48 Quotes by Erich Neumann

The self-generating power of the soul is man’s true and final secret, by virtue of which he is made in the likeness of God the creator and distinguished from all other living things. These images, ideas, values, and potentialities of the treasure hidden in the unconscious are brought to birth and realized by the hero in his various guises – savior and man of action, seer and sage, founder and artist, inventor and discoverer, scientist and leader.

Only by killing the First Parents can a way be found out of the conflict into personal life.

Thus, as the ego develops, it is imperative to prevent a situation from arising in which the dynamic-emotional component of an unconscious image or archetype would drive the ego into an instinctive reaction and so overwhelm consciousness.