TLS in German, signed “C. G. Jung,” one page, 8.25 x 11.5, personal letterhead, August 18, 1936. Letter to Lotte Menge, in part (translated): "My correspondence is more like a flood than something sensible and measured. Concerning your questions: I am very reluctant to answer people I don’t know personally. Therefore, I will need to remain very general. In principle I am always in favor that children, once they have reached a mature age, separate from their parents as soon as possible. Parents need to know that they are like trees which lose their fruit in autumn. Children don’t belong to parents; additionally, they only appear to be a product of their parents. In reality they are part of a century-old tribe, or better still a part of many tribes and are often as similar to their parents as an apple is to an evergreen. If it is necessary to take care of aging parents, or just to keep up friendly relations with them, there cannot exist any other dependencies beyond the human obligations, because the young generation must start life from scratch, and can be burdened only with the most urgent things from the past.” In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. An especially interesting letter considering Jung’s focus on the ‘collective unconscious’—the concept that ideas and memories were shared and inherited from ancestors. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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