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13-05-1914 Ferenczi to Freud

473 Iron

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PSYCHOANALYSIS Edited by Professor Dr Sigm. Freud editors : Dr. S. Ferenczi, Budapest, VII. Elisabethring 54/ Dr. Otto Rank, Vienna IX / 4, Simondenkgasse 8 Verlag Hugo Heller 8c ° C, Vienna, The. Farmers Market N ° 3 Subscription Price : year-round (6 Notebooks, 36-40 Bow) K 21.60 = Mk. 18.

Budapest, the 13 may 1914

Dear Professor,

Brioni since I feel physically well, which, home, does not keep pace with productivity (of thought). Hence the problem of enuresis, some ideas came to me on "amphimixis of partial drives" during the installation of the primacy of the genital area (1). I resolved not to break the thing, this time, in oral narratives or correspondence, but to write and send you as free associations on this topic, without worrying about possibly make me ridiculous.

The unanimous conclusion of the presidential election surprised me. Y he treachery hidden behind this (2)?

Dr.. Ophuijsen, I received the attached map (3), to which I replied in a spirit of appeasement, but not without noting that, according to the numbers of the Zeitschrift already published, he could realize that we are not afraid (when something requires) to go before unceremoniously ; that can give us confidence when we ensure that there was, this time, no reason to do.

The practice works well.

Greetings from your Ferenczi

(1) Par amphimixie, Ferenczi heard the "fusion of two or more eroticism into one unit higher", for example, "The fusion of eroticism, anal and urethral, in genital eroticism ". "Thalassa, essay on the theory of genitality " (1924, 268), Psychoanalysis, III, p. 258. In this work, Ferenczi developed ideas which concern since 1910 already (see 155 Iron).

(2) Ferenczi's surprise for the two presidents who were not part of the Committee : Maeder à Zurich Seif et à Munich. Maeder had agreed to become interim president Abraham "in terms very helpful", Seif "in a manner laconic", as Freud wrote to Abraham, the 7 In 1914 (Correspondance Freud Abraham, p. 148)

(3) Not found.


12-05-1914 Freud to Ferenczi

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Prof.. Dr. Freud

the 12 may 1914 Vienna, IX. Berggasse 19

Cher Ami,

I did not write these days, because I would not know what to tell you. You remember my discomfort Brioni. Soon after, laryngitis expressed, which is mounted to the nose ; it is now almost healed. The 6 evening, perhaps favored by an excess of festivities, acute intestinal crisis is declared, decided that Dr.. Branch 1 à I rectoscopier, then congratulate me! He confessed that I had not yet assumed that the neoformation, but only one of peracute inflammation Romanum 2. And here I am back to life and I can write you again. I am also subjectively better now than before these diseases.

Meantime, the case of the presidency was, as you know, markedly trench. Abraham will soon tackle the task, to give us the number of Korrespondenzblatt. I had, also, correspondence with him about the date of the congress, which would be very inconvenient early September. Himself believes to see 20-21 September; we will meet one day before, Congress in private. Then I can make my presentation in Leiden 3 to 23, and then leave for Hamburg. Our projects are quite been suspended by my illness and the uncertainty of whether Zweig recommend a cure.

My best wishes on the occasion of your move. The tournament attracted many projected me; I will certainly encourage R.[ank] and S.[achs] to get there.

Brioni since I do not work at all. Yesterday I started correcting my "History of the movement". When you come here the next time, you can see a gallery as ψα in Worcester 4. Stanley Hall, after work today received, went to Adler.

I cordially greet you, you and Mrs. G.

Your Freud alive

  1. Walter Branch (1872-?). Lecturer in Vienna, specialist in gastrointestinal diseases. Freud jokingly called her "Leibarzt", literally : medical body, but also meaning : My favorite doctor. Freud â Abraham you 13 In 1914, Freud-Abraham Correspondance, p. 181.
  2. Old term for a part of the colon.
  3. Jelgersma Freud invited to lecture at the University of Leiden, fall.
  4. Perhaps an allusion to the photographs taken at the seminar held in Worcester psychological. Freud à Abraham you 9 III 1914, Freud-Abraham Correspondance, p. 170.

10-05-1914 Abraham to Freud

* Berlin W, Rankestrasse 24

10.5.14.

Dear Professor,

It is my great joy and great satisfaction that yourself, dear Professor, and our closest friends have thought of me for the Presidency; I thank you cordially for your trust. In fact, I had expressed its readiness to provide interim. But you seem to want me as permanent president. I've thought long. I do not redo my first proposal (Jones), because I realize that London is too eccentric and direction Korrespondenzblatt since there would be made very difficult. A vrai say, the most important objection against my presidency is to yourself. When a splinter group called abuse of psychoanalysis, yourself should be the head of the legitimate movement, so that everyone knows what is there in Freudian psychoanalysis. When we talked about this winter, you were of the opinion. On the other hand - and, lately, I discussed this with Sachs - should not that new tasks against you. But I found a solution and I hope that you will find practical. I will undertake specific tasks to the Presidency, me or who is finally chosen; my proposal would, however, you are officially in the head and that you ran the scientific congress. I think we should, as is done elsewhere in other scientific associations, give you the honorary presidency of permanent. As for me personally, I will not dwell on the feeling of my shortcomings, because I feel able to do better than my predecessor. But I remember the first congress : their excellent atmosphere and a lot of other things, they were your guidance. Even with the best will in the world, nobody else can give us the congress he lost character in Munich. Current reports and chairing sessions devolve the current President as, as well as all current affairs during the year. The exercise of your function is limited to the two-day conference, and you might even be replaced if the load is too heavy you; but this can hardly happen. Sachs immediately found this proposal very satisfactory. I would be delighted if you acquiesciez you too.

