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During the past 10 years only a few copies of this valuable book have been available owing to the destruction of the stock by war bombs. Therefore this new issue has made it available again to the students of psychoanalysis and others interested in the Jungian psychology.
Dr. Baynes who died in 1943 was well known as an exponent of the psychology of the cultural or collective unconscious and the present large book contains an astonishing amount of clinical material with the interpretation of dreams and drawings obtained from two schizophrenic patients. From these studies the author extends the prnciples towards an understanding of the psychological problems of man and the complexities of his civilization.
The volume is a model of scholarship and intensive investigation into the meaning of the symbolic expressions of the psyche. Here one may learn about symbols and their dynamic significance and functions as they have developed through the ages. It deserves the attention of every student of psychology and psychopathology. The printing and illustrations are excellent, and the subject matter is well indexed.