About the Author's Journey

What Neville Symington is attempting to do in this book is to trace the pathway along which he has travelled to become a person. This has run side by side with trying to become an analyst. The author has made landmark discoveries when reading philosophy, sociology, history, and literature.

Experiences and Discoveries

Learning to paint, learning to fly a plane, and also the study of art and of aviation theory have opened up new vistas. This account is only a sketch. The completed picture will never materialize. It is therefore autobiographical but only in a partial sense.

The Significance of Personal Experience

It is always emphasized that one''s own personal experience of being psychoanalysed is by far the most significant part of a psychoanalyst''s education.