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This new journal is published by Walter Odermatt and Verena Maria Plein of the C. G. Jung Institute, Herisau, Switzerland, and appears quarterly. Its intended readership is those members of the public who have no knowledge of depth psychology, yet, disillusioned with present-day value systems, are searching for meaning and structure in their lives. The editorial informs us that Anthropos intends to treat those deep-seated problems of our time which arise out of neglect of our inner world, and hopes to help the reader on his inward journey.
In this first issue Walter Odermatt writes of the basic structure of the cosmos and places man in relation to his environment in order to obtain concepts and symbols with which to explain psychic activity. He traces the evolution of man's view of the world from the geocentric image of antiquity and the Middle Ages to the heliocentric vision of Copernicus and Keppler and on to the anthropocentric viewpoint of the present day which places man, or more precisely the psyche, in the centre of the universe.
The articles which follow, also by Odermatt, go on to describe external, physical reality—the mineral, plant and animal kingdom and man as a microcosm of the world around him—and internal, psychic reality—the different stages and functions of consciousness, the importance of dreams and the personal conscience. Jungian concepts like archetypes and extraversion/introversion are mentioned and the preview of the next issue promises that it will deal with psychic development through depth psychology. A biographical sketch of Jung and a paragraph on the C. G. Jung Institute in Herisau complete this first issue.
The language throughout is clear, simple, free