The Middle Passage

From Misery to Meaning in Mid-Life

By: James Hollis

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Paperback | 31 January 2026

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Title #59. Why do so many go through so much disruption in their middle years? Why then? Why do we consider it to be a crisis? What does the pattern mean and how can we survive it? The Middle Passage shows how we may pass through midlife consciously, rendering our lives more meaningful and the second half of life immeasurably richer.

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Non-Fiction Psychology Psychology of Ageing Child & Developmental Psychology Medicine Other Branches of Medicine Clinical Psychology Psychotherapy Mind, Body, Spirit Self-Help, Personal Development & Practical Advice Psychological Theory, Systems, Schools of Thought & Viewpoints Society & Culture

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Preface	p. 7
The Provisional Personality	p. 9
The Advent of the Middle Passage	p. 16
Tectonic Pressures and Seismic Intimations	p. 17
A New Kind of Thinking	p. 20
Changes in Identity	p. 22
Withdrawal of Projections	p. 27
Changes in the Body and Sense of Time	p. 32
The Diminution of Hope	p. 33
The Experience of Neurosis	p. 35
The Turn Within	p. 40
The Persona-Shadow Dialogue	p. 42
Relationship Problems	p. 45
Midlife Affairs	p. 57
From Child to Parent to Child	p. 61
The World of Work: Job Versus Vocation	p. 72
Emergence of the Inferior Function	p. 74
Shadow Invasions	p. 77
Case Studies in Literature	p. 80
Individuation: Jung's Myth for Our Time	p. 94
On the High Seas and Alone	p. 101
From Loneliness to Solitude	p. 101
Connecting with the Lost Child	p. 103
The Passionate Life	p. 105
The Swamplands of the Soul	p. 107
The Great Dialectic	p. 108
Momento Mori	p. 111
This Luminous Pause	p. 114
Select Bibliography	p. 118
General Bibliography	p. 120
Permissions	p. 123
Index	p. 124
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