A Fool in the Mind

Fool in the Mind is a window to modern psychology told from a Jungian perspective. It is about an unusual visionary, Dr. Victor Greenhorn, whose unconventional approach to his profession and duty leads him down the path of ultimate ruin. He thinks too far outside the norm and becomes delusional. He erroneously sees the aim of modern psychology to be tragically misguided, espousing a state of reprehensible morality. The book raises the question of who has the proper perspective. Is the narrator even a trustworthy fellow? Victor becomes too deeply involved with the fates of his patients. His failure to cure them consumes him. He quits his work and seeks the highest ideal of the hospital, on the 13th floor. What is found on the 13 floor is life-shattering. Above all, A Fool in the Mind is a warning of how not to live lifea]