Though he was a prolific writer and an original thinker of vast erudition, Jung lacked a gift for clear exposition and his ideas are less widely appreciated than they deserve.

In this concise introduction, Anthony Stevens explains clearly the basic concepts of Jungian psychology: the collective unconscious, complex, archetype, shadow, persona, anima, animus, and the individuation of the Self. He examines Jung`s views on such disparate subjects as myth, religion, alchemy, `sychronicity`, and the psychology of gender differences, and he devotes separate chapters to the stages of life, Jung`s theory of psychological types, the interpretation of dreams, the practice of Jungian analysis, and to the unjust allegation that Jung was a Nazi sympathizer. Finally, he argues that Jung`s visionary powers and profound spirituality have helped many to find an alternative set of values to the arid materialism prevailing in Western society.

Table of Contents:
List of illustrations
1: The man and his psychology
2: Archetypes and the collective unconsious
3: The stages of life
4: Psychological types
5: Dreams
6: Therapy
7: Jung`s alleged anti-Semitism
8: The summing-up
Further reading
Index