8/11/2023 0 Comments Dr. marie louise von franz![]() Later reflecting on this incident all of a sudden she realized that what happens psychically, is the true reality. Hereupon Jung looked at her very seriously and replied: “No, she was on the moon!” The 18-year-old, now really confused, thought: “Either this man is crazy, or I am too stupid to understand what he means.” When she went to bed after this long day being a bit tipsy as Jung served his young guests a lot of Burgundy wine she thought that most probably it will take her at least ten years to digest what this man had told her today. Marie-Louise von Franz, somehow irritated, objected that this young woman might have dreamed or fantasized that she was on the moon. So vividly was he talking as though this woman had really been on the moon. Jung among other things mentioned a patient, who asserted that she has been on the moon where she had to fight a demon. Many decades later, in an interview with Françoise Selhofer she recalled: “Jung spoke so impressively about the reality of the soul that I, who at that time had a rather rationalistic mind, soon did not know anymore whether I’m coming or going.” In the discussion at lunch C.G. That very day a deep love for Jung and his psychology was sown in the depths of her psyche - a love that remained for the rest of her life. I really wonder how Jung was able to spend that much time with so many different people in addition to all his work.įor Marie-Louise von Franz this first encounter with Carl Gustav Jung was fated and it made an enormous impression on her. It seems that the young people had spent the whole day with Jung until late in the evening. The latter is said to have reached the biblical age of 969 years. To the young girl he appeared like a methuselah, the biblical archetypal father from immemorial times before the Deluge. In the company of seven schoolmates from high school they took the train to Bollingen to visit the famous psychiatrist. Among them was Marie-Louise von Franz, the only girl. This is how it came that through the agency of Toni Wolff some young people were invited to visit that strange old man in the tower of Bollingen. Jung was eager to learn more about the younger generation, their reflections and thoughts. It is no exaggeration to say that without this seemingly chance concurrence, Jungian Psychology as well as the Psychology Club would certainly not be the same as what they are today. ![]() This nephew shared the class with Marie-Louise von Franz at high school. The messenger of fate was a nephew of Toni Wolff who then was the president of the Psychology Club. Marie-Louise von Franz in her tower at Bollingen Jung is a quite particular story worth mentioning here. In 2015 the Club lectures and seminars were held in honor of Marie-Louise von Franz who was a Club member for many years and would have celebrated her hundredth birthday in the respective year. Marie-Louise von Franz REMEMBERING MARIE-LOUISE VON FRANZ Dr.
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