto a woman and fells in love with her, two currents of energy are set in motion. The lover experiences an affect directly, as if from the impact of an arrowshot, and sees it as coming from the god Eros (Amor, Cupid), a symbol of the Self. Another current of energy ‘activates’ the anima-imago in his unconscious and projects it (throws it forward onto the outer woman who in this way becomes forthwith fascinating to the man.”
“In the treatment of ‘devilish’ states of possession resulting from a negative father complex in a woman, I have often been impressed by the fact that the woman’s ego is for a long time not strong enough to confront such an inner devil directly; for the time being nothing but methods of repression or avoidance are possible, literally ‘flight’ through evasive measures. The disturbing factor has to remain outside the circle of the subject’s life and can be neither conquered nor integrated. One can only advise the patient to stay away, as far as possible, from situations and areas of concern that could touch the complex.”
“Nothing in the human psyche is more destructive than unrealized, unconscious creative impulses. That is why a psychosis can, as a rule be cured only if the patient can begin some creative activity, some creative shaping of the contents that are disturbing him.”
“The anima appears as an irrational sort of temperament, or disposition, of which the man himself is deeply unconscious, or as a stimulus to life that drives him to this woman and not to that one and inclines him to this life-style and not to that one, that disposes his feelings to warmth and joie de vivre or to a cold and lackluster outlook, that fills him with enthusiasm and revulsion, seduces him to lust and ‘sin,’ and also finally brings him an awakening to himself.”
“This feminine goddess all-Nature also possesses cunning, cruelty, wickedness, unfathomable depths of passion and the uncanny gloom of death, the smell of corpses and putrefaction in equal measure with the potentiality of new life and rebirth. In practical reality every woman experiences the dark side of this power in herself when her erotic jealousy is aroused, when her children want to leave her, when she as a widow, abandoned, has to fight her own way alone through life. Then the tigress in her surfaces, the whimpering bitch, the intrigue-spinning goddess of fate, and no woman can become conscious of her larger, greater self without having lived these aspects of the goddess within herself.”
“Jung says repeatedly throughout his work that common sense, reflection, and self-knowledge are the only means of clearing away the clouds of projections of unconscious contents.”
“The deepest and most clearly distinguishable archetypal factor, which forms the basis of psycho-physical equivalences, is the archetypal patterns of natural numbers. All a priori factors as well as radioactive decay in the field of physics fall within this category. In respect to mathematical structure, the acausal orderedness in matter is of the same kind as that in the psyche and each continually reflected in the other.”
An interesting aspect is that she compares words used in psychology with their use in science and physics - mirroring, reflection, etc. - and relates ideas about projection in psychology to how projection impacts scientific research.
She also looks at projection not just from person to person, but as a person projects onto archetypes. The Jungians are so wild - with a belief that the archetypes exist autonomously in the collective unconscious and that we can communicate with these autonomous spirit beings. There's an amazing world of magic subtly hidden between the lines from these early Jungian writers.
I met a professor recently who knows more about this than anyone I'd met before. I asked how to see "the other" as they are instead of as my projection. The prof talked about transcending: "You’re transcending away from something. You’re transcending to something: Away from your fears; away from your pain… You’re transcending to the Other. You can’t rise to any part of the Other except to the Self. And there you’ll see them." I asked, "So how do I do it – transcend?" The response: "Meditate, watch, listen, wait." (I really want to understand this thing.)
"Projection and Re-collection" has so many interesting paragraphs. Here are a few that I particularly liked:
“When a man projects his anima onto a woman and fells in love with her, two currents of energy are set in motion. The lover experiences an affect directly, as if from the impact of an arrowshot, and sees it as coming from the god Eros (Amor, Cupid), a symbol of the Self. Another current of energy ‘activates’ the anima-imago in his unconscious and projects it (throws it forward onto the outer woman who in this way becomes forthwith fascinating to the man.”
“In the treatment of ‘devilish’ states of possession resulting from a negative father complex in a woman, I have often been impressed by the fact that the woman’s ego is for a long time not strong enough to confront such an inner devil directly; for the time being nothing but methods of repression or avoidance are possible, literally ‘flight’ through evasive measures. The disturbing factor has to remain outside the circle of the subject’s life and can be neither conquered nor integrated. One can only advise the patient to stay away, as far as possible, from situations and areas of concern that could touch the complex.”
