A dying woman dreamed of a burning candle on a windowsill that flickered and seemed to go out, triggering panic about 'the great darkness,' but then the candle appeared outside the window (beyond the threshold), large and burning steadily again; she died four hours later comforted by this dream, which symbolized the continuation of her life in another medium.
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Marie-Louise von FranzEvidence Quote
“And she told the nurse in the morning after breakfast, 'Tonight, I had a strange dream. I dreamed that there was a candle on the windowsill, and it was slowly burning down. It began to flicker, and I had a panic, and I thought, 'My God, now the great darkness is coming! The great darkness is coming!' And then, suddenly, there was a change. The candle was outside the windowsill, on the outer part of the window, and it was big and burning quietly again.' Four hours after that dream, she died.”
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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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