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The above society held a scientific meeting from 15-16 October 1960 at the University of Freiburg. The subject of the meeting was “Psychosomatic Aspects in Jungian Psychology”. The following summary is based on information supplied by kind courtesy of Dr. Albert Jung.
Dr. C. A. Meier introduced the subject with a long paper which will be published in Psyche. Dr. Meier described how Jung, by means of his association experiments, had discovered the connection between complexes and certain somatic manifestations. He then reviewed various psychosomatic schools (Dunbar, Alexander, and others) that attributed somatic symptoms to psychological disturbances. Jung, on the other hand, was inclined to regard both as synchronistic manifestations. Dr. Meier thought that a general theory of synchronicity should be developed.
Mme. B. L. Maystre read a short paper concerning a psychotic patient who showed marked psychosomatic symptoms (summary not available).
Dr. A. J. Ziegler read a short paper entitled: “A Contribution to the Psychology of Cardiac Infarct”. A dream that had coincided with a cardiac infarct was presented and interpreted. This condition had been demonstrated by E.C.G. on the day following the dream. The patient's psychological problems were discussed and some general conclusions were drawn from them.
Dr. A. Jung read a long paper entitled: “On Neuroses of the Vegetative Nervous System”. Dr. Jung, following W. R. Hess, differentiated between disturbances arising from two co-ordinated physiological systems (i.e. the ergotrophic and the trophotropic) on the one hand and neuroses originating in the affective, psychological sphere on the other. The former disturbances (“vegetative neuroses”) may accompany the latter but require separate treatment. A parallel was drawn between the Sulphur and Sol (as described by C. G. Jung in Mysterium Conjunctionis) and the ergotrophic system. Another parallel existed between Sal and Luna and the trophotropic system. The functions of the l