Nationality Swiss Name Emma Jung Spouse Carl Jung (m. 1903–1955) | Occupation Psychoanalyst Role Author | |
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Full Name Emma Rauschenbach Born 30 March 1882 ( 1882-03-30 ) Schaffhausen, Switzerland Died November 27, 1955, Zurich, Switzerland Books The Grail legend, Animus and Anima, La Legende du Graal, Die Graalslegende in psychologischer Sicht Children Agathe Niehus, Gret Baumann, Franz Jung-Merker, Marianne Niehus, Helene Hoerni Similar People Carl Jung, Sabina Spielrein, Marie‑Louise von Franz, Sarah Gadon, James Hillman | ||
Labyrinths: Emma Jung, Her Marriage to Carl and the Early Days of Psychoanalysis - Book Discussion
Emma Jung (born Emma Rauschenbach; 30 March 1882 – 27 November 1955) was a psychotherapist and author. She was the wife of Carl Gustav Jung, the prominent psychiatrist and founder of Analytical psychology.
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Early life
Jung came from the family of a wealthy industrialist, and the then owner of IWC Schaffhausen, Johannes Rauschenbach. At the time of her marriage she was the second-richest heiress in Switzerland.
Children
The Jungs married on 14 February 1903, seven years after they first met. Together they had five children (four daughters and one son); Agathe, Gret, Franz, Marianne and Helene.
Marital life
In 1906, a variety of Carl Jung's unusual dreams of the period were interpreted by Sigmund Freud as portending the "failure of a marriage for money" (das Scheitern einer Geldheirat). Jung took a strong interest in her husband's work and became a noted analyst in her own right. She developed a particular interest in the Grail legend. She was an analyst before they married, although her independence of him in this field has been contested. She was also in regular correspondence of her own with Freud.
Sometime around the birth of Jung's last child, in 1914, her husband began a relationship with a young patient, Toni Wolff, which lasted for some decades. Deirdre Bair, in her biography of Carl Jung, describes Emma Jung as bearing up nobly as her husband insisted that Wolff become part of their household, saying that Wolff was "his other wife". Wolff tried to persuade Carl Jung to divorce but this did not happen. A colleague, Sabina Spielrein, had earlier claimed to have been Carl Jung's lover, keeping a diary to document the relationship.
Posthumous
After Jung's death, her husband carved a stone in her name, "She was the foundation of my house." He is also said to have cried "She was a queen! She was a queen!" ("Sie war eine Konigin! Sie war eine Konigin!") while mourning. Her gravestone was inscripted: "Oh vase, sign of devotion and obedience."