“Nothing in the human psyche is more destructive than unrealized, unconscious creative impulses. That is why a psychosis can, as a rule be cured only if the patient can begin some creative activity, some creative shaping of the contents that are disturbing him.”
“The anima appears as an irrational sort of temperament, or disposition, of which the man himself is deeply unconscious, or as a stimulus to life that drives him to this woman and not to that one and inclines him to this life-style and not to that one, that disposes his feelings to warmth and joie de vivre or to a cold and lackluster outlook, that fills him with enthusiasm and revulsion, seduces him to lust and ‘sin,’ and also finally brings him an awakening to himself.”
“This feminine goddess all-Nature also possesses cunning, cruelty, wickedness, unfathomable depths of passion and the uncanny gloom of death, the smell of corpses and putrefaction in equal measure with the potentiality of new life and rebirth. In practical reality every woman experiences the dark side of this power in herself when her erotic jealousy is aroused, when her children want to leave her, when she as a widow, abandoned, has to fight her own way alone through life. Then the tigress in her surfaces, the whimpering bitch, the intrigue-spinning goddess of fate, and no woman can become conscious of her larger, greater self without having lived these aspects of the goddess within herself.”
“Jung says repeatedly throughout his work that common sense, reflection, and self-knowledge are the only means of clearing away the clouds of projections of unconscious contents.”
“The deepest and most clearly distinguishable archetypal factor, which forms the basis of psycho-physical equivalences, is the archetypal patterns of natural numbers. All a priori factors as well as radioactive decay in the field of physics fall within this category. In respect to mathematical structure, the acausal orderedness in matter is of the same kind as that in the psyche and each continually reflected in the other.”
September 18, 2019
Spectacular scholarship and literally amazing writing served with a huge heaping helping of crazy sloppy magical thinking for desert.
The first chapters deal with psychological projection.
And the book shines.
Beautiful, shimmery prose with lock tight arguments.
Bam💥
The next section deals with world mythology considered as proto-psychology, and posited as evidence for an innate, deep archetypal structure of the mind.
Again, all supported with compelling writing and really good scholarship.
Wow 😮
The the book then argues that modern science is deeply influenced by mythological archetype, again supported by spellbinding pedantry and rhetoric.
If loving you is wrong I don’t want to be right 💕
Then, the book continues to make increasingly sloppy, assertions regarding “a-causality” and “mental manifestation” using shitty quantum physics,
And then it all hit me.
I’m 300 pages into a new age piece of shit book.
Like wondering an enchanted sylvan grove, and following a charming little foot trail, around a wise old oak tree, and straight into a nasty nasty nasty gross gross af hobo camp!
Total fuck (not the good kind) 💯☹️
Anyway.
I love bits and pieces of what the Jungians have to offer.
There is a precious jewel in the dung heap 💎 💩
But sorting the it all out is no mean feat.
It pains me to give this amazing book only 3 stars.
But I simply can’t co-sign magical thinking 🧙♂️
Particularly not when it’s this well done.
I need my books to be pleasing to the heart, without kicking me in the gut and insulting my brain.
Three of these: 😊😐☹️
The first chapters deal with psychological projection.
And the book shines.
Beautiful, shimmery prose with lock tight arguments.
Bam💥
The next section deals with world mythology considered as proto-psychology, and posited as evidence for an innate, deep archetypal structure of the mind.
Again, all supported with compelling writing and really good scholarship.
Wow 😮
The the book then argues that modern science is deeply influenced by mythological archetype, again supported by spellbinding pedantry and rhetoric.
If loving you is wrong I don’t want to be right 💕
Then, the book continues to make increasingly sloppy, assertions regarding “a-causality” and “mental manifestation” using shitty quantum physics,
And then it all hit me.
I’m 300 pages into a new age piece of shit book.
Like wondering an enchanted sylvan grove, and following a charming little foot trail, around a wise old oak tree, and straight into a nasty nasty nasty gross gross af hobo camp!
Total fuck (not the good kind) 💯☹️
Anyway.
I love bits and pieces of what the Jungians have to offer.
There is a precious jewel in the dung heap 💎 💩
But sorting the it all out is no mean feat.
It pains me to give this amazing book only 3 stars.
But I simply can’t co-sign magical thinking 🧙♂️
Particularly not when it’s this well done.
I need my books to be pleasing to the heart, without kicking me in the gut and insulting my brain.
