ASPECTS OF THE FEMININE

'Love is a force of destiny whose power reaches from heaven to hell.' So Jung ad
vises while reflecting on 'The Love Problem of a Student', an essay contained in
this volume. But it is not just love that Jung speaks of in this book. Taking a
s its theme Jung's interpretation of the feminine principle in his hugely influe
ntial theories about the inner world of the individual, it guides the reader fro
m the mythological archetype of the mother-figure to the experience of women in
twentieth-century Europe, explaining along the way concepts crucial to Jung's un
derstanding of the personality, such as animus and anima.