Zunfthaus zur Schmiden
Marktgasse 20, 8001 Zurich

The opening lecture and dinner on Friday, October 2 will be held at the “Zunfthaus zur Schmiden” (Guild House for Blacksmiths), a beautiful city palace located since 1412 at Marktgasse 20, close to the Limmat River in the heart of old Zurich. The sumptuous late-Gothic Guildhall and the historic rooms with style, warm hospitality and tradition will make you feel welcome. It is a special privilege to celebrate the Zurich Lecture Series at this grand location.

Friday, 2 October, 17:30: Reception; 18:15: Lecture; 19:15–21:00: Three-Course Dinner.
Location: the historic Zunfthaus zur Schmiden, Marktgasse 20, 8001 Zürich.

Lavaterhaus
St. Peterhofstatt 6, 8001 Zurich

More lectures will follow on Saturday, October 3 at Lavaterhaus, located near St. Peter's Church. Lavaterhaus at its core consists of two medieval buildings, probably constructed in the 13th century. In 1922 they were joined to form the parish hall St. Peter, and in 1959 the building was renovated to have fewer, larger rooms and given a new facade. In 2016 Lavaterhaus was further renovated and made available for public events and meetings. The house is named after Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801), a good friend of Goethe's and whom Goethe visited several times at this location.

Saturday, 3 October, 10:00–12:00: Lecture and Discussion; 13:30–15:30: Lecture and Discussion.
Location: Lavaterhaus, St. Peterhofstatt 6, 8001 Zurich

Erel Shalit, Ph.D. was a Jungian psychoanalyst in Tel Aviv. He was born and raised in Sweden, emigrating to Israel after completing his studies. He was a past president of the Israeli Society of Analytical Psychology and founder and past director of the Jungian Analytical Psychotherapy Program at Bar Ilan University. Earlier in his career he was the director of the Shamai Davidson Community Mental Health Clinic, Shalvata Regional Psychiatric Center and was an officer in the IDF Medical Corps. He served as honorary secretary of the Ethics Committee of the International Association of Analytical Psychology (IAAP) and was its liaison with the Bulgarian Jung Society. He lectured internationally and was a prolific writer. His books include, The Complex: Paths of Transformation from Archetype to Ego; The Hero and its Shadow: Psychopolitical Aspects of Myth and Reality in Israel; Enemy, Cripple, and Beggar; The Cycle of Life: Themes and Tales of the Journey; Requiem: A Tale of Exile and Return; The Human Soul (Lost) In Transition at the Dawn of a New Era. He edited, Jacob and Esau: On the Collective Symbolism of the Brother Motif, by Erich Neumann and co-edited, The Dream and its Amplification; Turbulent Times, Creative Mind; and The Roots of Jewish Consciousness, Vol. 1, Revelation and Apocalypse, and Vol. 2, Hasidism, by Erich Neumann.

Nancy Swift Furlotti, Ph.D. is a Jungian Analyst in private practice in Aspen, Colorado. She is a past president of the Philemon Foundation and the C.G. Jung Institute of Los Angeles, where she trained. She is also a member of the C. G. Jung Institute of Colorado and the Interregional Association of Jungian Analysts. She is on the board of the Foundation for Anthropological Research & Environmental Studies (FARES), Pacifica Graduate Institute, Kairos Film Foundation, and the Mercurius Prize Committee. She has written numerous articles, papers and co-edited a number of books, including The Dream and its Amplification with Erel Shalit. The company that she founded with Erel Shalit, Recollections, LLC, edits and publishes first generation Jungian material. Most recently a remarkable manuscript of Erich Neumann’s, The Roots of Jewish Consciousness in two volumes was published. Furlotti’s interests include, dreams, mythology, the environment, and understanding the darker emanations of the psyche.

Maria Anna Bernasconi, integrating her extensive knowledge of Zurich’s history, sagas, and expressive arts will incarnate for us the legend of Hildegard and Berta’s siting and following of the stag—antlers lighted—in nearby forests of Uetliberg, a “trail” that culminated at the locus of Zurich’s Fraumuenster and prompted its construction.
From the forest trail above Uetliberg, we’ll stop along the way to honor, with small rituals, the stag siting and other legends, along with archaeological findings used for religious purposes, progressing to the Fraumuenster Crypt, by way of the Landesmuseum, Wasserkirche / Grossmuenster, and possibly too, Lindenhof. The excursion, starting out from Zurich’s HauptBahnhof at 9:15, is designed around the archetypal experience of rootedness, to the place where we are, as well as to sense of homeland or wherever we happen to live.

Please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress in layers.

The excursion fee of CHF 45.- (CHF 35.- for ISAP students / ISAP participants who have a half fare Abo) includes: round trip group travel; admission fees; and a coffee! Lunch is self-pay. Sign up and payment in cash will take place at the Zurich Lecture Series opening reception on Friday, 2 October.

For more information, contact [email protected] or [email protected], +41 (0)79 521 22 21 (English / German)