West Berlin Congress

A CONGRESS was held under the auspices of the Stuttgart society, “Arzt und Seelsorge” in West Berlin on 8th June 1960. Following this, a unanimous resolution was passed that a German C. G. Jung Society should be founded.

This information was provided by courtesy of the organizer of the Congress, Dr. med. et phil. W. Bitter of Stuttgart, who also sent summaries of the eighteen papers read. The following is an attempt to give an outline picture of contributions to the topic: “On Rescuing Humanity in our Time”. It is obviously impossible to evaluate papers on the basis of the brief summaries submitted by Dr. Bitter, nevertheless the titles of the speakers reveal the astonishing variety of professional interests represented and the subjects of the papers confirm the diverse matters discussed. Among the speakers were theologians, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, physicians, academic psychologists, philosophers, and at least one member of the legal profession, but most of them were active psychotherapists. Several were members of the International Association for Analytical Psychology. Judging by the speakers' qualifications and titles (there were eight professors among the eighteen contributors), the meeting had a high academic standard. Though most of the speakers came from Germany, there were also four Swiss and two Dutch representatives.

1. The following theologians spoke:

   The Rev. Rudolf Daur: “How a Revivified Church Can Help Mankind”.

   Professor D. Josef Goldbrunner: “The Personal Vocation as a Characteristic of the Catholic Care of Souls”.

   Dr. Josef Rudin: “Psychotherapy and Religious Problems”.

   Professor Adolf Allwohn: “The Importance of Depth Psychology for Christian Anthropology”.

2. Two speakers were specifically described as psychotherapists:

   Dr. Helmut Eschenbach: “The Individual and the Community from the Viewpoint of Analytical Psychology”.

   Dr. Herbert Lehmann: “On Introducing Young People to a Working World”.