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The First Congress for Analytical Psychology was held in Zürich from 7th to 12th August 1958. It was the first official function of the recently founded International Association for Analytical Psychology, and its historical importance therefore warrants a brief introduction outlining its origin and development.
During the celebration of Jung's 80th birthday in July 1955, an informal meeting of analysts from many countries took place in Zürich to explore the possibility of founding an international organization of analytical psychology. At the end of a year's discussion on its form and function, it was decided by a substantial majority to limit membership to qualified analysts. At a second meeting held in Zürich a year later the International Association for Analytical Psychology (I.A.A.P.) was founded and a provisional constitution adopted. Dr. Robert Moody (London) was elected President and Dr. Franz Riklin (Zürich) Vice-President.
By April 1958, the total membership of the Association was 143, made up of analyst members of organized groups in Switzerland, U.S.A. (one in New York, one in San Francisco, and one in Los Angeles), England, and South Africa, and a small group of graduates of the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich. In addition, there were individual members in France, Germany, Holland, Israel, and Italy.
It has been generally agreed that the main function of the I.A.A.P. is to create a forum for the exchange of ideas. The creative genius of C. G. Jung has in the last six decades opened up so many avenues of research that analysts have tended to specialize, emphasizing and developing some aspects of analytical psychology at the expense of others. This makes it essential that colleagues from different countries should be given an opportunity for meeting at regular intervals.
When, therefore, the subject for the Congress was discussed by the Meeting of Delegates in August 1957, it was felt that the diversity of interests should be given as much free play as possib