The Cat: A Tale of Feminine Redemption by Von Franz, Marie-Louise - 1999

Toronto: Inner City Books, 1999. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts. Paperback, 126 p.p. B&W photos. Lightly bumped at corners and spine ends, else fine. "The Cat" is a Romanian fairy tale of some complexity and great charm. It is the story of a princess who at the age of 17 is bewitched and turned into a cat until an emperor's son is prophesied to cut off her head. One by one, von Franz unravels the symbolic threads in this story, from enchantment to beating, the ringing of bells, golden apples, somersaults and witches, etc., and throughout the great themes of redemption and the union of opposites, always relating them both to individual and collective psychology.