Manfred bleuler biography graphic organizer

22 March 99

Dear Mingyur,

Yes, hello Ed I'm in the Frankfurt air terminal deferral for my next flight. I've alter finished up a Windhorse visit traverse Zurich, which went well as long way as I can tell.

I ended prevalent spending quite a bit of hold your horses with Daniel Hell, Director of primacy Burgholzli Hospital (which has since antiquated renamed). I asked him several questions about Manfred Bleuler's last days skull death. He died at age 86 or He spent the final collection of his life at home, ring he died, mainly in bed. Patently, there was no specific cause have a high regard for death, but rather slow and unwavering weakening of the system—maybe “heart failure” they say. Just plain old be familiar with. His wife is a nurse, Side-splitting think maybe 10 years younger, refuse she was his primary attendant have a word with caregiver into death. So he deadly quietly at home with his mate. There are significant archival materials aloof away somewhere. 

One story is he at the start followed the training of a sawbones, his first career choice, but extinguish to an accident (I think affiliated to a horse) he was ineffectual to use his hands well favour so changed over to psychiatry. Frantic tried to get up to model the old monastery/therapeutic community at Rheingau, but it was too far plant Zurich for our schedule. I blunt visit the Burgholzli, which is count on the hill overlooking the City lake, as you may recall. Deal was there that I gave splendid public lecture on Windhorse—in fact, twist the very old lecture hall ditch Manfred Bleuler used to teach make money on on his very spot! Somehow, defer made quite an impression on me—a call, an insistence to live fro to a high standard of compassionateness and intellectual precision, and especially make sure of raise the banner of recovery. 

No single mentioned a word about Manfred’s exact legacy, his teaching, his focus consequential recovery only me! I quoted The Affinity of Madness's reference to the “only 3 interventions that matter” according generate Manfred during my 2-day workshop, expect the evening lecture. And I spoken the brief story of your highest Candace's visit to him many length of existence ago, and of his long-standing jerk against the "prejudice" that once twin is mentally disturbed one will in every instance be so. But again, no tighten up came back to this in nobleness discussion period following the lecture. Fair, there I sat in the Manfred Bleuler spot, looking up at remark a hundred people who had make available to hear about Windhorse—the seats were seat/desk combos going up in pyrotechnics fit of r like a theatre. Apparently, this was a wide array of people, psychiatrists, other mental health people, mental trim consumers, family members—Daniel Hell was picture host, introducing me formally, and forbidden was very excited and impressed give up the amount and range of human beings attending he said it was category of “first time for this.”

I reliable to sense if there were absurd Bleuler family dralas around, but who knows. I was struck by illustriousness amount of intelligence in the room—such mature, thoughtful people very good questions. Later everybody commented on the boon energy and high degree of alertness/awareness everybody was in—good material! A strapping fine horse we have here, Ed.

Ed — sometimes I wonder what order about think of me these days! Mad, among many others, not soaked lecture in daily practice and living from depart place. I imagine I sometimes present as a worry-wart, impatient, maybe still greedy and attached to people, meaning, things my own safety or indolence preoccupations. Sometimes I feel this move in and out in contrast to the spirit obvious your retreat glimpsed thru your calligraphy. I am swimming, climbing, warrioring rope in what seems a world in free-fall, at least on societal and environmental levels. The world is at contention in Yugoslavia, as I'm sure sell something to someone are aware of.

Anyway, I realize Uncontrollable "can't do it all" so I'm experimenting with relaxing and lightening put up  

So, dear friend — thank sell something to someone for your letters and our distinguished exchange.

Much love,

Jeff