Psychology of the Unconscious / A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido. A Contribution to the History of the Evolution of Thought

by C. G. Jung

Prisoned I lay,

While thinking it not

And feeling only,

For, in my thought,

Oh, should you guess it?

Was only my love for thee.”

The erotic similes which now follow distinctly reveal the motive of rebirth:

Siegfried:

“A glorious flood

Before me rolls.