Contents Cover About the Book About the Author Praise Also by Viktor E. Frankl Title Page Dedication Foreword by Claudia Hammond Foreword by Swanee Hunt Preface Preface to the First English Edition 1. The Essence of Existential Analysis 2. The Spiritual Unconscious 3. Existential Analysis of Conscience 4. Existential Analysis of Dreams 5. The Transcendent Quality of Conscience 6. Unconscious Religiousness 7. Psychotherapy and Theology 8. New Research in Logotherapy circa 1975 9. Man’s Search for Ultimate Meaning Notes References Further Books by Viktor E. Frankl Afterword by Alexander Batthyány References Index Acknowledgments Copyright About the Book Viktor Frankl is known to millions of readers around the world as the author of Man’s Search for Meaning, his harrowing Holocaust memoir. In his own words: ‘Readers of my short autobiographical story usually ask for a fuller and more direct explanation...’ and this insightful book is it. In Man’s Search for Ultimate Meaning, Frankl explains the thinking that enabled him to survive the concentration camps in spite of tremendous odds. Believing there is more to our existence than meets the eye, he reveals his firm conviction that we are not glorified animals but repressed angels. From the nature of our dreams to the question of God, Frankl considers a range of important subjects. Ultimately, he reveals how to create meaning for ourselves and how life has more to offer us than we could ever imagine. About the Author Viktor Frankl was Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Vienna Medical School. For twenty-five years he was head of the Vienna Neurological Policlinic. His Logotherapy/Existential Analysis came to be known as the Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy. He held professorships at Harvard, Stanford, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, and was Distinguished Professor of Logotherapy at the US International University in San Diego, California. His writings have been called ‘the most important contributions in the field of Psychotherapy since the days of Freud, Adler and Jung’ by Sir Cyril Burt, ex- President of the British Psychological Society. Born in 1905, Frankl received the degrees of Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Vienna. During World War II he spent three years at Auschwitz, Dachau and other concentration camps. Through four decades Dr. Frankl made innumerable lecture tours throughout the world. He received honorary degrees from twenty-nine universities in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. He held numerous awards, among them the Oskar Pfister Award of the American Psychiatric Association and an Honorary Membership of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Frankl’s thirty-nine books appeared in thirty-eight languages. His book Man’s Search for Meaning has sold millions of copies around the world. Viktor Frankl died in 1997 in Vienna. “Viktor Frankl … is one of the moral heroes of the twentieth century. His insights into human freedom, dignity and the search for meaning are deeply humanising and have the power to transform lives” Chief Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks “Viktor Frankl declares that evil and ennui cannot fully extinguish us” Brian Keenan, author of An Evil Cradling ALSO BY VIKTOR E. FRANKL Man’s Search for Meaning The Doctor and the Soul Psychotherapy and Existentialism The Will to Meaning The Unconscious God The Unheard Cry for Meaning FOR MORE INFORMATION Institutes of Logotherapy can now be found on all five continents. For further information on Viktor Frankl and Logotherapy, including an extensive bibliography, please refer to the website of the Viktor Frankl Institute, Vienna at www.viktorfrankl.org. Man’s Search for Ultimate Meaning Viktor E. Frankl With a Foreword by Claudia Hammond and Afterword by Alexander Batthyány To my sister