One of Jung's most accessible works for general readers, this collection of essays covers dream analysis, the stages of life, the relationship between psychology and religion, the role of the creative artist, and Jung's divergence from Freud. Jung argues throughout that the modern Western man is spiritually impoverished precisely because he has lost contact with the deeper, archetypal dimensions of the psyche that traditional religion once mediated. The title essay is a diagnosis of the spiritual crisis of modern masculinity that remains as timely as when it was written. For men who sense that something essential is missing from their lives, this book offers both the vocabulary and the framework.