All human relationships are containers of emotional life, but what are the structures underlying them? Nathan Schwartz-Salant looks at all kinds of relationships through an analyst's eye. By analogy with the ancient system of alchemy he shows how states of mind that can undermine our relationships - in marriage, in creative work, in the workplace - can become transformative when brought to consciousness. It is only by learning how to access the interactive field of our relationships that we can enter this transformative process and explore its mysterious potential for self-realization.

Nathan Schwartz-Salant

1 Alchemy and transformation in human relationships 2 Activating the experience of the field 3 Mad parts of sane people 4 The dynamics of the interactive field 5 The transformative power of the interactive field 6 The alchemical view of madness 7 The central mystery of the alchemical process 8 The alchemical attitude to the transformation of relationship 9 Union, death, and the resurrection of the self 10 Appreciating the mystery of relationship