Samuel Widmer
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Samuel Widmer is a controversial Swiss physician
, psychiatrist
, psychotherapist and author, who uses psycholytic substances
in therapy and has very liberal opinions on polygamy and free forms of love.
Widmer is a medical specialist for psychiatry and psychotherapy FMH (Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum), employed in own medical practice. Lives and works in Lüsslingen
near Solothurn
(Schweiz).
He is a specialist for Psychedelic psychotherapy
and owned a special permission by the BAG (Eidgenössisches Bundesamt für Gesundheitswesen), to use MDMA and LSD
in psycholitic psychotherapy from 1988 to 1994. He is one of the founders of the ECBS (Europäisches Collegium für Bewußtseinsstudien) and the SÄPT – „Schweizerische Ärztegesellschaft für Psycholytische Psychotherapie“ (Another famous member: Peter Baumann (Psychiatrist)
, the also controversial suicide helper)
Widmer spoke during the Basel Psychotherapy Days (Basler Psychotherapietage). He led spiritual
workshops, seminars in meditation
and Tantra
and meditation-voyages. His spiritual teachers were Jiddu Krishnamurti
and Carlos Castaneda
.
Widmer lives with two women and has children with both. A huge group of followers grew around Widmer and his wife Danièle Nicolet, including 80 adults and 55 children. Because of that, Widmer is suspected to be the leader of a cult or sect by the media.
– like in a real incest. But because of fearing not to handle it adequately, he refuses her. She experiences a betrayal of confidence and love. This was a trauma, that nearly every woman of our society had to experience, being not less devastating than a really happened abuse.
According to Widmer, the basic requirement for a true contact to another human being is
having contact openly and without prejudice or judging in general, not restricted by taboos, rules or forbiddings. This means: a true contact can only be, when basically everything is possible.
throughout development, because of experienced and not worked up injuries. Because these feelings often are felt insufferable, another layer is built, the layer of defending emotions like anger, aggression, rage and defiance. For that, the child is often penalized with deprivation of love – another layer gets built, again: The layer of adaption, whose characteristics are boredom, weariness, senselessness and depression
.
If a person wants to regain his ability to be happy or be happier, he had to work his way through these layers. Widmer uses legal psycholytic substances
to support this way to the inner core.
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, psychiatrist
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
, psychotherapist and author, who uses psycholytic substances
Psychedelic psychotherapy
Psychedelic therapy refers to therapeutic practices involving the use of psychedelic drugs, particularly serotonergic psychedelics such as ergine, LSD, psilocin and DMT...
in therapy and has very liberal opinions on polygamy and free forms of love.
Widmer is a medical specialist for psychiatry and psychotherapy FMH (Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum), employed in own medical practice. Lives and works in Lüsslingen
Lüsslingen
Lüsslingen is a municipality in the district of Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland.-Geography:Lüsslingen has an area, , of . Of this area, or 55.2% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 26.6% is forested...
near Solothurn
Solothurn
The city of Solothurn is the capital of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. The city also comprises the only municipality of the district of the same name.-Pre-roman settlement:...
(Schweiz).
He is a specialist for Psychedelic psychotherapy
Psychedelic psychotherapy
Psychedelic therapy refers to therapeutic practices involving the use of psychedelic drugs, particularly serotonergic psychedelics such as ergine, LSD, psilocin and DMT...
and owned a special permission by the BAG (Eidgenössisches Bundesamt für Gesundheitswesen), to use MDMA and LSD
LSD
Lysergic acid diethylamide, abbreviated LSD or LSD-25, also known as lysergide and colloquially as acid, is a semisynthetic psychedelic drug of the ergoline family, well known for its psychological effects which can include altered thinking processes, closed and open eye visuals, synaesthesia, an...
in psycholitic psychotherapy from 1988 to 1994. He is one of the founders of the ECBS (Europäisches Collegium für Bewußtseinsstudien) and the SÄPT – „Schweizerische Ärztegesellschaft für Psycholytische Psychotherapie“ (Another famous member: Peter Baumann (Psychiatrist)
Peter Baumann (psychiatrist)
Peter Baumann was a Swiss psychiatrist who engendered controversy for conducting physician assisted suicides.- Background :Baumann began practising when 38 years old in Zurich. He employed body therapy in addition to more conventional methods and attracted attention with his comments on Swiss...
