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This is an interesting book which provides short accounts of the establishment of Jungian psychotherapeutic organizations around the world. Included are potted histories of selected Jungians who are, or were, significant in their local areas. Most of this material is in the form of vignettes; it shows the variety of the different institutes, and how local conditions often contributed to the development of the Jungian group, particularly in their attitude to psychoanalysis. The book describes how the route to becoming a Jungian analyst has become less fluid over the years. Originally it seems to have required little in the way of formal training and to have relied on letters of accreditation from an analyst blessed by Jung. The actual detailed requirements of the various institutes are not recorded, although reference is made to the extremely long training which persists in France.
A valuable part of this book is Kirsch's knowledge of the workings of the IAAP and the part it has played in the Jungian movement internationally, where it has often been a benevolent referee in disputes and a healer of rifts and promoter of accord. A consequence of the influence of the IAAP is that a hugely diverse group of practitioners meet once every three years, enjoy each other's company, and avoid any major confrontations relating to their clinical differences. It was not always like that. When Murray Jackson gave a paper on symbolism in 1962 he was told by Esther Harding that he hadn't a clue what Jung meant by a symbol.