Though he was a prolific writer and an original thinker of vast erudition, Jung lacked a gift for clear exposition and his ideas are less widely appreciated than they deserve. In this concise introduction, Anthony Stevens explains clearly the basic concepts of Jungian psychology: the collective unconscious, complex, archetype, shadow, persona, anima, animus, and the individuation of the Self. He examines Jung's views on such disparate subjects as myth, religion, alchemy, 'sychronicity', and the psychology of gender differences, and he devotes separate chapters to the stages of life, Jung's theory of psychological types, the interpretation of dreams, the practice of Jungian analysis, and to the unjust allegation that Jung was a Nazi sympathizer. Finally, he argues that Jung's visionary powers and profound spirituality have helped many to find an alternative set of values to the arid materialism prevailing in Western society.

安東尼·史蒂文斯，畢業於牛津大學，傑齣的榮格分析學傢、精神病學傢和榮格學說著述傢，除瞭醫學博士學位之外，還擁有兩個心理學學位。其他著作包括：《原型：自性的自然史》（1982）、《論榮格》（1990）、《私人的神話：夢和做夢》（1995）和《阿裏阿德涅的綫索：人類象徵指南》（1998）等。

楊韶剛，廣東外語外貿大學政治與公共管理學院教授、博士生導師，道德教育與心理教育研究所所長。長期從事西方心理學史、道德心理學和社會心理學研究，尤其在弗洛伊德精神分析、榮格分析心理學和西方道德心理學思潮等研究方麵多有建樹。著有《尋找存在的真諦》、《精神追求：神秘的榮格》、《超個人心理學》、《道德教育心理學》等學術專著。