His wife emma jung is twenty six a mother of four aspiring to help her husband create the new science of psychology toni wolffs fiercely curious mind and her devotion to jung threaten this aspirationdespite their passionate rivalry for jungs mind and heart the two women often find themselves allied born of aristocratic swiss families they are denied a university education and long to establish themselves as analysts in their own right passionate and self educated they . The year is 1910 sigmund freud and his heir apparent carl jung are changing the way we think about human nature and the mind twenty two year old toni wolff enters the heart of this world as jungs patient his wife emma jung is twenty six a mother of four aspiring to help her husband create the new science of psychology toni wolff39s fiercely curious mind and her devotion to jung . Out of the shadows a story of toni wolff and emma jung a play in two parts by elizabeth clark stern out of the shadows began as an independent study at antioch university revised some years later the international association of analytical psychologists invited the original production to be performed at the international jungian congress in south africa in 2007the year is 1910 sigmund freud and his heir apparent carl jung are changing the way we think about human nature and the mind . This year following a short annual general meeting the calgary jung society is presenting a unique performance a readers theatre of elizabeth clark sterns play out of the shadows a story of toni wolff and emma jung this play not only explores the relationship between toni wolff jungs paramour and emma jung jungs wife over 40 years but also follows the development of the field of psychology we are quite excited to bring you a glimpse into the life and thoughts of two . Emma the twenty six year old mother of four aspires to heip her husband develop the science of psychology but when twenty two year old toni wolff enters the heart of this world as jungs patient her curious mind and devotion to jung threaten emmas aspirations as toni and emma explore both their antagonism and common ground they struggle to know the essence of the enemy the other as well as the power and depth of their own natures the play follows toni and emmas rivalry over