Erich Neumann, one of C.G. Jung's pupils, was among the most creative in building on Jung's work and carrying it forward in new explorations and syntheses. Before he met Jung he was trained in philosophy and medicine. He was also a poet and novelist. A native of Germany, he completed his medicinal studies in Berlin but, owing to the activities of the Nazis, left Germany in 1934 and, after studying with Jung in Zurich, emigrated to Tel Aviv. His range of understanding is apparent in his writings of which the major works have been translated into English. These include: 'The Great Mother; Art and the Creative Unconscious; Depth Psychology and a New Ethic' and 'The Child: Structure and Dynamics of the Nascent Personality'.

• The Primal Relationship of Child to Mother and the First Phases of Child Development -- Primal Relationship and Development of the Ego-Self Relationship -- Disturbances of the Primal Relationship and their Consequences -- From Matriarchate to Patriarchate -- The Stages in the Child's Ego-Development -- The Patriarchate