TY  - BOOK
AU  - Franz, Marie-Louise von  1915-1998
TI  - The golden ass of Apuleius; the liberation of the feminine in man
T2  - (A C.G. Jung Foundation book)
SN  - 1-57062-611-1
PY  - 1992///
CY  - Boston/London
PB  - Shambhala
KW  - Asses
KW  - FAST
KW  - Animals--Folklore
KW  - Apuleius. Golden Ass
KW  - Psychoanalysis and literature
KW  - Jungian psychology
KW  - Isis and Osiris
KW  - Mother Archetype
KW  - Psyche and Eros
KW  - Mythology--Psychological aspects
KW  - Marriage, Sacred
KW  - Rebirth
N1  - Orig. in a series of lectures at the C.G. Jung Institute, Zurich, 1966; 1 The life and times of Apuleius. 2 The two companions and the tale of Aristomenes. 3 Lucius meets Byrrhena, Fotis and goat skins. 4 The ass. 5 Amor and Psyche I. 6 Amor and Psyche II. 7 Psyche's tasks. 8 Charite, Tlepolemus, and the chthonic shadow. 9 The ass in service of many masters. 10 Lucius returns to himself. 11 The goddess Isis. 12 Matter and the feminine
N2  - 'Like almost all folk tales, this one contains mythical substance that was excluded from the mythology recognized  by the dominant culture....The most fascinating aspect of it is that, along with its abundance of mythical traits asnd contexts, it represents a development whose content is precisely the liberation of the individual from the primordial mythical world, the freeing of the psyche....'
ER  -