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[Following the Journal's Conference in Prague, members of the Czech Developing Group have offered us the following review to convey their interest in the Jungian developmental approach.]
The memoirs of Michael Fordham are a gripping account of how he became a Jungian analyst of some standing, who made an important contribution in the sphere of his work. He is very open and straightforward in his recollections. They were alive once, and are alive now: real, and evidence of his personality. In the closing pages we discover that the memoirs were not originally intended for the public, that their aim was mainly psycho-therapeutic. When of advanced years, at a time when his second wife was threatened by illness, Fordham fell in love again. Eros is a mighty demon, and the author fell sick in body and soul. As an erudite analyst he decided to solve the situation through visits to a psychotherapist (he was 79 years old). On his suggestion he began to write an autobiography that helped him to deal not only with the conflict, but also with the ageing process.