What is projection? What happens when we become aware of our projections, individual and collective?

We will dive into Chapter 4, “The Hypothesis of the Collective Unconscious,” perhaps the most exciting chapter so far. Von Franz both distills and elaborates the ancient and now unconventional idea—anima mundi, world soul—referring to Jung’s exposition of its mythological underpinnings. What is the evidence here for the collective unconscious? How can we understand its nuances and paradoxes?