Especially in times of collective neurosis, the existence of . . . mature people is of crucial importance.
Marie-Louise von FranzNumber is therefore the most primitive instrument of bringing an unconscious awareness of order into consciousness.
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 FranzYou see, in the image of Aquarius, it's a man who pours water into the fish. Now the fish is the unconscious. It is not enough just to have it. We have to actively turn towards it and support it so that it then helps us.
Marie-Louise von Franz