Contributors examine the challenges to carving out identity and question the extent to which analytical psychology meets our changing needs. 'Huskinson and Stein have crafted a solid book that demonstrates the widening span of Jungian scholarship. Each author examines a special aspect of the contemporary world, bringing his or her authentic self to the subject, thereby helping to close the gap between the spirit of this age and the spirit of the depths. Every essay is a gem in itself and is bound to stimulate the reader to look within more insightfully or to discover a way to consider outer events in a new light. When faced with grave concerns of collective magnitude, we might overlook the headlines and instead seek clues to deeper meaning in the small stories; we might consider humanity's three existential anxieties - death, failure, and meaninglessness -- and examine our own defensive strategies to manage them; we might ask how vulnerable we are to forming an identity through the idols that stimulate our senses each time we log onto a computer; or we might earmark an essay for future reference, to be read at the time of a loved one's threatened passage. These are but a few of the possible responses to the book's entirety, which is a carefully chosen collection representing the breadth of interests inspired by the work of C.G. Jung.' - Jean Kirsch, C. G. Jung Institute, San Francisco, USA.