The essence of individuality is designed for the future There is always more and different in every human being than what he is and what he has realised so far. The author shows how this other can be recognised, how it can be called up and handled so that individuality finds its way to its wholeness. Every line is permeated by the reality of life. It is not concepts or theories that are spread out, not air-locks that are built, but the basis is what can be experienced and grasped by everyone . The author picks up on everyday life and shows how space for the new and different can be created through conversation and exercise, with peace and security. With the help of short case studies it will be made understand in an encouraging way, how even in the crises of separation, of growing up, of disappointment and of unachievement, a germ of the future is expressed and how it can be brought to prosperity. Without first having to complain about it theoretically, the author can prove directly from the practical examples the essential human relations of the individuality which is on its way to itself . Development does not happen to the isolated individual, but results only from the fact that the individual is interwoven with the life paths of other individualities and that he can let himself be touched by them. In doing so, an image of man becomes visible, as it was also designed by Martin Buber, Viktor Frankl or Rudolf Steiner. The essence of individuality is not based on causal psychological characteristics and certainties. Rather, it is designed for development and thus for the future. Concrete instructions for the reader's own work on his or her biography and for individual development round off this successful book. Contents: About the handling of the labyrinth; a foreword Part I 1 The future element in today's fates and the biographical crisis2 The individual archetype Part II 3 Laws of development and their meaning The lunar nodes; The twelfth year of life and the twelve-month rhythm; The five- and ten-month rhythm; The meaning of the numerical ratios 4 Food and its crisis 5 The significance of the seventh of the year 6 The fourfold ego-question – On the biographical significance of puberty 7 The double ego I    Its origin 8 The double ego II&.nbsp;  His language 9 The doubleganger III   Between home and homelessness 10 Spiritual beings in the biography I   The light and the dark 11 Spiritual beings in the biography II   The light and the darkChronos and Kairos 12 Attempt at the Böse in the biography 13 The congestion phenomenon 14 The polarity-sphere 15 The doubling phenomenon 16 About the gradual occurrence of events 17 Language of the beginning IRnbsp;  On the signature of the birth situation 18 Language of the beginning II The meaning of the landscape origin 19 Language of the beginning III   The first moment of an encounter 20 Connection and separation 21 Biography today – The Individual and the Community Part III 22 &About Chance and Sense 23 Ways to understand the meaning of modern life 24 The counselling interview as a biographical aid 25 The way of the environment26 Preparation for biographical work 27 &About how to deal with biographical knowledge 28 On the question of the justification of biographical work Uwe MeinardusBiographical work and psychotherapy – difficult relatives or friendly neighbours? Uuml about the author: Mathias Wais, born in 1948, studied psychology, Jewish studies and Tibetology in Munich, Tüuuml;bingen and Haifa and graduated as a psychologist. A psycho-analytical training and research followed. Since 1985, he has been head of the Dortmund Centre for Counselling for Children, Adolescents and Adults and is the author of numerous books. Extensive lecture and seminar activities.