Pauli, Freud and Jung: A revolution in the world of psychology - Rationale Magazine

Pauli, Freud and Jung: A revolution in the world of psychology - Rationale Magazine

By the end of 1930, Austrian-born theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli was experiencing a cascade of troubles that had begun almost three years earlier. His “crisis” was marked by his mother’s suicide in reaction to his father’s infidelity, and the end of his brief but troubled marriage to cabaret dancer Käthe Deppner. Pauli, a future Nobel laureate, turned to seeking psychiatric help and respite.  He turned to the famous Swiss analytical psychi…