Ronald Schenk, CMSW, is a Jungian analyst with a PhD in Phenomenological Psychology and training in psychoanalysis, practicing in Texas as a member of the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts where he has served in many administrative positions including President and as President of the Council of North American Societies of Jungian Analysis. He has a background in theater and has lived and worked with Navajo Native Americans. He has lectured and published several essays
on clinical and cultural subjects and psychological theory and has created a multi-disciplinary presentational mode which includes lecture, song, art, dance and poetry. His previously published
books are: The Soul of Beauty: A Psychological Investigation of Appearance; Dark Night: The Appearance of Death in Everyday Life; The Sunken Quest, the Wasted Fisher, the Pregnant Fish:
Post-Modern Reflections on Depth Psychology; and American Soul: A Cultural Narrative.