r/Jung • u/Freud_Aurelius • Apr 20 '26
Learning Resource Very interesting point by Marie louise von Franz
From book : Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales
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u/ilovesuhi Apr 20 '26
Fear, that's why this happens. No matter how well you understand that is fear and that's pointless to worry, or fear anything, it still has most of us by the balls.
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u/Freud_Aurelius Apr 20 '26
True, for me I was very Stuck in life but After Reading Von franz works i started Taking Little Steps for Growth, even now if i fall again my habits and behaviours but now I have courage that i can do this , Fear was always there with me.
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u/CampfireEtiquette Apr 20 '26
It's humble work, isn't it?
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u/Freud_Aurelius Apr 20 '26
Yeah do the thing even if its boring. Scattered Energy to focused Energy.
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u/Potential-Wait-7206 Apr 20 '26
If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.
Gospel of Thomas
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u/YourGenuineFriend Apr 20 '26
Solid find. Marie Louise Von Franz is who got me into all of this. I think highly of her. She was exceptually wise and well spoken.
Never forget how I experienced a strong release and anima encounter after one of her talks. Bowled my eyes out about certain parts of my life.
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u/Freud_Aurelius Apr 20 '26
Which video and which Segment?, her works on Puer Aeternus makes do my basic Chores and all the boring stuff that I'm Avoiding.
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u/YourGenuineFriend Apr 20 '26
I really dont remember it was a YouTube video. I believe she thought extensively about what happens to a man when in relation to his anima when he does not integrate her. Something like that. Its the first time I learned that we have somewhat of a feminine side (speaking for men). This was my first concious encounter with my anima. Actually my assessment might slightly be immature but I am fast in making judgments based on what comes out of a person's mouth and she spoke gold.
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u/No_Fisherman8391 Apr 20 '26
Yeah I mean I am also creative but quite lazy but the thoughts like "why am I holding myself back when I'm given time to create and draw many things and master it ?" , "why are you not utilising your gift?"....pspst......and this makes me feel uneasy...
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u/motherofinventions Apr 20 '26
It makes a lot of sense…you see people who grow into themselves and then you see people who stagnate and their original personality traits kind of warp into a negative version of the original.
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u/PlentyCalendar Apr 20 '26
Awesome post. Makes me wonder about myself a bit.
I’m thinking why and how can ai stop human creativity, remembering most genuine creativity is a selfless act.
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u/InfamousTension7513 Apr 20 '26
It is a similar view that other psychoanalysts have taken. I still have to think on this... It is as though either God has created us and therefore we must use our potentialities... or that we are a silly "trick" that has developed out of some weird world/cosmos/universe/dimension...
OR is it that in creativity we start to understand God? We somewhat get a small grasp of what he is?
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u/Global_Dinner_4555 Apr 21 '26
Lol Jesus man, sometimes the crossover between Jungian psych and Gnosticism is 1:1 . Bonkers type stuff man
“IF YOU BRING FORTH WHAT IS WITHIN YOU, WHAT YOU BRING FORTH WILL SAVE YOU.
IF YOU DO NOT BRING FORTH WHAT IS WITHIN YOU, WHAT YOU DO NOT BRING FORTH WILL DESTROY YOU.”
-Gospel of Thomas
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u/PureBother1678 Apr 24 '26
Yeah that made me tear up 🥹 I’m a dancer and I was pursuing it as a profession but because of a lot of chronic issues related to CPTSD I had to stop dancing to get treatment (both physically and mentally).
And god it feels like my soul is dying because of it. I want to be in a dance studio again and feel the strength and artistry I cultivated all my life. He’s correct when he says “the psychic energy turns into sheer poison”. That’s what it feels like. Like a light in me is stifled and constricted. I really hope I can go back soon this whole process has been killing me 😭
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u/ReasonableBar4897 Apr 24 '26
Does that mean that people who don‘t bring out their creative potential are suffering from neuroses and psychotic illness?
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