Marie-Louise von Franz, a recognized authority in the field of Jungian psychology, explores the type of man bound by the mother complex. The “eternal youth”—cheerful and energetic, always remaining a child at heart, but unwilling to take on responsibility and obligations—has become the object of close attention and comprehensive research by the author. Rich practical material is organically woven into a broad cultural and literary context, which makes reading the book interesting and exciting. Revealing the secrets of the human soul from the standpoint of collective and individual psychology, the author, together with the reader, is looking for ways to overcome the problem raised and ways to gain psychological balance, so necessary in our time. The material for this book was a course of lectures and seminars conducted by the author at the K.-G Institute . Jung in Zurich, where a deep academic approach was combined with unexpected innovative solutions and precise practical conclusions. For psychotherapists, psychologists, humanities specialists, as well as for a wide range of readers.