Von Franz, L'Ane d'Or.

The famous fantastic tale of Apuleius provides him with the opportunity for an illustration of depth psychology, teeming with incisive insights and practical applications. The metamorphosis into a donkey of the hero Lucius leading to his initiation into the mysteries of Isis and Osiris highlights how the secret cults of antiquity are revived, renewed, in Jungian individuation. This book can be seen as the male psychological equivalent of another work by Marie-Louise von Franz, The Woman in Fairy Tales. It is the first of a series of seven studies devoted to fairy tales, the whole forming a unique body of work on this subject, both in its breadth and in the author's wonderful insight. This work will, moreover, respond to the renewed interest in oral literature and fairy tales that exists today.