, the also controversial suicide helper)
Widmer spoke during the Basel Psychotherapy Days (Basler Psychotherapietage). He led spiritual
Spirituality
Spirituality can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop...
workshops, seminars in meditation
Meditation
Meditation is any form of a family of practices in which practitioners train their minds or self-induce a mode of consciousness to realize some benefit....
and Tantra
Tantra
Tantra , anglicised tantricism or tantrism or tantram, is the name scholars give to an inter-religious spiritual movement that arose in medieval India, expressed in scriptures ....
and meditation-voyages. His spiritual teachers were Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti or J. Krishnamurti or , was a renowned writer and speaker on philosophical and spiritual subjects. His subject matter included: psychological revolution, the nature of the mind, meditation, human relationships, and bringing about positive change in society...
and Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castaneda was a Peruvian-born American anthropologist and author....
.
Widmer lives with two women and has children with both. A huge group of followers grew around Widmer and his wife Danièle Nicolet, including 80 adults and 55 children. Because of that, Widmer is suspected to be the leader of a cult or sect by the media.
The incest-taboo
Widmer uses the term not only in its literal meaning, but in the meaning of a therapist abusing his (female) patient. As an opposite of these forms of “incest”, Widmer coined the term “respectable incest” (“ehrbarer Inzest”). That means: A father realizes his daughter’s waking up sexualityHuman sexuality
Human sexuality is the awareness of gender differences, and the capacity to have erotic experiences and responses. Human sexuality can also be described as the way someone is sexually attracted to another person whether it is to opposite sexes , to the same sex , to either sexes , or not being...
– like in a real incest. But because of fearing not to handle it adequately, he refuses her. She experiences a betrayal of confidence and love. This was a trauma, that nearly every woman of our society had to experience, being not less devastating than a really happened abuse.
According to Widmer, the basic requirement for a true contact to another human being is
having contact openly and without prejudice or judging in general, not restricted by taboos, rules or forbiddings. This means: a true contact can only be, when basically everything is possible.
The Core-shell-model (Kern-Schalen-Modell)
The basic assumptions of this theory is, that during a man’s development, “emotional layers” grow around the “essential core” of his mind. This model shall be imagined as an onion, whose core is the source of our zest for life. Around this core, a layer of pain and dolor growsthroughout development, because of experienced and not worked up injuries. Because these feelings often are felt insufferable, another layer is built, the layer of defending emotions like anger, aggression, rage and defiance. For that, the child is often penalized with deprivation of love – another layer gets built, again: The layer of adaption, whose characteristics are boredom, weariness, senselessness and depression
Depression (mood)
Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behaviour, feelings and physical well-being. Depressed people may feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, or restless...
.
If a person wants to regain his ability to be happy or be happier, he had to work his way through these layers. Widmer uses legal psycholytic substances
Psychedelic psychotherapy
Psychedelic therapy refers to therapeutic practices involving the use of psychedelic drugs, particularly serotonergic psychedelics such as ergine, LSD, psilocin and DMT...
to support this way to the inner core.
Works (A selection)
- Aus der Stille. Short cuts to enlightenment. Basic Edition, Basel 1997, ISBN 3-906410-37-4
- Ecstasy. Die User-Fibel. Edition Heuwinkel, Geneva 1996, ISBN 3-906380-24-6
- Die Einsamkeit auf dem Weg. Meditationen. Edition Heuwinkel, Geneva 1995, ISBN 3-906410-47-1
- Essenz schauen. Vom Ruhen im Urgrund allen Seins. Basic Edition, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-9521250-3-2
- Heute wurde uns eine Tochter geboren (with Danièle Nicolet)
- Im Irrgarten der Lust. Abschied von der Abhängigkeit; die Geburt der Freude. Edition Heuwinkel, Geneva 1997, ISBN 3-906410-38-2
- Ins Herz der Dinge lauschen. Vom Erwachen der Liebe; über MDMA und LSD; die unerwünschte Therapie. Nachtschatten-Verlag, Solothurn 2002, ISBN 3-907080-03-3
- Des Kaisers Nacktheit, des Kaisers Dummheit. Von Freundschaften und Feindschaften. Basic Edition, Gerolfingen 2003, ISBN 3-9521758-9-7
- Perlen auf dem Weg
- Stell dir vor, du wärst ein Stück Natur. Edition Heuwinkel, Geneva 1995, OCLC: 75708003
- Von der unerlösten Liebe zwischen Vater und Tochter. Vom Inzesttabu und seinen Folgen
- Stell Dir vor, Du wärst ein Stück Natur
- Vom Allerinnersten (2005)