In the fairy tales “Beauty and the Beast,” “Donkey Skin,” and “The Courageous Girl,” the father’s actions have important consequences for his daughter’s destiny. Each seminar will explore the impact of the father’s actions on the Path of Individuation of the daughter.
In “Beauty and the Beast,” the father gets lost in the forest. He suddenly sees a seemingly uninhabited mansion and enters, but it is the castle of the Beast. Wanting to please Belle, his daughter, the father plucks a rose. This rose is the dearest thing the Beast has in the world. In exchange for the father’s freedom, the Beast demands that Belle come and live with him. In “Donkey Skin,” the father wants to marry his daughter. Desperate, she escapes, hidden under the skin of the castle donkey. In “The Courageous Girl,” a tale from Tadzhikistan, the father is sick and getting blind. His daughter goes off on a perilous journey in search of medicine that will help him regain his health, see again and value the Feminine.