This is the long-awaited book by Theodor Abt who has been training analysts internationally in
the art of picture interpretation since 30 years. His long experience in this field has led him
to develop his own method resulting in this book. Some 150 color pictures accompany the text
making this book a valuable resource to have on the bookshelf for consultation in the following
areas: -Formal aspects -The symbolism of space -The symbolism of colors -The symbolism of
numbers. From the author's Foreword: 'This guidebook is the result of my teaching picture
interpretation at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich-Küsnacht 1977-1994 and since 1995 at the
Research and Training Centre for Depth Psychology according to C.G. Jung and Marie-Louise von
Franz in Zurich Switzerland. ... It is born out of practice and meant as an aid for practice.
This book is an attempt to show how to illuminate a picture with its own light as Marie-Louise
von Franz once put it. On the other hand we shall also see how to best avoid prejudice arising
from our own fixed ideas as to what a picture should mean.'
