9 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist who founded analytical psychology — developing the concepts of the collective unconscious, archetypes (Shadow, Anima/Animus, Self), individuation, synchronicity, and psychological types — the most influential psychologist after Freud and the dominant intellectual presence in this entire corpus.
Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst — founder of analytical psychology — who created the concepts of archetypes, the collective unconscious, introversion/extroversion, and individuation — whose split with Freud and subsequent mystical-psychological work shaped 20th century popular psychology.
Swiss Jungian analyst and astrologer contributing to the Jungian-astrological tradition — working within the Swiss Jungian community that maintains the closest connection to the original Zurich school.
Swiss Jungian analyst who developed sandplay therapy — a non-verbal therapeutic method using a sand tray and miniature figures — integrating Jungian psychology with Margaret Lowenfeld's World Technique and Zen Buddhist insights into non-directed play.
Swiss author — whose Chariots of the Gods (1968) argued that ancient monuments were built with extraterrestrial assistance — the founder of the ancient astronaut genre — who sold 70M books despite universal rejection by archaeologists.
Swiss pastor and physiognomist who wrote Essays on Physiognomy (1775–1778) — arguing that character can be read from facial features — influencing European culture, attracting Goethe's collaboration and later criticism, and inspiring the criminology of Lombroso and the racial science of the 19th century.
Swiss painter and Jungian analysand whose work was guided by his analytic work with Jung and Zurich Jungians — Light From the Darkness (a posthumous collection of his dream paintings) became a key text in Jungian art psychology.
Swiss professional tennis player — 20 Grand Slam singles titles, 310 weeks at world number one — widely considered the most aesthetically gifted player in tennis history and a model of athletic grace and competitive longevity.
Swiss Jungian analyst and sandplay therapist who was a student of Dora Kalff — the developer of sandplay therapy — and who wrote Healing and Transformation in Sandplay, contributing to the international development of sandplay therapy.