The Life, Work and Legacy of Carl Jung
Only when her ego is firmly rooted in her own feminine feeling can a woman be released from her compulsive behavior. Esther Harding, referring to the ego complex preceding the formation of a conscious ego, writes: Where the ego is inadequately developed in modern adults and is not made conscious, we find that the ego … Read more
The woman places the thorn of her animus When the prince appears after a hundred years, the thorny hedge growing around the castle blossoms suddenly into beautiful roses. The rose, says one medieval author, belongs to the goddess Venus and means love, for “there is no love without thorns.” They also say “Ubi mel, ibi … Read more
Woman’s fear of the female Self, of the experience of the numinous archetypal Feminine, Woman’s fear of the female Self, of the experience of the numinous archetypal Feminine, becomes comprehensible when we get a glimpse – or even only a hint – of the profound otherness of female selfhood as contrasted to male selfhood. Precisely … Read more
She is the creative Earth, which not only brings forth and swallows life As the Great Creatrix, the feminine is no vessel and passage for an alien, masculine Other that condescends towards her, enters into her, and favors her with the seed of living. Life originates in her and issues from her, and the light … Read more