Death as a signifier of rupture

This essay tries to add some arguments about the disagreements between Freud and Jung. As the history of depth psychology has shown us, these two researchers approached, even built a friendship and then lose each other, both personally and theoretically. Several reasons have been pointed out for this breakdown, but we believe that there are still a few pieces to add, especially regarding the epistemological and ontological aspects involved in their theoretical relationship. In other words, have their views on the nature of the psyche played a role in the difficulties that led to the end of their collaboration? We try to provide some answers through their correspondence, specially emphasizing the relation between theoretical developments and their personal relationship. Death, ultimately, means the impossible in this association.