Editorial

This, the January 1994 issue of the Journal of Analytical Psychology, is, so it seems to me, representative of the major interests and preoccupations of this Journal and its readers and subscribers.

There are here three papers, by Aimé Agnel, John Beebe, and Shirley Wheeley, in which the authors describe sensitively, perceptively, and in depth their analytic work with patients and the theoretical speculations evoked by their clinical experience.

Three further papers deal primarily with important but complex questions of theory relevant to Jung and to analytical psychology. They are 1) the paper by Hester Solomon, in which she explores the influence, or at least the parallels, that exist between Hegel and Jung; 2) the paper by Carole Proulx, in which she discusses the problem of ethics and Jung's concept of the ‘moral conscience’, seen in the context of the recognition of the structure and the processes of the unconscious; and 3) the paper by Giampaolo Moraglia, which shows that aspects of Jung's views on adult development and ageing enjoy a measure of empirical support.

It seemed appropriate to include here Professor David Rosen's ‘In Memoriam’ for Frank McMillan, whose generosity and admiration for Jung led to the endowment of the first professorship and the creation of the first university department of analytical psychology.

Thus it is particularly in this issue that there is - at least indirectly - an interweaving of theory and clinical work and clinical practice. Such a combination is and has been the aim and policy of this Journal, even if it cannot always be realized and made evident in every issue.

As this is the last number of the Journal of Analytical Psychology which I shall edit, having been the Editor for eight years, I want to express and so share my feelings with you, the readers. There is, and has been, pleasure and pride that I should have been entrusted with this very responsible post. For the Journal is the mouthpiece, the ambassador, of the Society of