Beginning in 1933, in Ascona, Switzerland, there gathered annually an intellectual conclave of Jungians and Pythagoreans, philosophers and theologians, orientalists and historians of religions, ethnologists, Indologists, Islamists, Egyptologists, mythologists and scientists, to present learned and imaginative papers, interact with one another, enjoy the invigorating setting and relax in the hospitality in those early years of a singular woman, Olga Froebe.  A “jahrbook” gathering the papers presented at the conference was published for each one, and the connections and conversations that transpired took on lives of their own.

This Sunday, at 2:30 pm, Walker Brents will delve into the history and richness that developed at  this pinnacle of intellectual interchange.  Each month, except when he goes wandering for the summer, he spins his thoughts and insights on a range of topics mythological, poetic and otherwise, and leaves his listeners intrigued, edified and a bit dazzled…