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A general survey over the development of Jungian literature within the last few decades would show an amazing array of writings. These range from more literary productions, such as those of Laurens van der Post, through the brilliant interpretative work of Heinrich Zimmer and such theological writings as the two books by Victor White, to more technical publications like Ira Progoff's Jung's Psychology and its Social Meaning and the discussion of “C. G. Jung and Projective Techniques” in the Journal of Projective Techniques (September, ). At the center of this whole development we find the collection and translation of Jung's own writings and the crystallization of the clinical aspects of analytical psychology stimulated particularly by the appearance of this journal. A good showcase for this immense sweep is the recent publication, Studien zur analytischen Psychologie, which appeared three years ago as a tribute to Jung's eightieth birthday.
The author of the New Developments, Michael Fordham, says modestly at the end of his preface “the ‘new developments’ refer only to those in which I have taken a special part”. But the selection of the nine essays contained in this volume is by no means random. They gravitate to the theoretical and practical concentration points of analytical psychology, the fields of personality theory and psychotherapy. Fordham himself describes one side of this concentration as follows: “… a series of observations in child psychology, made many years ago, have led me to something approaching a general view of child analysis and ego development”.
The ideas and theories emerging from this general view up to now most closely associated with Michael Fordham's name form the content of the last five essays of the New Developments. The titles of these five essays are: 5. “The Origins of the Ego in Childhood”. 6. “Some Observations on the Self and the Ego in Childhood”. 7. “Child Analysis”. 8. “Notes on a Significance of Archetypes for the Transference