Hindu Medicine c5.s1.20

c5.s1.20

Besides, Zimmer gradually transcended the boundaries of Sanskrit scholarship. After the death of Hugo von Hofmannsthal, the father of his wife, he became the co-editor of the legacy of the great poet. This undertaking he tackled not only with his usual zeal and unselfishness, but also with the enthusiasm of the connoisseur of literature. In 1932 he became acquainted with C. G. Jung and forthwith was drawn into the magic circle of the Jung movement. His own studies had made him aware of the psychological implications of mythology. The psychologist’s research was a welcome confirmation and clarification of the results of the Sanskritist. An exchange of ideas ensued, a give and take by which both profited.⁵ Some of Zimmer’s friends—and I was one of them—regretted these diversions of his activity, valuable as they