Having long been the trials of the article Federn, I thought printing Jahrbuch went well. I hope that no delay will occur.

Reik gave us a very nice presentation on male layers (1); he wants to develop this work and give the Jahrbuch under the title : "Rites of the Father". Stärke sent me his large manuscript 18 placards, which was previously Jung. I examine carefully, but we can hardly take, not even partially, Stärke as now proposed.

I think, by our meeting this summer, everything will be settled in Switzerland. The publication of your "History" in the Jahrbuch push Jung (with him and his) to withdraw. Congress, then, will be a pleasure for us.

I am preparing for Imago work on greetings (2). Congress - if it goes the way we want - I want to talk about psychoanalytic therapy for mental illness.

Cordial greetings to you and yours, from my wife also.

Votre Karl Abraham.


(1) Cf. Theoder Reik : "The couvade and the psychogenesis of the fear of retaliation" [The couvade and the psychogenesis of fear of retaliation], Image, III, 1914.

(2) Apparently never published.

07-05-1914 Freud to Eitingon

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[Header Vienna], the 7 may 1914

Dear Doctor

I find it touching that you remember that time that begins to awaken in me dark thoughts. I do not want to admit that I do not have the same labor as before and yet I can not hide probably much longer. Ars longa, life brevis (1). Guard small but determined friends and supporters continue my work is my consolation.

Accept my thanks from the heart and recommend me to your dear wife.

Your faithful Freud


(1) Latin : “Art is long, life is short” (first aphorisms of Hippocrates).

07-05-1914 Freud to Abraham

* Vienna, IX, Berggasse 19

7-5-14.

Cher ami,

You are now our president. We turn Association and we will not let it escape soon.

Maeder has agreed terms very helpful, Seif1 a laconically. The official report of voting results will be sent by Rank, probably tomorrow.

I now propose to prepare a Korrespondenzblatt (2) which can be placed in the number 4 de la magazine. (The 3 is almost completed.) I ask you, in the preamble of your proclamation, not omit to say that the previous Central ceased operations since Munich and did not even provide a single report for Congress.

I continue not to be good and want to work without; I expect the events of the Jahrbuch, who do not come, despite all reminders. I will say a lot, I atténuerai also some.

I still have no idea what we will do this summer.

Heller has languished on the poor state of our subscriptions to two magazines. The printers' strike has certainly done much harm; but it must be good.

I hope your little ones are now fully rested, and you and your wife are as befits your youth and good agreement. I had 58 ans here. Sincerely.

Your Freud.

1. Dr The. Seif, psychoanalyst in Munich.


2. Bulletin giving news of various companies in the International Psychoanalytic Association.

06-05-1914 Ferenczi to Freud

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Budapest, the 6 may 1914

Dear Professor,

The past week has been for me as a state of war. I swam round moving-the 1he to 2and floor (address remains unchanged : Elisabethring 54); together, I renewed my installation. I had to carry out all these changes - which are also not yet fully completed – without interfering with the analytical work, that I have succeeded in large- pain. Books are still Collage - yet, it is just now that I had to write the report for the Jahrbuch; I did memory and I had to search for references afterwards. Hitschmann but seems satisfied with the work.

Jung's resignation touched me very pleasantly. You do not ask me-dez, I believe, assent "official" to your proposals, with which I completely agree.

Dr.. Jaszi (Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Head of the Radical Youth [1]) has always been that I consent to draft a detailed survey of psychoanalysis. We agreed to two conferences, this fall, the Company Sociopolitical ; I talk about the current state of psychoanalysis, Rank Sachs et (and allemand), applications of psychoanalysis to the mental sciences2. [A That said, I made the addition without the innkeeper and I don't know if R.[ank] and S.[achs] are willing to come to Budapest.] Jaszy wants to invite a number of people (including opponents) to participate in the discussion and tasked me to answer them. I think that the three of us, it is easy to knock out opponents (that, definitely, are not even aware of the basics of ψα).

I look forward to your information on the response of "directors".

Greetings from

Ferenczi your

A. Brackets in original.

1. Oszkar Jaszi (1875-1957), important figure of the radical Hungarian, in 1914, President of the Radical Party. He was secretary of the League of Social Sciences, Director of the School of Social Sciences and free editor Huszadik Szazad (XXand century). In 1918, became a member of the State Council and Minister without portfolio in the government Karolyi. In 1919, Professor of Sociology at the University of Budapest. During the Republic of Councils, sous Béla Kun, he emigrated to Vienna, then, in 1925, moved to the United States, where he taught at Oberlin College (Ohio).

2. Rank and Sachs were not only editors of the journal Imago, but had also published a book together on the subject : The significance of psychoanalysis for the Humanities (The importance of psychoanalysis to the sciences of the mind), Wiesbaden, 1913.

05-05-1914 Eitingon to Freud

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berlin 5 / V [1914?]to the

best wishes for tomorrow anniversary year of health and happiness full of fresh flowering tree branches on your work with warm greetings from me and my wife your Eitingon =

a. Telegram (Form I/1910).

1. The classification of the telegram this year is uncertain.