This “autobiography” is based partly on recordings made by the editor who elicited answers to her questions, partly on Jung's own recollections of his childhood, schooldays, and university years.

The book is the product of Jung's last years. The Prologue states that the volume deals only with “Inner Happenings,” which make up “the singularity of my life.” Accordingly, the book consists of a series of crucial dreams and other inner experiences. The chapters on Freud and the Unconscious incorporate passages from a seminar delivered in 1925, and the chapter on “Psychiatric Activities” stems from conversations between Jung and doctors of the Zurich mental hospital of Burghölzli in 1956. The book's further interest lies in Jung's reflection on religion, particularly “On Life after Death.” The book is written in a felicitous style and with intimate charm.