# Heinrich Zimmer

German Indologist who interpreted Hindu mythology and sacred art through psychological symbolism — bridging Eastern philosophy and Western depth psychology.

**Lived:** 1890–1943 (b. Greifswald, Germany)
**Nationality:** German
**Training:** Sanskrit and linguistics, University of Berlin (1909–1914); doctorate in philology and comparative linguistics, 1914, directed by Heinrich Lüders
**Affiliation:** Indologist, historian of South Asian art, and depth-psychology scholar in conversation with Jungian tradition

## Key works

- *Kunstform und Yoga im Indischen Kultbild (Artistic Form and Yoga in the Sacred Images of India)* (1926)
- *Maya: Der Indische Mythos* (1936)
- *Der Weg zum Selbst (The Way to the Self)* (1944)
- *Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization* (1946)
- *The King and the Corpse: Tales of the Soul's Conquest of Evil* (1948)
- *Philosophies of India* (1953)