One 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 FranzEspecially in times of collective neurosis, the existence of . . . mature people is of crucial importance.
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 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