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This loving tribute to the late Dr. Marie-Louise von Franz appeared last autumn, some eight years after her death in February of 1998. Compiled by her former student and long-time associate, Emmanuel Kennedy-Xypolitas, it collects the public announcements of her death, eulogies by Anne McGuire and Alfred Ribi, a chronology of her life, a short biographical sketch by her sister Marie-Anne and a bibliography of her works in English together with a few brief review comments. The majority and heart of the book, however, is comprised by the numerous personal memories, observations and contributions solicited from the many people whose lives she touched. Twenty-four pages of well-chosen photographs, some in colour, complement the biographical data, showing von Franz at various ages and at work and at ease with colleagues and friends.
The handful of short formal essays among fifty-five contributions reflects many of von Franz's favourite interests. The importance of having the right attitude when approaching the ambiguous realm of the Great Mother is explored through an interpretation of an African version of the Grimms’ fairytale ‘Mother Holle’ (Christine Altmann-Glaser). A devouring mother complex is diagnosed for the protagonist in Goncharov's novel Oblomov, yet its manifestations are also interpreted constructively as the novelist's attempt to recapture values lost in Russia's transition toward modernity (Maria Kardaun). In a more philosophical vein, the logos is seen as a necessary fracture, emerging out of the continuity of the Tao, a relationship illustrated here with works by Borges, Dali, and others (Jean-Pierre Duport-Rozan). A meandering discussion of the re-emergence of the feminine in our time is based on an extended correspondence with von Franz in her final years and concludes with the hope of repairing the breach of eros between Christianity and Islam (Rafael Monzo). In other contributions, music is examined as a symbol in numerous dreams (Hildemarie Streich