Iaap newsletter 28 - The new Israeli Jungian society

In January, we held our second symposium - a biennial event aimed at raising
awareness of Jungian ideas in the Dutch psychotherapeutic community. Speakers were
Andrew Samuels and Renos Papadopoulos, and respondents were prominent Dutch
psychoanalysts Harry Stroeken and Nelleke Nicolai, and in this way the NAAP
contributed to the intercollegial dialogue between the two schools of depth
psychology.
Our website continues to be a platform for disseminating ideas on analytical
psychology. Included is a section on the history of analytical psychology in the
Netherlands, which focuses on those individuals (active in the Netherlands) who
worked with C.G.Jung. An ongoing project, the building of the C.G.Jung Library in
Heusden, continues. I have been the president of this association since its inception
and acceptance by the IAAP in 2001. This means that 2008 is my last year as
president. I retire content in the knowledge that we have become a group that works
well together and is mutually supportive.
Submitted by:
Barbara Miller, President
South Africa
IAAP Newsletter 28 || IAAP Society Reports || Netherlands NAAP
SOUTH AFRICA ASSOCIATION OF JUNGIAN ANALYSTS (SAAJA)
2008 has been a very significant period for SAAJA. In many ways it has represented a
coming of age of the organization, which was founded 14 years ago in 1994. As with
all rights of passage, this stage of development has been heralded by several crises
that have confronted the organization. Most of these remain unresolved at present
and yet, they have provided the stimulus for a reappraisal of ourselves and our
identity as an organization.
The first crisis has been around for some time and involves the attempt to have the
Centre rezoned so that we can function here legally. As you may recall, from the last
AGM, a rezoning application for business rights was approved, subject to our providing
sufficient parking. Initially it was hoped that the Baxter and UCT might provide us
with the parking bays required, but this proved impossible. We have subsequently put
a proposal to Council that we demolish the converted garage, which now houses the
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