By way of illustration, she presents a detailed examination of a simple Grimm’s tale, The Three Feathers, followed by a comprehensive discussion of motifs related to Jung’s concept of the shadow, the anima, and the animus. In this book-originally published as An Introduction to the Interpretation of Fairy Tales -she describes the steps involved in analyzing and illustrates them with a variety of European tales, from Beauty and the Beast to The Robber Bridegroom.ĭr. von Franz begins with a history of the study of fairy tales and the various theories of interpretation. Perhaps the foremost authority on the psychological interpretation of fairy tales is Marie-Louise von Franz. Every people or nation has its own way of experiencing this psychic reality, and so a study of the world’s fairy tales yields a wealth of insights into the archetypal experiences of humankind. Of the various types of mythological literature, fairy tales are the simplest and purest expressions of the collective unconscious and thus offer the clearest understanding of the basic patterns of the human psyche. It explores the profound visions of two ground-breaking saints in the Catholic church, Saint Niklaus von Flüe and Saint Perpetua.
Volume 6 heralds translations of material never before available in English. A Jungian psychologist argues how careful analyses of fairy tales like Beauty and the Beast can lead to a deeper understanding of human psychology Marie-Louise von Franz: Niklaus Von Fle And Saint Perpetua: A Psychological Interpretation of Their Visions Chapter14 The Text 178 The text of the 'Passio Perpetuae et Felicitas ' which describes the last days of the African martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas and their fellow sufferers, was discovered about the middle of the 17th century by Lukas Holsten. The Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz is a 28 volume Magnum Opus from one of the leading minds in Jungian Psychology.
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