Conversations with Marie-Louise von Franz on Synchronicity and Numbers – Title 148

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Intriguing revelations from Marie-Louise von Franz’s final words on synchronicity and numbers 

A special delivery from Jung’s postman:

Our newest title takes you inside fascinating conversations among Marie-Louise von Franz herself and her colleagues, and their work at the newly-founded Marie-Louise von Franz Institute for Studies in Synchronicity (MLFI) in Zurich from 1994 to 1998.

In October 1993, von Franz recounted a dream of “a new job”: she was the new apprentice postman at the Bollingen post office, entrusted with continuing Jung’s work on number, quantum physics, synchronicity, and depth psychology – delivering this “letter” to a new generation that might still be unready for the message.

Conversations is that letter: a glimpse into the profound thinking and powerful intuition that brought us some of the most important Jungian scholarship ever written.

Editors Robin Mindell and Christophe Le Mouël present seven conversations exploring the resonances of synchronicity, number, quantum physics, and Jung’s central psychological concepts. Among the surprises are von Franz’s reflections on her analytical work with Wolfgang Pauli and her meditations on the psyche’s progress toward death and what may follow. Recorded as von Franz’s Parkinsonism advanced, these dialogues capture her fierce intellect, wry humor, and unwavering devotion to Jung’s legacy. She refused strong pain medication so that her mind could stay clear even as her body failed. “Marlus,” as her friends called her, appears here as rarely seen: candid, playful, irreverent, and profoundly wise. The book includes extensive footnotes and newly published material. For readers wishing to deepen their understanding of synchronicity, this is an invaluable and moving glimpse into one of the great figures of analytical psychology.

(With thanks to Dr. Vicky Jo)

Check out this related episode 149 of Laura London’s Speaking of Jung.