Four brilliant essays by the author of Hermes and His Children hailing the elemental force of the irrational in a world that is all too often 'explained' and 'understood': - Moon Madness - Titanic Love - Cultural Anxiety - Reflections on the Duende - Consciousness of Failure. López-Pedraza passionately urges us to acknowledge our roots in the soul and our debt to the unknowable.

Rafael López-Pedraza was born in Cuba in 1920 of Spanish heritage. He attended the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich from 1963 until 1974. In 1974 he came to Caracas, Venezuela, where he divided his time between professorial duties, a psychotherapeutic practice and writing. He died on 10 January 2011 at 90 years of age.