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Sonja Marjasch
Peer Hultberg
Shin-ichi Ankei
James Barnett
"But the Quincunx of Heaven runs low, and 'tis time to close the five port of knowledge."
Sir Thomas Browne
With great sadness we inform you that our friend and colleague Sonja Marjasch, 1920-2007, Anglistin and Member of IAAP, AGAP, died peacefully on November 29, 2007. She returned to her origins, her soul content and filled with the abundance of her life. It was her wish to be buried in Wilchingen, Switzerland. Everyone who knew and cherished Sonja is invited to a farewell gathering. The celebration will take place at Restaurant Krone, Forch, from noon until 17.00 on January 5, 2008. To remember the deceased, we ask that donations in her name be made to Hayden Hall Institute, Landenla Rd., Darjeeling, India, JC JC Bank Darjeeling, 635401001390 or to Stiftung Kleintierheim, Refugium Zurich, PC 80-21158-1. In the name of all who are mourning: Gaby Rüfenacht, Hohe Promenade 6, CH-8127 Aesch-Forch
Following a brief illness at the age of 72, our colleague Peer Hultberg died on December 20, 2007 in Hamburg.
With Peer’s death we lose an engaged colleague who was highly esteemed within the Association of Jungian Analysts in Hamburg. His lectures and articles contributed new impulses to analytical Psychology. Peer Hultberg, having received his academic degree in Slavic Studies, then graduated from the CG Jung Institute Zurich. Beginning in the late 1970’s he worked in Frankfurt and later in Hamburg.
Besides being active as an analyst Peer Hultberg was among the leading authors of Danish literature. He published a total of 8 novels, which also appeared in German translation. His breakthrough came in 1985 with the monumental „Requiem“; his last, widely recognized work was „Eines Nachts“ [„One Night“], which appeared last spring (see the memorial in the NZZ, 24 December 2007, p.22).
In him we lose a dear, fine, and incredibly cultivated and creative colleague.
Contact and condolences may go to Alfred Wäspi, Isestrasse 45,D-20144 Hamburg
Dr. Shin-ichi Ankei, friend and treasured colleague to many, unexpectedly passed away on December 10th. 2007.
Dr Ankei was born in 1946, son of a Buddhist priest and a mother who loved music. He studied medicine and became a psychiatrist before commencing his studies at the C. G. Jung Institute in 1981. He received his Diploma in Analytical Psychology in 1985. He wrote a remarkable and profound thesis on the significance of the father in contemporary Japanese society. Amplifying the myths and cultural practices of Japan and using client material, he provided evidence to show that with a rejection of the traditional father-image, spirituality becomes deprived of its roots, with the consequences that Japanese people tend to become over-exposed to the Western extraverted life styles.
Dr Ankei was deeply aware of the loss of cultural values in his country. He personally developed a keen interest not only in his native culture but also for the cultures of Asia and Europe. Influenced by his father and an uncle who had studied German philosophy, he maintained a profound interest in Buddhism as well as German literature and philosophy, even learning Sanskrit and German in order to read texts in the original language. Together with Jungian psychology, these studies seemed to have lasted a lifetime.
Back in Japan Dr. Ankei worked for more than thirty years as a psychiatrist in the Sanda clinic near Kobe and also maintained a private practice in Kyoto. He was a well-known and much-esteemed colleague of the AJAJ. He helped and influenced many patients and psychologists. They appreciated especially his ability to understand dreams, as well as his deep knowledge of general psychology and psychoanalysis. Dr. Ankei was an empathetic listener; for him the reality of the individual person always came first.
I had the privilege of knowing Shinichi Ankei personally, having been invited by him to Japan in 1988, meeting his former wife and two daughters and since then, spending time together at the IAAP congresses. I will miss his charm, his wit and his provocative and challenging statements that were original and inspiring. Shin Ankei, although at times reserved and elusive, possessed a great and magnanimous soul and wherever he is now, we wish him well and remember him with affection and gratitude.
John Hill | 29. December, 2007
Jungian analyst John Barnett was killed in an automobile accident in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania last week. His daughter and granddaughter sustained minor injuries in the crash. Our thoughts are with his family; more information will be posted as it become available.
