This is probably a historic detail in the life of Zarathustra. Nietzsche’s Zarathustra: Notes of the Seminar Given in 1934 – 1939 (2 Volume Set) We must go a little into the history of that Zoroastrian belief because it plays a certain role in the symbolism of the book. Zarathustra is almost a legendary figure,… 

Cover of Time Magazine in 1955 On February 14, 1955, the profile of “Psychiatrist Carl Jung” appeared on the cover of Time Magazine. The yellow diagonal banner across the right top corner read “EXPLORING THE SOUL: A Challenge to Freud.” The title of the lengthy article in the Medicine section was “The Old Wise Man.”… 

The Meditation of Mount Meru. Modern Psychology: C. G. Jung’s Lectures at the ETH Zürich, 1933-1941 Lecture II 15th November, 1940 In the last lecture we began to speak of the meditation of which Mount Meru is the foundation. I will give you a chart of the images in the symbol sequence, beginning at the… 

Toni Wolff: A great moral and spiritual gain June 25, 1937 I think it was very fine and courageous of you to have made this decision to [to give up Eranos]. I realise how difficult it must have been for you. But I am absolutely convinced that it was the only course to take not… 

After the war a whole lot of Germans came to me for training in practical psychology. C.G. Jung Letters, Vol. 1: 1906-1950 To Poul Bjerre Dear Colleague, 11 January 1935 As I have a virtually international practice and the views regarding psychotherapy1 are very different from ours especially in Anglo-Saxon countries, I very early-that is, more…