Josef Marty, lic. phil., our Jungian colleague, SGAP president and a native of the region, will lead a walking tour to the house where Brother Klaus was born in 1417 and raised his own family of ten children. From here Josef will take us down the Flüeli Gorge, to visit the chapel and enter the cell where Brother Klaus spent the last twenty years of his of life as hermit and mystic. According to legend he fasted for twenty years, surviving only on the Holy Sacrament. CG Jung, who visited this place and studied Brother Klaus, believed that we not only learn from nature—but nature, our original mother, can nourish us in ways other than providing food. Thus, considering a similar belief held by many shamanist traditions, Jung conjectured that Brother Klaus drew sustenance from the invisible powers of this natural environment. After the excursion there will be an out-of-pocket dinner at Via Cordis, Flüeli’s mediation center.
A Trip to Mount Pilatus
On this stunning trip the world’s steepest cog railway will transport us to the summit observatory on Mount Pilatus, rising to ca. 7,000 feet (2,133 meters). The mountain is named after the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, alleged by legend to be buried here. Heavily fortified, the mountain holds embankments of arms located beneath the visitors’ center. In medieval times, it was believed that dragons with healing powers lived in the rugged clefts and crevices. Jung himself wrote, “… Mount Pilatus is … particularly notorious for spooks—it is said to this day that Wotan practices his magic there ….” (MDR, Vintage 1989, p. 230) After the trip participants are on their own for dinner, which can be enjoyed among other places in the city of Lucerne.
the Holy Sacrament. CG Jung, who visited this place and studied Brother Klaus, believed that we not only learn from nature—but nature, our original mother, can nourish us in ways other than providing food. Thus, considering a similar belief held by many shamanist traditions, Jung conjectured that Brother Klaus drew sustenance from the invisible powers of this natural environment. After the excursion there will be an out-of-pocket dinner at Via Cordis, Flüeli’s mediation center. 
A Trip to Mount Pilatus 
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