Volume 3 of The Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz (hardcover edition) releases on September 1 and is now available for pre-orders.
The Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz is a 28-volume Magnum Opus from one of the leading minds in Jungian Psychology. Volume 3 turns to the Maiden’s Quest within fairytales.
The maiden/heroine navigates a complicated maze of inner and outer relationships as she builds a bridge to the unconscious. The heroine contends with the animus in many forms like a devouring and incestuous father, demonic groom, the beautiful prince, an androgenous mother, a cold dark tower, and through conflict with the evil stepmother.
Dangers and pitfalls await her as the conscious feminine strives to make connections with the unconscious masculine. The maiden is the undeveloped feminine and the promised fruit of her struggle with the animus is the coniunctio. Volume 3 is a masterwork of cross-cultural scholarship, penetrating psychological insight, and a strikingly illuminating treatise. With her usual perspicacity and thoroughness, von Franz gathers countless fairytale motifs revealing a myriad of facets to the maiden’s quest.
Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Bluebeard
• Chapter 2. The Pastor’s Wife
• Chapter 3. The Woman Who Became A Spider
• Chapter 4. Sedna
• Chapter 5. The Girl and the Skull
• Chapter 6. The Two Sisters
• Chapter 7. Mother Holle
• Chapter 8. Ingebjörg and the Good Stepmother
• Chapter 9. The Wages of the Stepdaughter and the House Daughter
• Chapter 10. Little Fatima with the Moon Forehead
• Chapter 11. Snowflake
• Chapter 12. Sleeping Beauty — Little Briar Rose
• Chapter 13. Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
• Chapter 14. Rapunzel
• Chapter 15. Cinderella
• Chapter 16. The Magic Horse
• Chapter 17. Hans Wunderlich
• Chapter 18. Allerleirauh, All-Kinds-Of-Fur
• Chapter 19. The White Bride and the Black Bride
• Chapter 20. The Goose Girl
• Epilogue
• Bibliography
• Index of Authors
• Index of Fairytales
Live Webinar on Volume 3!
The Jung Society of Washington D.C.
Friday, August 27, 2021
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Zoom, Eastern Time
A poisoned apple. An evil stepmother. A cold dark tower. The heroine is confronted out of the darkness of her own unconscious. Will she be devoured by the dark animus of the archetypal evil stepmother, or can she confront her ghosts and transform them into a healing space of strength?
Dr. Steven Buser, general editor of The Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz, gives a behind the scenes look into the editing process and dives into content of Volume Three, Archetypal Symbols in Fairytales: The Maiden’s Quest.
The maiden/heroine navigates a complicated maze of inner and outer relationships as she builds a bridge to the unconscious. The heroine contends with the animus in many forms like a devouring and incestuous father, demonic groom, the beautiful prince, an androgynous mother, and through conflict with the evil stepmother. Dangers and pitfalls await her as the conscious feminine strives to make connections with the unconscious masculine. The maiden is the undeveloped feminine and the promised fruit of her struggle with the animus is the coniunctio.
von Franz is the master at bringing fairytales alive and fathoming their depths. Her writings are some of the most profound work ever done on fairytales. Her deepening journey in Volume Three marvelously illuminates the quest of the feminine.
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