The Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz is the forthcoming 28-volume Magnum Opus of one of the leading minds in Analytical Psychology. The first volume, Archetypal Symbols in Fairytales: The Profane & Magical Worlds, was released on January 4th, 2021 – Dr. von Franz’s 106th birthday – and is to be followed by 27 more volumes over the next 10 years.
Joining us for this very special episode are the General Editors of the volumes, Jungian psychiatrists Drs. Steven Buser and Leonard Cruz in Asheville, North Carolina.
Dr. Buser received his M.D. from the Duke University School of Medicine and is a Diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He served for 12 years in the United States Air Force where he was the sole military psychiatrist in Central and South America, was chief of a Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing team, led hostage negotiations, and specialized in war trauma evaluations and treatment. He worked in private psychiatric practice for many years before entering the clinical training program at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago. Along with Dr. Cruz in 2013, he acquired Chiron Publications where he currently serves as chief publisher. Since 2018, he has been on the clinical faculty at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, teaching medical students addiction medicine and psychiatry.
Dr. Cruz holds an M.D. from the University of Miami School of Medicine and a graduate degree in business from Western Carolina University. After 33 years of practicing general psychiatry and psychotherapy, he shifted his clinical focus to treating substance use disorders and is currently the Chief Medical Officer of a 72-bed, state-supported substance abuse hospital. He explores how post-modern man’s search for transcendent experiences can easily descend into addiction and how utilizing myth, rites, and rituals can help support patients seeking sobriety. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief and CEO of Chiron Publications.
In 2008, Drs. Buser and Cruz co-founded the Asheville Jung Center, a pioneer in bringing high quality online Jungian educational programs to a world-wide audience. They are the co-authors of DSM-5 Insanely Simplified: Unlocking the Spectrums within DSM-5 & ICD-10, and co-editors of A Clear & Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of President Trump, Rocket Man: Nuclear Madness & the Mind of Donald Trump, and along with Dr. Murray Stein are contributors to the wildly popular Map of the Soul book series, which you can learn more about on Speaking of Jung’s BTS page. After several years of negotiations and preparations, Chiron Publications embarked on a 10-year long project of publishing a newly translated Collected Works of Marie Louise von Franz, and it is the subject of our talk today.
This episode was recorded on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. It’s 57:39 long and 51.7 MB. You can listen to it right here in your browser or download it directly to your computer. It’s also available on on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Spotify, iHeartRadio, and on Amazon Music. You can also listen to this episode on your Amazon Echo device simply by saying, “Alexa, play Speaking of Jung on Apple Podcasts.”
SHOW NOTES
Update: Please see our special page in the Blog section for continual updates on the publication of the Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz.
Volume 1, Archetypal Symbols in Fairytales: The Profane & Magical Worlds, is currently available from Chiron Publications, Amazon US, Amazon UK, and Amazon Germany
Aurora Consurgens: A Document Attributed to Thomas Aquinas on the Problem of Opposites in Alchemy Edited with a commentary by Marie-Louise von Franz
ISAP Talk on The Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz YouTube video including Drs. Buser & Cruz, Murray Stein, Peter Ammann, & even Laura makes a brief appearance
Symbolik des Märchens Available only in German
Die Visionen des Niklaus von Flüe Available only in German
The Foundation for Jungian Psychology The Foundation has its main office at Linderbergstrasse 15, in 8700 Küsnacht, from where it manages its literary inheritance from Marie-Louise von Franz and Barbara Hannah, along with the Marie-Louise von Franz library.
The Fountain of the Love of Wisdom: An Homage to Marie-Louise von Franz Edited by Emmanuel Kennedy-Xypolitas, Ph.D., Jungian analyst
Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism & the Psychology Book based on the transcription of the lecture series presented by Marie-Louise von Franz at the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich in 1959. Edited for publication by Daryl Sharp and Marion Woodman.
