Ean Begg

Ean Cochrane Macinnes Begg (1929 – 1 October 2018) was a Jungian analyst, writer, translator and broadcaster.

After obtaining a Modern Languages degree from Oxford University, and a spell as an officer in the British army, followed by an assortment of occupations, such as a wine merchant, headmaster and Dominican friar, Begg developed interests in comparative religion, Gnosis and Norse mythology.

However, when in 1982 he was elected chairman of the organisation, Gerhard Adler, one of its founders, objected so strongly that a split developed and Ean Begg with a number of colleagues left AJA and went on to form a new group.

A near-fatal car crash in Switzerland led Begg to ponder his survival which he attributed to the nearby presence of the shrine of the Einsiedeln Madonna.

It led to his study of the phenomenon of the "black madonna" which he published in 1985 and was translated into other languages and appeared in several subsequent editions.