Number is therefore the most primitive instrument of bringing an unconscious awareness of order into consciousness.
Marie-Louise von FranzOne of the most wicked destructive forces, psychologically speaking, is unused creative power ... If someone has a creative gift and out of laziness, or for some other reason, doesn't use it, the psychic energy turns to sheer poison. That's why we often diagnose neuroses and psychotic diseases as not-lived higher possibilities.
Marie-Louise von FranzThere are people who cannot risk loneliness with the experience. They always have to be in a flock and have human contact.
Marie-Louise von FranzWe could all be mediums, and all have absolute knowledge, if the bright light of our ego consciousness would not dim it.
Marie-Louise von Franz