James Hollis artfully weaves threads of poetry, mythology, philosophy and art criticism into his account of Jungian psychoanalysis. Hollis aims to comprehend no less than our deepest needs and impulses. In his investigation, he unearths a series of deepening paradoxes. In short, there are no easy answers to this tragic, absurd masquerade we call human life. And yet the desire to understand opens up deeper reserves of nourishing meaning. A fine read.