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INTRODUCTION
Hauer’s lectures were titled “Der Yoga, im besondern die Bedeutung
des cakras” (Yoga, the meaning of the cakras in particular) and took
place between 3 and 8 October. In 1930 Jung had presented a German
seminar on 6–11 October and similarly in 1931 he presented a German
seminar on 5–10 October. Hence Hauer’s lectures followed these in format
and timing.
Following Emma Jung’s invitation, Hauer stayed at Jung’s house during
the lectures. 79 Meier stated that Hauer’s German seminar took place
from 10:00 A.M. to noon with a tea break. Reichstein stated that between
thirty and forty people attended Hauer’s lectures and that between forty
and eighty attended Jung’s seminar, and that it was often difficult to get
a seat for the latter. He recalled that it was difficult to attend Jung’s seminars
for many of those present wanted to preserve an exclusive atmosphere
and prevent others from attending. Consequently, Reichstein
(who won the Nobel prize for chemistry) went directly to Jung, who gave
him permission to attend. 80 After each lecture, Jung, Hauer, and Toni
Wolff had lunch together. 81 Mrs. Hauer had painted enlarged copies of
the illustrations of the cakras from The Serpent Power, which were used for
the lectures. 82
Hauer’s German and English lectures covered the same ground. The
latter were shortened versions of the former. In his English lectures he
omitted his own German translation of the ûa°-cakra-nirÖpaõa, which he
presented in his German lectures.
While the lectures were in progress Jung’s ongoing seminar on visions
was suspended. Jung also presented a synoptic illustrated lecture entitled
“Western Parallels to Tantric Symbols” on the evening of 7 October. 83
HAUER’S LECTURES
Hauer commenced with a historical overview of yoga and an explanation
of his overall approach. He defined yoga as follows: “Yoga means to grasp
the real essence, the inner structure of a matter, in its living reality as a
79 Letters of Emma Jung to Hauer, cited in Dierks, Jakob Wilhelm Hauer, 1881–1962,
283.
80 Reichstein, interview with the editor.
81 Meier, interview with the editor.
82 Meier donated these to the Jung Institute when it was founded, and they remain there
(interview with the editor). Jung described them as “very wonderful” ( Jung to Mrs. Hauer,
11 January 1933, ETH).
83 “Westliche Parallelen zu den tantrischen Symbolen,” in Tantra Yoga, 153–58.
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