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This very timely book is a richly informative biography of the life of H. G. Baynes (1882 - 1943) who was an intensely complex personality, faithful friend and professional assistant to C. G. Jung.
The author, whose mother was H. G. Baynes's fourth wife, skilfully presents an extensive chronological exploration of H. G. Baynes's life, his commitment to analytical psychology and his pioneering clinical work. She has researched and carefully articulated his family background, his work and times with Jung (in Zürich, as travelling companion on the African expedition, and as arranger for Jung to visit England to lecture at the Tavistock Clinic, at the Analytical Club, to medical students at Barts’ Hospital and at Oxford University); and ultimately Baynes's decision to lead a separate path for himself in the UK, independently from Jung. But who was H. G. Baynes? How and in what way did he interact with Jung and his theories and with the circle of Jungian friends and colleagues? This eminently readable publication provides an insightful contextualization of important aspects of Jungian developments from 1922 and onwards for another 20 years. It is a valuable contribution to our body of knowledge concerning Jungian studies, as Dr. Baynes was a key figure, bridging the early development and practice of analytical psychology between Zürich and England prior to Michael Ford- ham's leadership.
Baynes read medicine at Cambridge and studied surgery at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London. He was a champion sportsman—obtaining ‘blues’ for both swimming and rowing and he took part twice in the university boat race. He was an outstanding amateur singer and had a considerable artistic side to his temperament. The first decades of his life were characterized by joyful exuberance, vivid freedom and an unusual energy for life with a circle of friends, Rupert Brooke and Arnold Bax and leading writers, poets, musicians and intellectuals of the time (around 1910 - 1912).
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