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“Little Girl Lost: Sylvia Plath and the Puella Aeterna” by Susan E. Schwartz
The psychologist, Carl Jung, proposed that the soul unfolds of its own accord like the acorn seed becomes the mighty oak. In its DNA are four primary archetypes, or patterns of being, along with their shadows. When becoming — or manifesting — one of these primary archetypes is thwarted by some physical, emotional or sexual trauma, the psyche reacts by forming a tertiary archetype. Puella Aeterna is one of these reaction formations. Puella, the Eternal Girl, experiences but cannot face this wounding and thus can remain for her life, fearful, insecure and unfulfilled. —Schwartz
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