Public Lectures

The lectures deal with Germanic cosmology, the main gods and the end of time. They describe Germanic culture through time and deal with neglected female and male archetypes, the consequences of cultural repression and archetypal illiteracy.

I. Introduction

II. Germanic cosmography, the gods and the end of time

III. Germanic mythology through time

IV. Women in the Norse world, Brünhild and the Ring

V. Odin, the undiscovered archetype of analytical psychologists

VI. A plea for education in archetypal geography

VII. On C. G. Jung’s essay “Wotan” (1936)

VIII. Outlook and literature

The lectures deal with Germanic cosmology, the main gods and the end of time. They describe Germanic culture through time and deal with neglected female and male archetypes, the consequences of cultural repression and archetypal illiteracy.

I. Introduction

II. Germanic cosmography, the gods and the end of time

III. Germanic mythology through time

IV. Women in the Norse world, Brünhild and the Ring

V. Odin, the undiscovered archetype of analytical psychologists

VI. A plea for education in archetypal geography

VII. On C. G. Jung’s essay “Wotan” (1936)

VIII. Outlook and literature

We will look at the anima as an archetype of relatedness and how its images map our inner landscape. We will attempt to move beyond gender biases and see if this intrapsychic complex can be integrated into a modern soul making perspective.

We will look in depth at Erich Neumann’s archetypal theories of child development as presented in his posthumous book The Child. This will include the primal mother-infant relationship and the development of the Ego-Self axis, the five stages of development as he defined them, and the Matriarchy and Patriarchy as archetypal principles.

We will look in depth at Erich Neumann’s archetypal theories of child development as presented in his posthumous book The Child. This will include the primal mother-infant relationship and the development of the Ego-Self axis, the five stages of development as he defined them, and the Matriarchy and Patriarchy as archetypal principles.

Die Vorlesung erschliesst die „Heilung eines Kranken am Teich Bethesda“ (Joh.5, 2-16) aus psychologischer Sicht. Körperliche Behinderung als Stiefkind der Psychotherapiewird theoretisch und am praktischen Beispiel erläutert.

We will look in depth at Erich Neumann’s archetypal theories of child development as presented in his posthumous book The Child. This will include the primal mother-infant relationship and the development of the Ego-Self axis, the five stages of development as he defined them, and the Matriarchy and Patriarchy as archetypal principles.