This ground-breaking work lays the foundation for a new psychological perspective on the brother-sister relationship. Lara Newton explores the psychological meaning of the brother-sister connection in all its variety, both externally in the world of interpersonal and cultural relationships and internally in the relationship between conscious and unconscious, masculine and feminine. Working with brothers and sisters in fairytales, myths and true-life stories, the author describes a psychological experience of union with, and faith in, one's own inner life, which evolves when we face the challenge of integrating the archetypal brother-sister pair. Because we focus so automatically on child-parent relationships, we frequently miss the developmental, character-building, and life-sustaining significance of brother-sister bonds.This book corrects this oversight and provides us with a rare opportunity to understand in deeper ways the mystery of human relationship and the redeeming joy of companionship.