Foreword by Alberta B. Szalita, M.D. and D.P.H.

Preface by Sylvia B. Perera

Acknowledgments

Introduction     [13]

1.  The ‘Inner family’     [25]

 A. The patriarch/Matrona     [27]
 B. The Adult      [29]
       a. The puer/puella - eternal youth 31
       b. The senex - old age     [31]
 C. The Son/Daughter     [34]
 D. The Child     [39]
 E. The Ego 41

2. The lengths and forms of the hands     [45]

3. The ‘Parental, Ancestral’ Imprint     [51]

4. Issues in relationships pertaining to the fingers, the lines and the mounts     [62]

 A. First Finger - power versus powerlessness, superiority, authority, assertiveness versus forms of inferiority     [64]

 B. Second Finger - thought forms, rational thinking, opinions, convictions, accusations, criticism versus illusions and expectations. Adult responsibility     [78]

 C. Third Finger - feeling values, judgments, demands, dependency, bonded versus free relationships, intentionality, commitment, conscientiousness versus aloofness, remoteness, non-commitment     [88]

 D. Fourth Finger - childishness, neediness, fears of neglect and rejection versus vivacity, experimentation, playfulness, childlike eagerness and joy, fears of giving and receiving, fears of intimacy, fear of love, fear of being, versus openness to experiences of life, joy of being and loving     [100]

 E. Mount of Mars: aggression, positive and negative; fight for or against     [109]

 F. Thumb - activity versus passivity, stubborness, compelling and pushing versus empathy, capacity to discern and to choose 112

5. Recapitulation     [117]

6. Spirituality in Relating     [123]

Bibliography     [137]

Index       [141]