Marie-Louise von Franz

On spinning from the book   Animus and Anima in Fairy
Tales published by Inner City Books

  "Spinning represents the aimless, circular movement of the psyche. An anima-possessed man goes spinning round and round the same experiences-he is in the cocoon of the goddess. He must say.....""Stop! Don't mill around-turn your back to me so I can go on."
  ......"To a lesser degree one sees this in people who are caught in a fate dictated by their unconscious. For instance, such a person may go through a series of marriages, all to the same type of man or woman. The spinning factor always creates the same fate. That is one of the witchy aspects of the unconscious."
  ......"In (psychiatric) practice, one sees this when dealing with women possessed by the (negative) witch archetype. Such women seem to have to stir up emotions purely for the sake of stirring them up, even if it is destructive. Such women, when they see a blind spot in one of their neighbors, just have to put their finger on it. They can't leave it alone. The witch anima in men has this tendency, too."

psychology