Carl Alfred Meier

Carl Alfred Meier (April 19, 1905 – 1995) was a Swiss psychiatrist, Jungian Psychologist and scholar. He became the first president of the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich. As successor to Carl Jung, he held the Chair of Honorary Professor of Psychology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1949. Later, co-founded the Clinic and Research Center for Jungian Psychology, Zürichberg.

Professor Meier was born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. In 1924 he entered University of Zürich. In the winter semester of 1927, Meier traveled to Paris to study at the Medical Faculty of the University of Paris. Later, in1928, he traveled to Vienna to study at the Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Vienna, which is called Steinhof, and to attend the lectures of Julius Wagner-Jauregg. He was also interested in the works of Sigmund Freud and later has been invited by a colleague at Steinhof to attend the Wednesday seminars which were given by Freud. 1931 he begins the study of psychiatry under H.W. Maier at Burghölzli.

Books

* "A Testament to the Wilderness, C.A. Meier, ISBN 3856305025
* "Consciousness (Psychology of C.G. Jung, Vol 3), C.A. Meier, ISBN 0938434128
* "Healing Dream and Ritual: Ancient Incubation and Modern Psychotherapy, C. A .Meier, ISBN 3856306293
* "Jung and analytical psychology, C.A. Meier, ASIN B0007DOKTM
* "Jung and Analytical Psychology, C.A. Meier, ISBN 1425483615
* "Personality and Typology (Psychology of C.G. Jung, Vol 4), C.A. Meier, ISBN 0938434713
* "Personality: The Individuation Process in Light of C.G. Jung's Typology, C.A. Meier, David N. Roscoe (Translator), ISBN 3856305491
* "Soul and Body: Essays on the Theories of C.G. Jung, C.A. Meier, ISBN 0932499007
* "The Meaning and Significance of Dreams (Psychology of C.G.Jung, Vol 2), C.A. Meier, ISBN 093843411X
* "The Unconscious in Its Empirical Manifestations, C.A. Meier, Eugene Rolfe (Translator), ISBN 0938434683
* "The Unconscious in Its Empirical Manifestations (Psychology of C.G. Jung, Vol 1), C.A. Meier, ISBN 0938434101
* "Traum und Symbol, C.A. Meier, ASIN B0007DSWQE

External links

* [http://www.iaap.org/index.php?cucoaction%5B0%5D=about&option=com_content&task=view&id=191&Itemid=25 Professor C.A. Meier: Scientist and Healer of Souls]