Who Am I, Really?: Personality, Soul and Individuation

Robert B. MacIntyre is head of the Centre for Relationship Therapy and
Education in Orangeville, Ontario.

Early on in this book, the author asks how he can present the concepts
of Jungian psychology in a new way. The answer is an extended visit with
Adam Brillig—who embodies the archetype of wise person—in an idyllic
Manitoulin setting. The author and Brillig cook, paddle, talk, and read
from the works of Jung in a sophisticated version of the Ontario stay at
the cottage. Since both men travel with Jung’s Collected Works, the
quotes are frequent and exact, as well as appropriate to the discussion.
Others come to visit—the author’s daughter and her mother, a fellow
Jungian analyst, another analysand—and move the discussion along. They
all talk like people in analysis: insightful, reflective, and a little
text bookish. Personal development, the education of children, mania,
the symbolic role of the child, inflation, and other psychological
issues are raised and resolved.

This book should be of interest to Jung enthusiasts and to those who
have read previous books by Sharpe featuring the same “characters.”