From the Societies

The third International Congress for Analytical Psychology took place from the Ist to the 8th of September 1965 at Montreux in Switzerland. It had been organized once more by the Swiss Association. To them all the Congress members will have wished to express their gratitude, for the preparation and the running of such a Congress is a truly formidable undertaking. Nor can it have been made any easier by the fact that for the first time the Congress took place away from Zurich, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. This innovation seemed very worthwhile for several reasons, the most important being that it lessened the temptation to fall victim to conventions, rituals and conservatism and instead exposed the Congress members to change and to the unexpected.

The whole conference, in its intellectual, administrative and social activities, was based at the Hotel Montreux-Palace; which may be why it succeeded in having a more intimate atmosphere than had the two previous Congresses in Zurich.

The opening reception was a success. The meal was excellent, inventive and well presented; in fact an interesting gastronomic experience. And Fierz welcomed the members of the Congress with a relatively short but witty speech which he delivered himself, quite effortlessly, in four languages. In doing this he succeeded in creating a cosmopolitan atmosphere—one of Switzerland's gifts to the world. Fierz was followed by the Mayor of Montreux, who also welcomed the Congress members with much warmth and an assurance of his real, even if new and recent, interest in their work.

A word of special gratitude is due to Dr Minder and his wife, the organizers of this Congress, who discharged their onerous and usually thankless task with a great deal of charm, efficiency and personal warmth. And the simultaneous translations were certainly a valuable addition.

As the principal topic of the third Congress the Programme Committee