Jungian psychoanalyst Paul Brutsche, Ph.D. | Playing the Role of C.G. Jung | Speaking of Jung #147
August 6, 2025 at 06:22PM
Paul Brutsche, Ph.D. is a Jungian psychoanalyst in private practice in Zürich, Switzerland.
Born in Jung’s hometown of Basel, he studied in Fribourg, Innsbruck, and Paris, and earned a master’s degree in philosophy from the University Les Fontaines. He then returned to Switzerland to study psychology and graduated with a doctorate from the University of Zürich where his thesis was on the importance of perspective in analysand drawings.
He trained as a Jungian psychoanalyst at the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich where he earned a Diploma in Analytical Psychology and became director of the institute’s picture archives. He later served as president for five years followed by a stint on the board and two years as president of the faculty.
Dr. Brutsche went on to become co-founding president of the International School of Analytical Psychology in Zürich (ISAPZURICH) where he continues to work as a lecturer, training analyst and supervisor. In 2016, he presented their Zürich Lecture Series speaking on the topics of picture interpretation, symbolism in art, and questions of creativity. His book, Creativity: Patterns of Creative Imagination as Seen Through Art, originally published by Spring Journal Books, was re-published in 2020 as Volume 4 of the Zürich Lecture Series by Chiron Publications.
His 2016 interview with Jungian analyst and Speaking of Jung guest Luis Moris, Ph.D. (Ep. 90 & 139) is included in Blue Salamandra Films’ DVD series “Jungians Speaking,” and his essay, “The Creative Power of Soul: A Central Testimony of Jung’s Red Book,” was published in Volume 3 of Jung’s Red Book for our Time: Searching for Soul Under Postmodern Conditions.
Dr. Brutsche is well-known for playing the role of C.G. Jung in numerous stage productions, including the Jung-Neumann Letters, The Red Book, The Analyst and the Rabbi, and most recently, Eranos: A Play. His essay, “From the Perspective of an Actor in the Play,” was published in the book The Analyst and the Rabbi, which also includes the screenplay by Jungian analysts Murray Stein, Ph.D. and Henry Abramovitch, Ph.D., both of whom joined me to discuss the play in Episode 47. And his essay, “‘I came to look at the stone you have placed in the garden’: On the Symbolic Significance of the Stone of Eranos,” was published in the book, Eranos: A Play, released earlier this year by Chiron.
This year’s Zürich Lecture Series, “The Art of the Self: The Blue Book of Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn, founder of Eranos,” will be presented by Ricardo Bernardini, Ph.D. Dr. Brutsche will be participating in the Postlude Lectures on a panel that includes Speaking of Jung guests Murray Stein and Dariane Pictet. “The Symbolic Attitude: What is It?” will be held on Friday, October 17th, at the Psychology Club in Zürich, and livestreamed on Zoom.
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