Eric Berne does more in these pages than penetrate the mysteries of intuition. He explains the fascinating course that leads him to found a whole psychotherapeutic system, transactional analysis (TA), that extraordinary aid in the fathoming of human affairs. These historically important articles describe, as only a primary source can, the evolution of Dr. Berne's insights and awarenesses, from those of an orthodox psychoanalyst to those of an originator of an almost defiantly new approach in pscyhotherapy. - Editor's preface.