Japanese culture insightfully, exploring the depths of the psyche from both Eastern and Western perspectives, an endeavour the author is uniquely suited to undertake. This volume is based upon five lectures originally delivered at the prestigious round-table Eranos Conferences in Ascona, Switzerland. Readers interested in Japanese myth and religion, comparative cultural studies, depth psychology or clinical psychology will all find Professor Kawai's offerings to be remarkably insightful while at the same time practical for their own daily work.