Marie-Louise von Franz

Psychology
  • Marie-Louise von Franz was a Swiss Jungian psychologist and scholar who worked closely with Carl Jung.

  • She founded the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich and authored numerous books on analytical psychology, focusing on fairy tales, alchemy, and active imagination.

  • Von Franz was known for her extensive dream interpretation work, claiming to have analyzed over 65,000 dreams.

  • She also conducted research on the unity of psychological and material worlds, exploring the archetypal nature of natural numbers.

  • Her contributions to Jungian psychology include investigations into the I Ching's connection to DNA and the concept of the unus mundus.

  • Von Franz's work continues to influence the field of depth psychology and dream analysis.

Books by Marie-Louise von Franz