I wish to thank Professor Graham Saayman of the Department of Psychology, Cape Town University, for his valuable advice in the preparation of this article. My thanks are also due to Dr Guy Daynes of Umzimkulu Hospital, Dr D. Anderson of Tower Hospital, Fort Beaufort, and Professor J. H. Robbertze, of Medunsa.

I also wish to acknowledge with thanks the permission granted to me by Routledge & Kegan Paul to use Schema I and III from The Great Mother by Erich Neumann.