Arthur Taylor Funkhouser is a Jungian analyst and instructor living and working in Bern, Switzerland.
Born in 1940 in Evansville, Indiana, he grew up in Oklahoma City and went on to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he earned a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1962. While in graduate school at the University of Michigan, he became involved with early work in coherent optics and holography and earned a master’s degree in science and engineering in 1967.
After working in research at the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, and as an instructor at The Learning Community in Honolulu and the Hellenic International School in Athens, he settled in Zürich and began training as a Jungian analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute.
During that time, he worked as a physicist at the Institute for Biomedical Technology and at the Photographic Institute at the ETH (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich) where he completed his doctoral work, earning a Ph.D. in digital picture processing in 1979.
After working for a time as a programmer in the ETH’s astronomy department, he graduated with a diploma in analytical psychology (the degree of a Jungian analyst) from the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich in 1981. His dissertation was on déjà vu and déjà rêvé, which is the subject of part two of this interview. Dr. Funkhouser also continued his work as a physicist in the eye department at Insel Hospital in Bern, Switzerland until 1993.
Since 1989, he has led a seminar in dreamwork at the Jung Institute Zürich – a lab course for analysts in training. He is an active member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams and has led workshops in dreamwork in Australia, Switzerland and the United States. Dr. Funkhouser is the originator and co-director of a research project into the effects of dream-telling, supported by two grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation. He has published over 50 scientific papers and a book chapter in the fields of holography, perimetry, dream research, and déjà experience.
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SHOW NOTES
Arthur Funkhouser, Ph.D. Official website
Déjà Experience Research Dr. Funkhouser’s research on déjà vu and its various variations (we will cover this material next week in part two of our series)
Call For Papers In anticipation of the 75th anniversary of the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich, they have announced an international, interdisciplinary 3-day conference on the topic of emotions and its relevance for Analytical Psychology. They are now accepting proposals for papers from all fields related to the study of emotion and its impact on culture, the inner world, creativity, healing, science, and politics. Submission deadline is February 28, 2022
Holographic Visions: A History of New Science by Sean F. Johnston
Behold! NASA captures groundbreaking images of Venus’ surface by Claire Cameron, Inverse, Feb. 9, 2022
Arnold (Arny) Mindell, Ph.D. Official website
Books by Arnold Mindell Amazon Author Page
Daimon Verlag Publishing house of Jungian analyst Robert Hinshaw, Ph.D.
The Original Protocols for Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Forthcoming) Edited by Sonu Shamdasani, with Thomas Fischer and Robert Hinshaw as Consulting Editors
The Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz Speaking of Jung’s special section
Niklaus von Flüe & Saint Perpetua: A Psychological Interpretation of their Visions ~ Vol. 6 of the Collected Works of Marie-Louise von Franz will be released by Chiron Publications on Mar. 15, 2022 (This title is not yet available for pre-order.)
Frith Luton Speaking of Jung, Ep. 3 on Bees, Honey & the Hive: Circumambulating the Centre – A Jungian Exploration of the Symbolism & Psychology
The Way of the Dream: Conversations on Jungian Dream Interpretation with Marie-Louise Von Franz by Fraser Boa, Jungian analyst (brother of Marion Woodman)
International Association for the Study of Dreams Petaluma, California
Publications by Arthur Funkhouser, Ph.D. ResearchGate
You Are Dreaming: Dream Reality Dyad by Ian Wilson
The Theory of Precognitive Dreams by Ian Wilson
Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self by Robert Waggoner
2022 International Dream Conference July 17-21, 2022 in Tucson, AZ
Books by Stephen LaBerge, Ph.D. The grandfather of lucid dreams
The Effects of Near Death Experiences on Dreaming: A Pilot Study by Art Funkhouser, International Journal of Dream Research, Vol. 14: No. 2, October 2021 (PDF download)
Jenny Yates, Ph.D. Speaking of Jung, Ep. 84 on Psyche & the Split-Brain, Jung on Death & Immortality, and The Near-Death Experience
Memories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. Jung Edited by Aniela Jaffé
C.G. Jung Speaking of Jung’s page on Jung which includes a timeline of his life and work
Addiction to Perfection: The Still Unravished Bride by Marion Woodman
Our Dreaming Mind by Robert L. Van de Castle, Ph.D.
INTERVIEWS WITH DR. FUNKHOUSER
Dream Analysis Switzerland in Sound with Bob Zanotti, November 2018
Suicide in Switzerland Switzerland in Sound with Bob Zanotti, May 2014
Anthony Peake Interviews Dr. Art Funkhouser Unraveling the Secrets with Anthony Peake, Aug. 12, 2013
The Déjà Vu Experience Ascend Podcast with Dan Harrison, Apr. 19, 2017
The Déjà Experience with Dr. Art Funkhouser Lighting the Void with Joe Rupe, Jul. 12, 2019