Mountains. The Safest Risk?
September 25, 2025 @ The Zug Library. 18:30-19:30
Eiger Mittellegi Ridge, 2021.
Nick Paul Smith is a Jungian Analyst-in-Training at ISAP Zurich with offices in Zug and Zurich. He has been climbing mountains for more than 25 years all over the world and is deeply interested in the psychological dynamics of mountain climbing and living wholly.
The event is part of the «Sicherheit gewinnen (Gaining Security)» series of events.
PAST Talks
After a couple successful Spring 2024 dreamwork talks, I will be offering a 3-part Fall Series incorporating feedback received from past attendees. New additions will include more time for questions and conversation, plus more specific discussions about theory, science, and practical approaches to dreamwork. Bring your dreams!! And your curiosity!!
Where:
Stadt Zug Bibliothek
Anmelden:
Part 1. Sept 17, 2024: Dream Theory and Meaning-Making
Part 2. October 29, 2024: The Art of Dreamwork is for Everyone
Part 3. November 28, 2024: Open Discussion
Do the Dreamwork.
Explore the Lost Art of Dreamwork from a historical, theoretical, and practical lens.
Where:
Zug Public Library
When:
May 1, 2024: 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
June 4, 2024: 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Anmelden: via the Zug Bibliothek website
Evening dedicated to the late great Jungian Analyst, Robert A. Johnson.
ISAP Zurich, May 23, 2024
An Evening with Robert A. Johnson and the Hopkins Brothers
A visit into Dreamwork and the Hopkins brothers experience with the late beloved Jungian Analyst, Robert A. Johnson
Where:
ISAP Zurich, Stampfenbachstrasse 115
When:
Thursday, May 23, 2024 from 18:00 - 20:00
Cost: GRATIS!
Anmelden: via email. ISAP students, analysts and general public are cordially invited
YouTube channel dedicated to the legacy of Robert A. Johnson
Moving on Mountains
Presented at ISAP Zurich in December 2022.
Since its inception, mountaineering has been a mostly unrecognized subculture of misfits climbing mountains for no obvious reason. In only the last couple of years, that collective attitude has shifted with the help of globally distributed films like Free Solo, Meru, The Dawn Wall, The Alpinist, 14 Peaks and others. What is it about mountains? And why is mountaineering so dramatically a disproportionately male endeavor? We'll discuss a theory about the mountain climber's psyche and to what extent he is hypnotized by the symbol of the mountain. The Fisher King myth will offer some insight as to why climb mountains at all. I'll also share some media from my own escapades on mountainsides, focusing on the Eiger in Switzerland.