Turbulent Times, Creative Minds: Erich Neumann and C.G. Jung in Relationship

This volume of essays by well-known Jungian analysts and scholars provides the most comprehensive comparison to date between the works of C.G. Jung and Erich Neumann. Reflections are based on their extensive correspondence recently published, their differing cultural backgrounds, and the turbulent times surrounding their personal and professional relationship. Among the many specific subjects discussed are Jung and Neumann on art and religion, their views on the problem of evil, and clinical aspects of Neumann’s work. Also included are personal memories of both Jung and Neumann family members.
The book includes exclusive photos from Eranos, and several illustrations in color.

Contents:

Introduction (Erel Shalit and Murray Stein) ix
I. The Correspondence (1933–1960)

Uncertain Friends in Particular Matters: The Relationship between C. G. Jung and

Erich Neumann (Martin Liebscher) 25

Companions on the Way: Consciousness in Conflict (Nancy Swift Furlotti) 45

Neumann and Kirsch in Tel Aviv: A Case of Sibling Rivalry? (Ann Lammers) 71

II. Cultural Backgrounds

German Kultur and the Discovery of the Unconscious: The Promise and Discontents of the German-Jewish Experience (Paul Mendes-Flohr) 83

Basel, Jung’s Cultural Background and the Proto-Zionism of Samuel Preiswerk (Ulrich Hoerni) 95

The Cultural Psyche: From Ancestral Roots to Postmodern Routes (Erel Shalit) 111

III. Troubled Times

Carl Jung and Hans Fierz in Palestine and Egypt: Journey from March 13th to

April 6th, 1933 (Andreas Jung) 131

1933—The Year of Jung’s Journey to Palestine/Israel and Several Beginnings (Thomas Fischer) 135

Jungians in Berlin 1931–1945: Between Therapy, Emigration and Resistance (Jörg Rasche) 151

IV. The Problem of Evil

The Search for a New Ethic: Professional and Clinical Dilemmas (Henry Abramovitch) 167

Erich Neumann and C. G. Jung on “The Problem of Evil” (Murray Stein) 185

V. Neumann and Eranos (1948–1960)

Neumann at Eranos (Riccardo Bernardini) 199

“Dear, dear Olga!” - A Letter to Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn (Julie Neumann) 237

VI. On the Arts

The Great Mother in Israeli Art (Gideon Ofrat) 245

Jung, Neumann and Art (Christian Gaillard) 261

The Magic Flute (Tom Kelly) 299

A Brief Comment on Neumann and His Essay “On Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’” (Debora Kutzinski) 309

VII. Clinical Contributions

Erich Neumann’s Concept of the Distress-ego (Rina Porat) 315

Can You Hear My Voice? (Batya Brosh Palmoni) 333

Neve Tzeelim—A Field of Creation and Development (Rivka Lahav) 347

VIII. On Religion

Erich Neumann and Hasidism (Tamar Kron) 367

Theological Positions in the Correspondence between Jung and Neumann (Angelica Löwe) 385

IX. On Synchronicity

Toward Psychoid Aspects of Evolutionary Theory (Joseph Cambray) 401

X. “Memories from My (Grand)Father’s House”

Introduction 411

Some Memories of My Grandparents (Andreas Jung) 413

Memories (Ulrich Hoerni) 415

Memories (Micha Neumann) 417

Memories (Ralli Loewenthal-Neumann) 421

Memories (Debora Kutzinski) 425

A Response (Thomas B. Kirsch) 429

Remembering the Mamas and Papas (Nomi Kluger Nash) 433

Memories of Max Zeller (1904–1978) (Jacqueline Zeller) 437

Bibliography

About the Contributors

Cover image by Mordecai Ardon

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Jung, Neumann and Religion

Official launch of

The Jung-Neumann Letters

An International Conference in Celebration of a Creative Relationship

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Jerome Bernstein will chair a session on

Jung, Neumann and Religion

Tamar Kron will present 

Neumann and Hassidism 

based on an unpublished manuscript of Neumann's

In an unpublished manuscript on the topic of the depth psychology of the Jew, Neumann writes: "There are Hasidic formulations which express exactly my thoughts, thus it can be assumed that Hasidism is at the basis of my own formulations."

In my presentation, I will trace the impact of Hasidism on Neumann's innovative theoretical thinking: ‘The Ego-Self Axis as the God-Man relationship, as described in Hasidism, and as the I-Thou relationship described by Martin Buber’; ‘The Great Individual as the Tzaddik’; ‘The Unitary Reality as the Divine Unity in reality’ (divine immanence); as well as ‘The New Ethic’ values of wholeness and integration of ‘Good and Evil,’ which can be found in a Hasidic interpretation of the text “Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" as "Thou shalt love thine evil as thyself."

Tamar Kron, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of the Hebrew University and head of the clinical psychology graduate program at the Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yafo. She is a clinical psychologist and a Jungian analyst. Prof. Kron integrates her clinical-analytical work with teaching and research. She has published numerous articles, chapters and books, and presented at international conferences. One of her main areas of interest is the metapsychology of Erich Neumann. Together with David Wieler she has translated three of Neumann's Eranos papers from German to Hebrew.

Angelica Loewe will present 

Under the sign of 'Actualized Messianism’– 

Religious topics in the correspondence between Neumann and Jung 

A considerable part of the correspondence between Jung and Neumann contains implicit references to theological questions or discusses them explicitly.

First, this presentation focuses on the intensive intellectual struggle of the young Erich Neumann with Jung regarding his own return to the spiritual roots of Jewish Culture. Neumann’s position is characterised in this context inasmuch as it is obligated to the Hasidic tradition.

The question to which extent the unfolding change of cultural history, in light of political events, may be assessed in a religious or general/secular context constitutes another significant facet of the presentation.

The vitality of the correspondence and the intellectual autonomy of the two personalities are apparent throughout. This became apparent, for example, in the non-conformance of the respective positions on the occasion of Jung’s Answer to Job.

Jungian analyst Angelica Loewe studied Philosophy, German Language Studies and History in Heidelberg, Tübingen and Vienna. She has lived in Vienna since 1977.

She lectures in literature and philosophy and is the editor in chief of the Journal Analytische Psychologie.

Her book On the Part of the Inner Voice. Erich Neumann – Life and Oeuvre was published in 2014 by the Karl Alber Publishing House, Freiburg.

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International Advisory Board

Erel Shalit • Murray Stein • Batya Brosh • John Beebe • Riccardo Bernardini

Jerome Bernstein • Ann Casement • Angela Connolly • Tom Kirsch • Patricia Michan

Joerg Rasche • Nancy Swift Furlotti • Luigi Zoja • Liliana Wahba