Psyche and Matter

by Marie-Louise von Franz

Overview

A leading expert on the teachings of C.G. Jung explores the connnection between mind and matter, drawing on classic Jungian themes like archetypes, dreams, synchronicity, and more
 
Twelve essays by the distinguished analyst Marie-Louise von Franz—five of them appearing in English for the first time—discuss synchronicity, number and time, and contemporary areas of rapprochement between the natural sciences and analytical psychology with regard to the relationship between mind and matter. This last question is among the most crucial today for fields as varied as microphysics, psychosomatic medicine, biology, quantum physics, and depth psychology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780834829831
Publisher:	Shambhala
Publication date:	05/01/2001
Series:	C. G. Jung Foundation Books Series
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998) was the foremost student of C. G. Jung, with whom she worked closely from 1934 until his death in 1961. A founder of the C. G. Jung Institute of Zurich, she published widely on subjects including alchemy, dreams, fairy tales, personality types, and psychotherapy.

Table of Contents

Foreword
by Robert Hinshaw
vii
Sources ix

Matter
and Psyche from the Point of View of the Psychology of C. G. Jung
1
Symbols
of the
Unus
Mundus
39
Time:
Rhythm and Repose
63

The
Psychological Experience of Time 113

Psyche
and Matter in Alchemy and Modern Science
145
The
Idea of the Macro- and Microcosmos in the Light of Jungian Psychology 169

Some
Historical Aspects of C. G. Jung's Synchronicity Hypothesis 185

The
Synchronicity Principle of C. G. Jung
203
A
Contribution to the Discussion of C. G. Jung's Synchronicity Hypothesis 229

Some
Reflections on Synchronicity 245

Meaning
and Order
267
Time
and Synchronicity in Analytical Psychology
293

Bibliography 325