Carl Jung: But now I am grown so old that I can let go my grip on the world,

To Jolande Jacobi

Dear Dr. Jacobi, 25 August 1960

I was very impressed and pleased to hear that my autobiographical sketches have conveyed to you something of what my outer side has hitherto kept hidden.

It had to remain hidden because it could not have survived the brutalities of the outside world.

But now I am grown so old that I can let go my grip on the world, and its raucous cries fade in the distance.

The dream you have called back to my memory anticipates the content and setting of the analysis in a miraculous way. Who knew that and who arranged it?

Who envisioned and; grasped it, and forcibly expressed it in a great dream-image?

He who has insight into this question knows whereof he speaks when he tries to interpret the psyche. With cordial greetings,
Yours sincerely,

C.G. Jung, Carl Jung, Letters Vol. II, Page 585

Note: J . retold a "big dream" of hers in 1927 which had the character of an initiation.

It is reported in her The Way of lndividuation. (1967), pp. 76f.

Carl Jung: Anyone who puts another "factor" above the authority of the Church is no longer a Catholic

To Jolande Jacobi 24 June 1935

... When I treat Catholics who are suffering from neurosis I consider it my duty to lead them back to the bosom of the Church where they belong.

The ultimate decisions rest with the authority of the Church for anyone who is of the Catholic faith.

Psychology in this context therefore means only the removal of all those factors which hinder final submission to the authority of the Church.

Anyone who puts another "factor" above the authority of the Church is no longer a Catholic. . . ~Carl Jung, Letters Vol. I, Page 191

Carl Jung: She is odd and has a knot in the unconscious that sets up a vibration.

Dear Frau Jacobi, 20 November 1928

This letter will not give you the same pleasure as I received when I read yours with the clipping.

I congratulate you on the fluency of your pen!

The purpose of my reappearance today is a letter-I have it before me-from a pitiable female, obviously physically and psychically in black misery, a derelict from the deluge of 1914, unknown to me, filling me with pity yet not with hope-forgive me, I have written to tell her that perhaps you can give her advice!

Foreigners aren't allowed jobs in Switzerland, so I can do nothing.

She is odd and has a knot in the unconscious that sets up a vibration.

I am mildly curious.

One should never be curious with women.

But please do take a look at her.

Perhaps she will write to you. (She knows nothing of this letter.)

Please forgive me this imposition.

It's not what I usually do.

Cordial greetings to Herr v. Trentini,1 whom I congratulate on his 50th birthday.

On my 50th birthday there was a beautiful sunset, the waterfowl called to one another, a chill night wind came down from the mountains, and I drank an extra bottle of wine and smoked a birthday cigar.

I also got a letter from one of my friends, who said: they really ought to bring out a Festschrift on this occasion.

I found that touching.

With very best regards,

Yours sincerely,

C.G. Jung ~Carl Jung, Letters Vol. I, Page 55

Carl Jung: nobody can defy life's laws with impunity

To Jolande Jacobi

Dear Frau Jacobi, 10 April 1933

I assume you will already have heard from Brody what has happened to the falcon that flew out of your hand into the blue.

It came home again bedraggled and crept into its own egg, just as Noah's dove found no rest for the sole of her foot.

The highly implausible story that the dove returned with an olive leaf has not yet come to pass; the ark still tosses on the waters, which are higher than ever.

I personally do not regret this deflation in the least, as I am not at all set on making more work for myself.

I am convinced that people who could do it by themselves do not exist.

The fate of X. seems to me far sadder.

I have heard indirectly how badly it goes with him [X], and from the talk I had with him in Vienna this catastrophic decline could be foreseen, as nobody can defy life's laws with impunity.

I know how very hard your lot is these days.

With best wishes,

Ever sincerely yours,

C.G. Jung, Carl Jung, Letters Vol. I, Pages 119-120