All contents of the soul have to come back to the other motif
If you take it on the psychological level, you can say that in this light of recognition there is a nuance of a ”nothing but” attitude.
It makes a world of difference if I say “this is this” or if I say it is “nothing but this.” If something is in a growing process and I say, “It is this,” then it can still change, but if I say it is “nothing but,” this attitude limits and stops transformation and the possibility of further growth.
If the intellect does not say, “It appears to me that way,” but is accompanied by that subtle psychological attitude which says, “I know it is just this and not more,” then the “nothing but” nuance brings in what is devilish or Luciferian and destroys everything, especially the growing thing.
What is already petrified is no longer important.
If I think in this way of a railway, that is not harmed, but if I think I know all about plant life and that it is only this and that chemical process, then I block off any possibility of saying more.
All contents of the soul have to come back to the other motif of the swan wing they all have an aspect which is not yet recognized.
The philosophical system with which we try to interpret contents of the unconscious is open to still more, and that is the way in which an interpretation will not have a destructive effect.
One should keep to what is possible and infer at the same time that there is a lot more to it so that there is room for growth. — Marie-Louise von Franz, The Psychological Meaning of Redemption Motifs in Fairytales, Page 113
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