Three of these: 😊😐☹️
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February 21, 2020"In his memories, dreams, reflections, Jung reports a dream about this: he sees himself walking along a road, through a sunbathed landscape. He comes to a small roadside chapel and enters it. Instead of a statue of the madonna or a crucifix there is a beautiful flower arrangement on the altar. Before the altar sits a Yogi in the lotus position and in deep meditation. When I looked at him more closely, I realised he had my face. I started in profound fright and awoke with the thought "Aha, so he is the one who is meditating me. He has a dream and I am it. I knew that when he awakened I would no longer be." The Yogi is the same archetypal figure as the inner hermes psychopompous described previously. Except that here he appears in far eastern dress. The dream points to the fact as Jung himself also mentions, that there is a meaning here of which those in the East have always been much more conscious than we have. Namely, that in the end the whole world is only a projection. A reality arranged with mysterious purpose and which if the arranger so wills it, can disappear again. To make place for a great awakening. To another reality unimaginable by us."
"It is an underworld that also opens up today In the psyche of every man who identifies with only the intellect and it's false ideals, and who represses his development of feeling. As he himself sees it, it is as if he were being inexplicably pursued by a negative fate. As if he were constantly running in to cold and evil women. And as if the world's evil were intent on bringing all his ideals to nothing. In practice one sees this in still another form, namely that this kind of man is always withdrawing from life in to depression, in to a superior or lofty sense of injury. In him the negative anima becomes a resentment that is inimical to life. The vulgar shadow, the robbers, is then neither lived, nor integrated. Such a man seems to run in to bad luck all the time, but seen from the point of view of psychic reality, he has fallen under the dominion of the negative mother archetype."
"Seen psychologically this is connected with a familiar anima problem of men. The anima believes often enough, even today, in the pagan kalon kagathon, in the idea that beauty and goodness go together. Such a man cannot be convinced for instance that a really beautiful woman could also be stupid or totally unsatisfactory and he will consequently have some unfortunate experiences with love."
"It is an underworld that also opens up today In the psyche of every man who identifies with only the intellect and it's false ideals, and who represses his development of feeling. As he himself sees it, it is as if he were being inexplicably pursued by a negative fate. As if he were constantly running in to cold and evil women. And as if the world's evil were intent on bringing all his ideals to nothing. In practice one sees this in still another form, namely that this kind of man is always withdrawing from life in to depression, in to a superior or lofty sense of injury. In him the negative anima becomes a resentment that is inimical to life. The vulgar shadow, the robbers, is then neither lived, nor integrated. Such a man seems to run in to bad luck all the time, but seen from the point of view of psychic reality, he has fallen under the dominion of the negative mother archetype."
"Seen psychologically this is connected with a familiar anima problem of men. The anima believes often enough, even today, in the pagan kalon kagathon, in the idea that beauty and goodness go together. Such a man cannot be convinced for instance that a really beautiful woman could also be stupid or totally unsatisfactory and he will consequently have some unfortunate experiences with love."
January 31, 2011
Below are some of my favorite quotes from this book:
"the judgment of a community or society cannot always prevent the projection process and the mistaken judgments, errors, and lies that accompany it, because whole groups can project collectively, so that their mistaken judgment passes officially for the acceptable description of reality."
"When unconscious identity operates negatively it causes us, naively and thoughtlessly, to take for granted that the other is like us and that what is valid for us is also valid for him, so that we feel justified in "improving' him, that is, in raping him psychologically. This is the origin of active projection."
"In the unconscious the inner world and the outer world are not differentiated."
"Jung surmised that an archetype in its quiet state is not projected".
"As this central, unified area of the unconscious is approached, time and space are increasingly relativized. The deepest area of the unconscious that is simply a unit or the center may therefore be understood as an omnipresence without extension. When something happens here at point A, which touches upon or affects the collective unconscious, it has happened everywhere. As this part of the objective psyche is not limited to the person, it is also not limited to the body. This psyche behaves as if it were one and not as if it were split up into many individuals. The multiplicity of the archetypes seems to be nullified or suspended in it."
"Jung conjectured therefore that the two poles of matter and psyche at the deepest level become one, in the sense of the existence of an unus mundus in which matter and spirit, outer and inner are no longer separate."
"A still living genuine symbol can thus never be 'resolved' (analyzed) by a rational interpretation, but can only be amplified by conscious associations; its nucleus, which is pregnant with meaning, remains unconscious as long as it is living and can only be divined."
"the judgment of a community or society cannot always prevent the projection process and the mistaken judgments, errors, and lies that accompany it, because whole groups can project collectively, so that their mistaken judgment passes officially for the acceptable description of reality."
