Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig (1923 – 18 July 2008) was a Swiss psychiatrist and analytical psychologist, member of the archetypal school of

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. He was the author of many publications.

Life

Guggenbühl-Craig was born in 1923 in

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. He was the son of the well-respected Zürich publisher, Adolf Guggenbühl. He studied

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with the idea of becoming a pastor, then worked at his father's publishing firm. He went on to work as an auxiliary social worker while on the side studying philosophy and history at the

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. He finally decided to study medicine at Zürich and directly after taking his final exam, left for America where he took on various house jobs. After a spell of four years in the United States, where he had entered a Freudian analysis on

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, he returned to his homeland and specialised in

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. He began a Jungian analysis with Franz Niklaus Riklin, son of Franz Beda Riklin, which did not preclude his adherence to Christianity, and studied at the C. G. Jung Institute, Zürich, but left without a diploma. He subsequently opened a private

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practice in Zürich. During that period he met the American Jungian follower,

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, who was highly critical of Guggenbühl's status as a practitioner without a diploma, but he overcame the prejudice and the two men became friends. He was married to Scottish sculptor and singer, Anne Craig (1929-2018). He added her surname to his, at her request, to distinguish himself from his father. They had five children one of whom, their son, , became a psychotherapist. He was personally acquainted with

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, and greatly influenced by his work, although he did not care either for the man, his adulation nor for his acolytes. He was a lecturer and director of the C. G. Jung Institute, Zürich for ten years. Later he served as president of the IAAP. From his practice in Switzerland he made numerous contributions to

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. He influenced a great many Jungians all round the world, based on his work as a psychotherapist, analyst and teacher. He was the author of numerous articles and sought after books. He died at the age of 85. His papers are lodged with the OPUS Archives and Research Center,

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Works

* ''Marriage: dead or alive'' * ''Power in the helping professions'' * ''The emptied soul. On the nature of the psychopath'' * ''Marriage is dead – Long live marriage!'' * ''The old fool and the corruption of myth'', featured in a documentary film by Stephen Segaller.Wisdom of the Dream (Carl Jung) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci9nfJbvBjY * ''From the wrong side. A paradoxical approach to psychology''

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Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig works at Spring Publications

Musical and pictorial tribute to Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig by his son, Allan
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