Regina Abt-Baechi

The Saint and the Pig

A Dream and How St. Antonius is Involved

195 pages, hardbound, ISBN 978-3-9524468-2-9, LivingHumanHeritage

With a Preface by M.-L. von Franz

New expanded and revised edition

Saint Anthony and the pig - at first glance and odd pairing of opposites! Antonius, also known as Antonius „the Great“, has acquired legendary status as a personality seeking to reconcile the psychic opposites that were polarised as a result of the Christian viewpoint. In her work, which owes its origins to a dream, the author explores the symbolic importance of this figure and his attributes. On the basis of the psychology of C.G. Jung and M.-L. von Franz, she examines and interprets the legends and iconography of the saint with the pig. There are reference to this day and age and the spiritual reality of modern man, which give the work an unexpectedly contemporary relevance. This book is an extended revision of the original version.

Also available in German: Der Heilige und das Schwein

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Regina Abt (1945) ist in Zürich geboren. Sie hat ihr Studium in Volkskunde, Religionsgeschichte und Volksliteratur an der Universität Zürich abgeschlossen und am C.G. Jung Institut in Küsnacht als Jung’sche Analytikerin diplomiert. Seit 1985 arbeitet sie in eigener Praxis. Sie gibt Vorlesungen am Forschungs- und Ausbildungszentrum für Tiefenpsychologie nach C.G. Jung und M.-L. von Franz, am Internationalen Seminar für Analytische Psychologie Zürich (ISAP) und am C.G. Jung-Institut in Küsnacht. Sie ist Co-Autorin von Traum und Schwangerschaft (1996)), Dream Child (2000), Autorin von Animals and Animal Dreams (2011), Tiere und Tierträume (2012), Königstochter und Zauberpferd (2013), Princess and Magic Horse (2013), Der Heilige und das Schwein (2015) und The Saint and the Pig (2015).

Regina Abt (1945), born in Zürich, Switzerland, has a masters degree in European Ethnology, History of Religion and Folk Literature and is a Jungian analyst, a graduate of the C.G. Jung Institut in Küsnacht. She has been in private practice since 1985 and lectures at the Research and Training Center for Depth Psychology according to C.G. Jung and M.-L. von Franz, at the C.G. Jung Institute in Küsnacht. She is co-autor of Dream Child (2000), author of Animals and Animal Dreams (2011), Princess and Magic Horse (2013), The Saint and the Pig (2015) and other publications in German (see above)