"When unconscious identity operates negatively it causes us, naively and thoughtlessly, to take for granted that the other is like us and that what is valid for us is also valid for him, so that we feel justified in "improving' him, that is, in raping him psychologically. This is the origin of active projection."
"In the unconscious the inner world and the outer world are not differentiated."
"Jung surmised that an archetype in its quiet state is not projected".
"As this central, unified area of the unconscious is approached, time and space are increasingly relativized. The deepest area of the unconscious that is simply a unit or the center may therefore be understood as an omnipresence without extension. When something happens here at point A, which touches upon or affects the collective unconscious, it has happened everywhere. As this part of the objective psyche is not limited to the person, it is also not limited to the body. This psyche behaves as if it were one and not as if it were split up into many individuals. The multiplicity of the archetypes seems to be nullified or suspended in it."
"Jung conjectured therefore that the two poles of matter and psyche at the deepest level become one, in the sense of the existence of an unus mundus in which matter and spirit, outer and inner are no longer separate."
"A still living genuine symbol can thus never be 'resolved' (analyzed) by a rational interpretation, but can only be amplified by conscious associations; its nucleus, which is pregnant with meaning, remains unconscious as long as it is living and can only be divined."
May 20, 2025
it’s lit !!!
September 30, 2020
I used to see daemons. The tree used to talk to me. A specific group of people seemed to be concerned with trying to cause as many problems in my life as possible. But it's all in my head... And I'm incredibly happy to know that.
The book is both difficult and entertaining, both challenging and smooth, both concrete and mysterious. Absolutely a top-quality read. However, I would have enjoyed it being a bit longer...
The book is both difficult and entertaining, both challenging and smooth, both concrete and mysterious. Absolutely a top-quality read. However, I would have enjoyed it being a bit longer...
June 10, 2021
I love all of her books and this one is no exception. I’ll read it a few more times before I’ve remotely started to integrate its wisdom.
It’s not a light read- her books never are!- but I always find her profound.
It’s not a light read- her books never are!- but I always find her profound.
September 11, 2022
Blemba, von Franz yra next level shit. Tokio gilumo sąsajos su mitologija, pasakomis, filosofija. Niekur kitur to nesu skaitęs, girdėjęs, nebent gal pas patį Jungą. Gerokai praplėtė suvokimą apie projekciją ir pagaliau galiu sau pasakyti, kad bent dalinai suprantu Jungo kolektyvinės pasąmonės sampratą ir apie ką tai yra. Tikrai sudėtinga knyga, todėl visai gerai gavosi, kad klausiau, nes greičiausiai skaitydamas būčiau neįveikęs arba skaitęs nežmoniškai ilgai.
August 22, 2024
I was expecting the basics of projection and the tendency for people to remain limited worldviews based on prejudices, assumptions, opinions, and rationalizations made by the ego. What I wasn't expecting was the expansive connections Marie-Louise von Franz made throughout this work involving the psyche and the cultural history of humanity.
April 19, 2020
This book can very easily be misunderstood as it is profoundly deep and complex. von Franz tackles projection from almost every side of our being and our view of the world around us: Philosophy, religion, science, physics, alchemy, chemistry, materialism, idealism, ancient mysticism. What we think we know about anything is, in some sense or another, our own unconscious projecting what has been stirred in the collective unconscious at that specific time and space. Every scientific theory, world view, philosophy or psychological school is a projection of the eternal resourceful inexhaustible archetypal ocean that gives life and meaning to our being.
Some pages took me an hour to read.
Some pages took me an hour to read.
December 2, 2016
I read this book as research, and it was exactly what I was looking for - more clarity on the basic concepts of projection, as well as terrific use of mythology and psychological themes to go deeper into the concept and it's implication on the human condition. It was also surprisingly accessible and though being a more academic study, it reminded me to always try to see things as they are, and not to project parts of myself onto people and societies in ways that distort my perception of them in a negative way.
December 9, 2016
I thought this book was amazing timely considering it was written quite a while ago. I especially enjoyed the final chapter.
June 18, 2020
A little repetitious if you’ve read her other work, but fascinating.
March 9, 2021
Pure badass.
