Editorial

Over the past seven years, the Journal of Analytical Psychology has flourished in the hands of Coline Covington and Barbara Wharton, who now retire as editors. Under their skilled and meticulous guidance, together with that first of John Beebe and since 1997 of Joe Cambray, the US editor, the Journal has grown and developed in exciting new directions, which have maintained it at the forefront of Jungian theory and practice, with an expanding circulation and a rich and varied content.

Rosemary Gordon and John Beebe initiated, then Coline and Barbara established the Journal's international conferences, of which the fourth will be held in Prague in May-June 2001. These conferences have provided an opportunity for psychoanalysts and analytical psychologists to exchange and debate theory and practice with each other; the quality of papers, speakers, workshops and the experience of the participants are a tribute to the energy and care with which these conferences have been planned. Publication of the conference papers in the Journal has enabled a wider audience to share in some of that experience.

Another exciting innovation has been the introduction of the Internet Discussion, which has provided the opportunity for lively exchanges in relation to selected papers. There are nearly 100 subscribers to this discussion now.

Other developments have been the publication of the abstracts of articles in French, German, Italian and Spanish since October 1998, a closer collaboration with Les Cahiers, with simultaneous publication of selected book reviews and preferential rates for those who subscribe to both Journals and the publication of a Research Directory to help contributors share information about their research interests and activities. There is also a new Journal Index, covering the years 1955-1999, available in book form, floppy disk and CD-Rom.

In 1998, the Administrative Editor of the journal, Yolande Cantù, died after a serious illness. All the editorial team had come to k