Eranos Ascona

A look at the years preceding 2013
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Foundation Eranos and Alvine von Keller before the sale of Shanti House (~900m2 + house for ~2,400,000 francs) to the wife of former foundation president John van Praag (who later was charged with a penal decree by the Ticino prosecutor's office english). Mr. Claudio Metzger brought the van Praag family into the foundation...


 "Eranos è solo un nome, per un bisogno archetipo di questi tempi, per provare a far conoscere un vissuto spirituale e psicologico, che è della massima importanza per l'umanità. Tale bisogno o pressione che ci viene dall'interno prende la via della minore resistenza. Esso fa presa sulla persona o le persone, il cui organismo psichico le rende attrezzati per questo lavoro. In questo caso è toccato a me. Non c'era scelta. E in molti casi, per i relatori, non vi era anche scelta. Abbiamo un compito. Per quale ragione Jung ha parlato qui per 15 anni consecutivi? Oppure Buonaiuti, o Kerényi o altri, che hanno parlato qui così spesso?

"Tutte le lezioni (lectures) qui date sembrano muoversi intorno a un centro, non rappresentato da nessuna personalità, ma da un'idea, che noi chiamiamo Eranos. Sta per la "Ricerca" o per il "Sé" come definito da Jung, o la "Via dell'Anima". Ha moltissimi nomi, ma au fond, sfugge ad una definizione essendo una cosa paradossale e irrazionale" 

Olga Fröebe-Kapteyn

Olga Fröebe-Kapteyn   

I was charged with the task of "saving" the Eranos Foundation from bankruptcy and the sale of its real estate holdings and the dispersal of its archives. The rescue was successful, but not totally. This is where I present the documents I have archived in my volunteer work for the Eranos Foundation. Documents that no one from the Eranos Foundation ever agreed to receive and store in the Foundation's archives.

I am not the only custodian of documents concerning the history of the "Eranos" Foundation. And not even the only historical memory on the problematic events that have occurred since the ex. President Ritsema took office. Anyone wishing to tell the story or post documents on these pages is welcome. All the exes. Presidents of the Foundation (with the exception of Mrs. Luban who cried bitter tears when she realized the real situation into which she had been dragged by the previous president) and economic advisors and financiers through mortgage debts, played a negative role in the near extinction of the Foundation. I will publish material that substantiates this thesis. Even today there are people on the foundation board who have played a role that is, to say the least, problematic.


Theosophists and Freemasons at Eranos ?

 

 

Great enjoyment in reading

- Email from Sandro Rusconi (Vice Chairman of the Board)

- Rapporto sulla fondazione del 5 giugno 2003
- Report from June 5, 2003

- Esempio di denuncia alla sorveglianza - Exemple of Complaint

- Lettera a Gabriele Gendotti, allora Consiglere di Stato Cultura

    Letter to Gabriele Gendotti, former State Councillor for Culture

- Lettera a Pascal Couchepin, Callora capo DFI Cultura

     Letter to Pascal Couchepin, former head of the FDHA

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The Unknown Genius Loci no longer lingers at Eranos, Moscia. It has ascended, seeking refuge higher upon the mountain.

Once, I still dwelled in the Shanti House of Eranos, it descended, revealing itself within my apartment—only to rise again, vanishing into the heights. Perhaps one day, Eranos will welcome its presence once more, in the very places where past seekers felt its whisper during the lectures.

But today, it is gone. Today, Eranos has become a Foundation, untouched by the deep, living currents of the world's spirit, as it once was. It stands now as a museum, a repository for academic inquiries into its past, a stage for a select few.

 

Current Eranos Foundation Board (2025)


Fabio Merlini Chairman of the Board. Philosopher.

Why is a distinguished scholar of the history of philosophy the president of Eranos?
it doesn't make sense:
"A place of interdisciplinary encounter that focused primarily on psychology, mythology, comparative religions,  and, in particular, on the studies of Carl Gustav Jung and other thinkers who explored the psyche and human symbols."

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La presa di posizione di aprile 2004 dei primi firmatari dell'appello
Presa di posizione dei primi firmatari dell'appello

An alle Unterzeichner des Aurufes für einen Aufschwung der Stiftung Eranos 
April Stellungnahme von den Anregern des Appelles

To all subscribers of the appeal in behalf of a re-launching of the Eranos Foundation
April declaration of the appeal promoters

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La Fondazione Eranos si riorganizza amministrativamente e finanziariamente. 
Appello per il rilancio delle attività della Fondazione.

La Fondation Eranos se réorganise administrativement et financièrement. Si vous voulez  nous aider contactées nous. 

The Eranos Foundation  will be reorganized: administratively and financially. 
An appeal to save the Eranos Foundation

Die Eranos-Stiftung organisiert sich neu: verwaltungsmäßig und finanziell.
Aufruf für ein Weiterleben der Stiftung Eranos

 

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