As physics is a mental reconstruction of material processes, perhaps a physical reconstruction of psychic processes is possible in nature itself. Marie-Louise von Franz More Quotes by Marie-Louise von Franz More Quotes From Marie-Louise von Franz Number is therefore the most primitive instrument of bringing an unconscious awareness of order into consciousness. Marie-Louise von Franz numbers order science To sum up: numbers appear to represent both an attribute of matter and the unconscious foundation of our mental process. For this reason, number forms, according to Jung, that particular element that unites the realms of matter and psyche. It is "real" in a double sense, as an archetypal image and as a qualitative manifestation in the realm of outer-world experience. Marie-Louise von Franz foundation real numbers As soon as we notice that certain types of events 'like' to cluster together at certain times, we begin to understand the Chinese, whose theories of medicine, philosophy, and even building are based on a 'science' of meaningful coincidences. Marie-Louise von Franz destiny meaningful philosophy Jung even asserted that he would have no objection to regarding the psyche as a quality of matter and matter as a concrete aspect of the psyche, provided that the psyche was understood to be the collective unconscious. Marie-Louise von Franz collective-unconscious quality matter It is as if something somewhere were 'known' in the form of images - but not by us. Marie-Louise von Franz known form ifs The mathematical forms of order which the mind of a physicist manipulates coincides "miraculously" with experimental measurements. Marie-Louise von Franz measurement mind order