Arguing that the pursuit of happiness is futile, the Jungian perspective asserts that the goal of life is not in happiness, but in meaning which is real, rather than a fruitless ideal. This book shows how to find life's dignity by uncovering its deepest meaning and discovering errors made.

A Jungian perspective on finding greater meaning in misery. Title #73 in the series Studies in Jungian Psychology by Jungian Analysts. For anyone who has suffered guilt, grief, betrayal, doubt, depression, anger or terror. For Jung followers and those interested in new ways to self-improvement. According to Jungian psychology, happiness is not the meaning of life. Instead, meaning can be found in all of life's experiences, including the darkest of times. Swamplands explains how much there is to be learned and appreciated in the darkness, and in doing so, helps those who are suffering to live more satisfying lives.