Twice-Told Tales are not only for the young. Many have discovered the “magnificent, colorful, many-sided, fantasy world of fairy tales” as children, but, as Hans Dieckmann points out, we can rediscover their value as adults.

“As with all great art, the fairy tale’s deepest meaning will be different for each person, and different for the same person at various moments in his life.” (Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment)

By the use of case histories, Dr. Dieckmann recounts ways in which “the greatest treasures of the soul”...

In this exciting best-seller from Europe, the author, a Jungian analyst, discusses close interpersonal relationships, their dynamics and depth dimensions as well as their surface problems from the viewpoint of archetypal patterns. Problems of bonding, of disillusionment, of projection and introjection are carefully discussed. Focusing primarily on the relationship between the sexes, this work also includes much that is relevant to other forms of human intimacy. Myth is brought alive and illuminates the present with the intense light cast by archetypal understandings.

The Nature...