Circumcision of Jesus foreshadowing of Christ's Passion to come in the context of the "Circumcision". Having borrowed the large architectural setting in the Temple of the "Presentation", later scenes may show the high priest alone holding the baby, as he or a "mohel" performs the operation, as in the St Wolfgang altarpiece by Michael Pacher (1481), or Dürer's painting (right) and his influential woodcut from his series on the "Life of the Virgin". This reflected what had by then become, and remains, standard Jewish practice, where the ceremony is performed in the synagogue and the baby is held by the seated rabbi as
Modern Man in Search of a Soul Modern Man in Search of a Soul Modern Man in Search of a Soul is a book of psychological essays written by Swiss psychologist Carl Jung. In the years preceding this publication Jung had experienced several dramatic shifts. After the Bugishu Psychological Expedition throughout Africa with George Beckwith, Jung returned to Zurich and focused on the lecture format of his English seminars at the Psychological Club - eventually attracting a new group of international followers. In addition to expanding his academic following, Jung's professional psychiatric practice also rapidly grew taking on notable patients like Mary Foote and Thornton Wilder. During