In Midlife: A Jungian Perspective (Seminar Series)

Midlife: crisis, anger, dissolution, adventure, change . . . Drawing on analytic experience, dreams, and myths, Murray Stein formulates the main features of the middle passage. First an erosion of attachments. Then hints of a fresh spirit—renegade and mischievous—that scoffs at routines. This new spirit—is it Hermes?—disrupts life, alarms family and friends, and brings messages from "elsewhere". Finally, with luck, transformation occurs; life begins again.

Murray Stein, past president of the International Association of Jungian Analysts, has written a best-selling, good-humored book, brimming with shrewd counsel, dreamwork, and cultural relevance.