Thomas Fischer, Ph.D. is a great-grandson of C.G. Jung living and working in Vienna, Austria.
Born in 1971, he grew up in Küsnacht, Switzerland and studied history, political science, and international and public law at the University of Brussels and the University of Zürich where he earned a Ph.D. He then went on to conduct post-doctoral research with a specialization in the history of the neutral states in the Cold War and lecture at the Universities of Beirut (Lebanon), Vienna (Austria), and Helsinki (Finland), and at the Graduate Institute of International Affairs and Development Studies in Geneva (Switzerland).
In 2008, he began working for the newly established Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung, created by the community of heirs to maintain and develop the literary and artistic estate of Carl Gustav Jung and his wife Emma Jung-Rauschenbach. He served as director of the Foundation from 2013 to 2020, and is co-editor of their first publication, The Art of C.G. Jung, released in 2018. Currently, he is involved with a number of new editorial projects of the Foundation, including the publication of The Original Protocols for Memories, Dreams, Reflections.
This spring, Dr. Fischer will be presenting “Jung After the Publication of The Red Book: A View from The Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung” at the Eranos Conference, Jung’s Red Book for Our Time: Searching for Soul in the 21st Century, to be held April 28th through May 1st in Ascona, Switzerland. Other presenters include Speaking of Jung guests Murray Stein, Nancy Swift Furlotti, and Frank McMillan.
This interview was recorded on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. It’s 01:19:04 long and 64.7 MB. You can listen to it right here in your browser (click the play button in the bar below) or download it directly to your computer.
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SHOW NOTES
Visit the C.G. Jung Haus 228 Seestrasse, Küsnacht, Switzerland
The Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung
Books by Helene Hoerni-Jung in German and Portuguese available from amazon.com and amazon.de
Love & Sacrifice: The Life of Emma Jung by Imelda Gaudissart; Afterword by Helene Hoerni-Jung
The Holy Grail of the Unconscious by Sara Corbett, The New York Times Magazine, Sept. 16, 2009 (full text)
The Red Book: Liber Novus by C.G. Jung (currently 55% off)
Foundation C.G. Jung Küsnacht Home and museum
Virtual Tour of the C.G. Jung Haus
C.G. Jung Papers Collection ETH Zürich University Archives
Letters to and from Carl Gustav Jung ETH Zürich University Archives
C.G. Jung: A Biography in Books by Sonu Shamdasani, Ph.D.
The Alchemical Rare Book Collection of C.G. Jung by Thomas Fischer, International Journal of Jungian Studies, Special Issue, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2011, pp. 169-180 (free .pdf)
Alchemy, Magic & Kabbalah Jung’s alchemical book collection at e-rara: the platform for digitized rare books from Swiss institutions (289 titles)
The Red Book of C.G. Jung: Creation of a New Cosmology Exhibition at the Rubin Museum, New York City, Oct. 7, 2009 - Feb. 15, 2010
Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. Jung, recorded and edited by Aniela Jaffé
James L. Mairs (Editor at W. W. Norton & Company) Obituary, Jul. 26, 2016
The Original Protocols for Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Forthcoming) Edited by Sonu Shamdasani, with Thomas Fischer and Robert Hinshaw as Consulting Editors
Conversations of Goethe with Johann Peter Eckermann
Matter of Heart: The Extraordinary Journey of C.G. Jung Into the Soul of Man DVD (includes statements by Marie-Louise von Franz)
Remembering Jung: A Conversation About C.G. Jung & His Work with Marie-Louise von Franz 3-part DVD series
The Collected Works of C.G. Jung Please see Speaking of Jung’s Books page
ETH Lectures A project of the Philemon Foundation (see our Books page for available volumes)
The Art of C.G. Jung Edited by The Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung
ADDITIONAL LINKS
The Art of C.G. Jung Speaking of Jung’s blog post on the book (includes an excerpt from the Preface)
228 Seestrasse Laura’s visit to see the Jung family home from the outside (includes video)
Andreas Jung & Thomas Fischer: 1933 - The year of Jung’s journey to Palestine/Israel The Jung-Neumann Letters Conference in Israel, 2015
Thresholds of Creativity, Part 1 with Thomas Fischer Jungian Psychoanalytic Association, Apr. 4, 2019 (video)
With Love & Money: A History of the Bollingen Foundation by Thomas Bender, New York Times, Nov. 14, 1982 (full text)
2022 Eranos Conference Jung’s Red Book for Our Time: Searching for Soul in the 21st Century, Ascona, Switzerland, Apr. 28-May 1, 2022
BOOKS BY THE FOUNDATION
Analytical Psychology in Exile The Correspondence of C.G. Jung & Erich Neumann
Dream Interpretation Ancient & Modern Notes from the Seminar Given in 1936-1941
Dream Symbols of the Individuation Process Notes of C.G. Jung’s Seminars on Wolfgang Pauli’s Dreams
On Psychological & Visionary Art Notes from C.G. Jung’s Lecture on Gérard de Nerval’s “Aurélia”
On Theology & Psychology The Correspondence of C.G. Jung & Adolf Keller
The Art of C.G. Jung Edited by The Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung
The Black Books Notebooks of Transformation 1913-1932
The Complete Digital Edition of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung Best deal – only $349.99 for Volumes 1-18
The Jung-Kirsch Letters The Correspondence of C.G. Jung & James Kirsch
The Question of Psychological Types The Correspondence between C.G. Jung & Hans Schmid-Guisan, 1915-1916
The Red Book Liber Novus
The Red Book Limited Edition Fine Art Prints Prints from The Red Book available for purchase
The Solar Myths & Opicinus de Canistris Notes of the Seminar Given at Eranos in 1943
ETH LECTURE SERIES
History of Modern Psychology Volume 1: 1933-1934
Consciousness & the Unconscious Volume 2: 1934 (Feb. 1, 2022)
Psychology of Yoga & Meditation Volume 6: 1938-1940
JOURNAL ARTICLES
C.G. Jung in the Historical Context of the 1930s by Murray Stein, Paul Brutsche, & Thomas Fischer, Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche, Vol. 6: No. 4, Fall 2012, pp. 7-11
Lucy Heyer-Grote, Hapless Hagiographer of C.G. Jung: With a Hitherto Unpublished Memory of Jung’s Infancy by Florent Serina, Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche, Vol. 15: Issue 1, 2021
The Alchemical Rare Book Collection of C.G. Jung by Thomas Fischer, International Journal of Jungian Studies, Special Issue, Vol. 3: Issue 2, 2011, pp. 169-180 (full text)
The Foundation of the Works of C.G. Jung by Ulrich Hoerni, Spring: A Journal of Archetype and Culture, Vol. 86, Fall 2011: Unwrapping Swiss Culture, pp. 183-192 (full text)
In memory of C.G. Jung (1875–1961) and Emma Jung-Rauschenbach (1882–1955)