The Cat: A Tale of Feminine Redemption

R320,00

The Cat is a Romanian fairy tale of some complexity and great charm, in which von Franz unravels the symbolic threads one by one.  Originally a lecture series presented at the Jung Institute in Zürich, this is von Franz at her very best, theoretically lucid, sharply insightful and always grounded in lived experience.

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Author: Marie-Louise von Franz
No. Pages: 128
ISBN: 9780919123847

The Cat is a Romanian fairy tale of some complexity and great charm.  It is the story of a princess who at the age of seventeen is bewitched – turned into a cat.  She must remain in that form until an emperor’s son will come and cut off her head… Eventually a simple-minded emperor’s son, searching the earth for fine linen, finds her and accomplishes the task.  How and why this happens is patiently dissected by Dr. von Franz with her characteristic erudition and earthly humor.

One by one she unravels the symbolic threads in this story, from enchantment to beating, the ringing of bells, golden apples, somersaults, and witches, etc., and throughout, the great themes of redemption and the union of opposites, always relating them to both individual and collective psychology.

Originally a lecture series presented at the Jung Institute in Zürich, this is von Franz at her very best, theoretically lucid, sharply insightful and always grounded in lived experience.