A dying cavalry officer dreamed of a soldier showing him his horse's decaying corpse; Jung interpreted this as the unconscious communicating that the physical warm-blooded body would die, but that the essential 'I' observing the corpse would persist.
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Marie-Louise von FranzEvidence Quote
“Jung interpreted that as saying: 'The warm-blooded animal which you are is going to die. That's what's going to happen to it. But it's not you. It's only the warm-blooded animal body which is going to decay, but not you yourself.'”
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Carl Jung’s Near-Death Experience & Marie-Louise von Franz on the Mystery of Death-Dreams— The Jungian AionCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:43:30 AM
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