This is the story of the discovery of the unconscious mind. Beginning with the ideas of Freud and Jung, it is a journey that describes through case histories, explanation and humour, how successive ideas have created a body of knowledge that the author calls the 'Psychodynamic Enlightenment' of the twentieth century. This story unfolds through the eyes and ears of Derry Macdiarmid, an NHS psychiatrist who was also a Jungian analyst. He explains how and why the ideas of these forefathers are the basis of current knowledge. The story includes why we need to hate, and why some even need to kill. Why do others become depressed or starve themselves to death? Derry Macdiarmid uses the experience of his long career in British psychiatric hospitals to describe what happens to us when we become mentally ill. The story is a celebration of the human spirit and its will to survive against all odds. As Sue Macdiarmid notes in her moving Foreword to this book, the author sees the ultimate purpose of understanding the unconscious as 'to enable us to find our capacity to love. As he says, when we love well, we live well.' A startling conclusion offers insights as to how we can live well, and discover our own meaning for life. Prepare to laugh and to be shocked.