Chapter 10, Visions Summary and Analysis

Earlier in the book the author wrote of having visions in the very early years of the 20th century. However, quite apart from those, this chapter begins far later in his life when he suffered from a heart attack in 1944. Before surgery but after the attack the author provides a true life tale of what in more modern language is called a near death experience. During it he comes to an awareness of his physician's true archetypal or primal nature. One of his first challenges that he faces during his recovery is the discovery that the doctor who helped to save his life is going to die. Sure enough, just as he is facing the difficulty of resuming his life on Earth, which he was not allowed to end yet, the doctor who rescued him fell ill and died...