Editorial

This November issue of the Journal marks my first contribution as the new North American Co-Editor-in-Chief. Since its first appearance in October 1955, one of the strengths of the Journal has been the particular emphasis on the exploration of the clinical aspect of our work and of theoretical considerations within a clinical context. The Journal has remained especially receptive to innovative theoretical developments in the Jungian community and in other related fields as well as to research in the neurosciences. During my tenure, I intend to continue this well-founded tradition and to build on it. My vision is to encourage colleagues from Central and East European countries, as well as from Asia and Latin America, to submit their papers for publication in order to broaden our horizons, to enrich our interchange and to inform our readership of the creative efforts underway in the Jungian community in different parts of the world. In addition, I believe the Journal can provide a forum for the ideas and contributions of our younger colleagues to be heard as well. As our profession is increasingly confronted with important challenges in the form of regulations from various governing bodies providing oversight, the Journal can, I believe, serve an important function of providing communitas and of strengthening the existing bonds of our Jungian community despite our many differences. I hope to facilitate this in whatever way I can.

It is an honour and a privilege to assume this responsibility following on from my friend and colleague David Sedgwick and I look forward to contributing to the maintenance of the well-established standard of the Journal.

The papers in this issue bring together a group of contributions on the theme ‘Whither Jungian analysis?’, inspired by Andrew Samuels' Annual Lecture of the Society of Analytical Psychology (SAP), which was held in London in March 2017, and several workshop papers from the Journal conference in New York in April 2017. As it tu