L'Ombra e il male nella fiaba

Interested both in fairy tales/horrors, and in psychology of a Jungian sort, I came to this book with an open mind and a grain of salt. It's no light read and one does need to pick up the psycho-lingo on the way through. The author (or speaker, as it were) interprets the often cryptic symbolism of s Leggi tutto

I love this book and this author. As a close associate of Jung, she shares stories from her relationship with him throughout the book. On the surface this book appears to be an explanation of Jungian views of metaphor and archetypes in fairy tales. But underneath it's like a mystical tome with clues Leggi tutto

Yeah, maybe it's less about fairy tales per se , but if you want to read about how C. G. Jung once fed ducks in a pond and about similar excellent anecdotes, this book is for you! + some of the explanations and analogies were really flimsy

An oldie, but a goody.

Not worthy of its reputation as an explanation of fairy tales I think very carefully before posting anything less than a four or five star review of a book. "If you can't find anything nice to say about someone, don't say anything at all." What is more, a book represents a serious emotional investment Leggi tutto

Only when light falls on an object does it throw a shadow. I'm finding myself more and more intrigued by the Jungian worldview, not so much because it feels right but rather because it feels mostly alien, despite being a wildly influential perspective just a few decades back. For me, it's somewhat si Leggi tutto

I probably learned more about Jungian psychology than about fairy tales, but there are definitely lots of interesting passages.

Von Franz's pov is a bit frustrating at times, but the book is worth it for the thought-provoking tales from international sources, and for the explanation of active imagination versus black magic.