This Festschrift celebrates Murray Stein, a man whose life and influence within Analytical Psychology has spanned several continents, wildly different cultures, several sweeping societal shifts, and now enters his ninth decade. He was forged in an American crucible, strengthened in Europe, and eventually matured into a world-wide phenomenon.

These essays...

Jung's psychological types could be thought of as a compass useful for navigating the "middle way" to a vital and uniquely differentiated life.

For Aristotle, the middle way was the golden mean, the way between extremes to happiness, "the best, noblest, and most pleasant thing in the world."

Buddha, the "awakened...