November 13, 2022
This book goes deep into the act of projecting, using examples from mythology, scientific theory and alchemy, and religion. Von Franz explains the pre-modern practice of projecting on the external world their inner psyche, in the form of gods, demons and spirits. This is not in the sense of trivializing them, as they are still very powerful. Modern man does not project them on the external environment so much as spirits, but does to others people and can also been seen in science. The sort of psychological mysticism explained appeared very abstract at times and I struggled to visualize how it would apply practically, nevertheless I think this book is valuable.
August 4, 2024
Great book about the 5 level of projection. A description of how we project aspects of ourselves into the outer world and what it looks like. The book is thorough and makes these difficult psychology concepts clear and practically understood. She also keeps with the language and style of Jung so it’s a nice transition for someone who is used to Jung.
The culmination of the story is first about how to recognize when we are projection what is ours, outward. then how to ‘recollect’ these projections so that we may have a unity with these ‘cast out’ and projected parts of ourself again.
A very practical read for those wanting a deeper and more concise summary of Jung’s idea of individuation.
The culmination of the story is first about how to recognize when we are projection what is ours, outward. then how to ‘recollect’ these projections so that we may have a unity with these ‘cast out’ and projected parts of ourself again.
A very practical read for those wanting a deeper and more concise summary of Jung’s idea of individuation.
January 11, 2025
This is one of those books where I felt like it was connecting a lot of loose ends for me related to psychology and religion—specifically how religion has always projected inner experience into external symbols.
June 29, 2022
When I’m in a projection competition and my opponent is Greco-Roman mythology
September 25, 2023
Amazing as always.
November 26, 2024
Definitely need to read again.
January 16, 2025
A treasure. One of the best texts I’ve come across
July 30, 2016
This is the second book I've read by the author and find her style similar to Jung's in regards of technical explanations, but with more examples and historical references, making it easier to understand. That's not to say that this is a breeze to read, but it certainly has more substance and depth to it than the more superficial "self-help" type literature on the same subject. This leads to a clearer understanding of the overall mechanics of the processes involved, rather than asking you to accept certain things as a matter of faith. It probably helps if you are familiar with the concepts under discussion and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone as a starting point in Jungian psychology, but it is certainly clearer than much of Jung's own material.
Of particular interest, was the reinterpretation of the phenomena of demons, what they mean and how to treat them when they manifest and an attempt to explain the observations of Quantum physicists concerning the observers effect on the outcome of experimentation.
On the whole the book covers much more than its title suggests and is thorough in it approach to its subject without deviating from its initial educational intentions.
Of particular interest, was the reinterpretation of the phenomena of demons, what they mean and how to treat them when they manifest and an attempt to explain the observations of Quantum physicists concerning the observers effect on the outcome of experimentation.
On the whole the book covers much more than its title suggests and is thorough in it approach to its subject without deviating from its initial educational intentions.
April 22, 2025
In his ‘Memories, Dreams, Reflections’, Jung reports a dream…He sees himself walking along a road through a sun-bathed landscape. He comes to a small roadside chapel and enters it. Instead of a statue of the Madonna or a crucifix, there is a beautiful flower arrangement on the altar.
Before the alter sits a yogi in the lotus position and in deep meditation. “When I looked at him more closely, I realised he had my face. I started in profound fright, and awoke with the thought: ‘Aha, so he is the one who is meditating me. He has a dream, and I am it.’ I knew that when he awakened I would no longer be.”
Before the alter sits a yogi in the lotus position and in deep meditation. “When I looked at him more closely, I realised he had my face. I started in profound fright, and awoke with the thought: ‘Aha, so he is the one who is meditating me. He has a dream, and I am it.’ I knew that when he awakened I would no longer be.”
January 1, 2024
This is one of the most important books, in my life, because it has helped me better understand the world that, I create. My definition (and application.projection) of villians, the demons, the heroes..... is better understood as something I have not integrated in myself. I will read this another few times, so I can better grasp the insight this book provides.
This book is dense- and probably most effectively understood by those who study Jungian psychology, mysticism and depth psychology. (I am none of those).
This book is dense- and probably most effectively understood by those who study Jungian psychology, mysticism and depth psychology. (I am none of those).
December 16, 2016
VonFranz is a clear as usual, with a strong grasp of the natural sciences of her time to back up her research into psychic projection. A worthwhile read, and one I underlined heavily for my work with clients. For a book seemingly esoteric the information is quite easily applied to ourselves, as we all engage in projection and get caught in projective identifications.
September 10, 2012
I wrote a review here, but Goodreads just disappeared it. Very frustrating. If I have time I'll come back and try again.
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