Carl Alfred Meier was a Swiss psychiatrist

Psychiatrist

A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...

, Jungian psychologist

Psychologist

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, scholar, and first president of the C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich

C. G. Jung Institute in Zürich

The C.G. Jung Institute in Zürich, Switzerland was founded in 1948 by the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung, the founder of Analytical Psychology...

. As a successor to Carl Jung

Carl Jung

Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist and the founder of Analytical Psychology. Jung is considered the first modern psychiatrist to view the human psyche as "by nature religious" and make it the focus of exploration. Jung is one of the best known researchers in the field of dream analysis and...

, he held the Chair of Honorary Professor of Psychology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

ETH Zurich

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 in 1949. Later, co-founded the Clinic and Research Center for Jungian Psychology in Zürichberg

Zürichberg

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Professor Meier was born in Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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 in 1905. He enrolled at the University of Zürich

University of Zurich

The University of Zurich , located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 25,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy....

 in 1924. In the winter semester of 1927, Meier traveled to Paris to study at the Medical Faculty of the University of Paris

University of Paris

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. Later, in
1928, he traveled to Vienna

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 to study at the Steinhof

Steinhof

Steinhof is a municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is an enclave in the canton of Bern.-History:Steinhof is first mentioned in 1201 as Heinricus de Steine. It was first mentioned as Steinhof in 1766....

 (the Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Vienna), and to attend the lectures of Julius Wagner-Jauregg

Julius Wagner-Jauregg

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A colleague at Steinhof invited him to attend a series of Wednesday seminars delivered by Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud , born Sigismund Schlomo Freud , was an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis...

. In 1931, he began his study of psychiatry under H.W. Maier at Burghölzli

Burghölzli

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Books

• A Testament to the Wilderness, C.A. Meier, ISBN 3856305025
• Consciousness (Psychology of C.G. Jung, Vol 3), C.A. Meier, ISBN 0938434128
• Healing Dream and Ritual: Ancient Incubation and Modern Psychotherapy, C. A .Meier, ISBN 3856306293
• Jung and analytical psychology, C.A. Meier, ASIN B0007DOKTM
• Jung and Analytical Psychology, C.A. Meier, ISBN 1425483615
• Personality and Typology (Psychology of C.G. Jung, Vol 4), C.A. Meier, ISBN 0938434713
• Personality: The Individuation Process in Light of C.G. Jung's Typology, C.A. Meier, David N. Roscoe (Translator), ISBN 3856305491
• Soul and Body: Essays on the Theories of C.G. Jung, C.A. Meier, ISBN 0932499007
• The Meaning and Significance of Dreams (Psychology of C.G.Jung, Vol 2), C.A. Meier, ISBN 093843411X
• The Unconscious in Its Empirical Manifestations, C.A. Meier, Eugene Rolfe (Translator), ISBN 0938434683
• The Unconscious in Its Empirical Manifestations (Psychology of C.G. Jung, Vol 1), C.A. Meier, ISBN 0938434101
• Traum und Symbol, C.A. Meier, ASIN B0007DSWQE