BOOKS IN ENGLISH BY MARIE-LOUISE VON FRANZ
Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism & the Psychology
An Interpretation of Apuleius’ Golden Ass with the Tale of Eros & Psyche
Animus & Anima in Fairy Tales Edited by Daryl Sharp
Archetypal Dimensions of the Psyche
Archetypal Patterns in Fairy Tales
Aurora Consurgens: A Document Attributed to Thomas Aquinas on the Problem of Opposites in Alchemy
C.G. Jung: His Myth in Our Time
Dreams: A Study of the Dreams of Jung, Descartes, Socrates, & Other Historical Figures
Number & Time: Reflections Leading Toward a Unification of Depth Psychology & Physics
On Divination & Synchronicity: The Psychology of Meaningful Chance
Projection & Re-Collection in Jungian Psychology: Reflections of the Soul
Puer Aeternus: A Psychological Study of the Adult Struggle with the Paradise of Childhood
The Cat: A Tale of Feminine Redemption
The Golden Ass of Apuleius: The Liberation of the Feminine in Man
The Interpretation of Fairy Tales
The Passion of Perpetua: A Psychological Interpretation of Her Visions
The Problem of the Puer Aeternus
The Psychological Meaning of Redemption Motifs in Fairy Tales
WITH MARIE-LOUISE VON FRANZ
Corpus Alchemicum Arabicum: Book of the Explanation of the Symbols of Kitab Hall ar-Rumuz with psychological commentary by Marie-Louise von Franz (This is von Franz’s work on Arabic alchemy.)
Lectures in Jung’s Typology with James Hillman, Ph.D., Jungian analyst
Lectures on Jung’s Aion with Barbara Hannah, Jungian analyst
Light From the Darkness: The Paintings of Peter Birkhäuser with psychological commentary by Marie-Louise von Franz
The Grail Legend with Emma Jung, Jungian analyst
The Way of the Dream: Conversations on Jungian Dream Interpretation with Marie-Louise von Franz by Fraser Boa, Jungian analyst
ABOUT MARIE-LOUISE VON FRANZ
The Fountain of the Love of Wisdom: An Homage to Marie-Louise von Franz Edited by Emmanuel Kennedy-Xypolitas, Ph.D., Jungian analyst
Marie-Louise von Franz: The Classic Jungian & the Classic Jungian Tradition Edited by Jungian analysts James A. Hall & Daryl Sharp
Valley of Diamonds: Adventures in Number & Time with Marie-Louise von Franz by J. Gary Sparks, Jungian analyst
MOVIES WITH MARIE-LOUISE VON FRANZ
Marie-Louise von Franz: Bollingen 1982 DVD from Daimon Verlag with overvoice in English, French and Spanish
Matter of Heart: The Extraordinary Journey of C.G. Jung Into the Soul of Man Documentary film by the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles
Remembering Jung: A Conversation About C.G. Jung & His Work with Marie-Louise von Franz A series of 3 DVDs by the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles
The Way of the Dream: Dr. Marie-Louise von Franz in Conversation with Fraser Boa A 10-hour film series available on 4 DVDs from the Max & Lore Zeller Library at the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles (This film’s transcript was published in book form by Fraser Boa.)
LAURA’S LINKS
Photos from Laura’s visit to Marie-Louise von Franz’s grave can be found in this Speaking of Jung blog post
Puer Aeternus Excerpt Speaking of Jung blog post including an excerpt from the book, Puer Aeternus: A Psychological Study of the Adult Struggle with the Paradise of Childhood, by Marie-Louise von Franz
The Shadow of Jungian Psychology Speaking of Jung blog post including quotes from Remembering Jung: A Conversation About C.G. Jung & His Work with Marie-Louise von Franz, Part II
In Memoriam: Marie-Louise von Franz, 1915-1998 A personal reminiscence by the founder of Inner City Books, Jungian analyst Daryl Sharp (Eps. 1, 5)