From data collected at the Library of Congress. [My Subconscious Jewishness, The Current Jewish Record, november 1931]

Scanned from the PUF complete edition of the works of Freud, translation under the direction of André and Pierre Bourguignon Cotet. PDF, about 5M. [Civilization and its discontents]

From data collected at the Library of Congress. [Zur Psychoanalyse der Kriegsneurosen]

Translation: Eric Legroux, Christine Toutin-Thélier, Mayette Viltard, in the UNEBEVUE, Spring / Summer 1997: ”A relationship between a symbol and a symptom” , Free supplement to No. 8/9). Transciption areas established by Lacan. NOTE: version Bilingue every man a français, face to face. [Eine Beziehung Zwischen einem Symbol und einem Symptom]

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Potato, the 31 December 1914

Dear Professor,

Or donc, pay tribute to the ancient magic of thinking and we want to each other a happy new year. One, in addition métapsychique, use this magical substance had a metaphysical or physical, then the collective desire of so many millions of unhappy and dissatisfied should, this time, condense into a formidable power which would eliminate all obstacles on the path to peace. Hope, even without the help of such occult (that, unfortunately, not occur anywhere), material and mental exhaustion of all parties to the agreement will soon lead. Retrospectively, I must point out as the most precious personal events from the past year a few weeks in your analysis. Despite its incompleteness, I notice every day she was able to change, to some extent, my neurotic disposition significantly in recent years. This personal factor increases again – if possible - the gratitude I owe anyway the creator of psychoanalysis.

At our last meeting in addition to the force of your mind and fertility, my own behavior, also, I was pleased ; spontaneity and lack of discomfort in my relationship with you is surely a success mode analytical expression.

You are probably more exposed to external events than me ahead. Is that you must ensure that the work of your life and your family ; for my part, I still have not reached the final options * - Despite my age – and am still deeply caught up in the juvenile - not to mention the child. Perhaps this chronic juvenility she retains a bit premature aging ; it prevents certainly fulfill its duty personal and social.

Let these ruminations ! I take the spells and wishes to all those who are dear to you all the best for the coming year.

Receive cordial greetings and appreciative of

Your affectionately dedicated, Ferenczi

I will send the manuscript² when the position is less busy. I received the new theory sex.[ow] and thank you.

1. The 20 and 21 December, Ferenczi visited Freud, Vienna (Freud to Abraham, 21 XII 1914, unpublished letter, Freud Museum in London [henceforth : FM]).
2. This is perhaps the article on "The dream of a pillar of salt" mentioned in previous letters.

* Vienna IX, Berggasse 19

30.12.14.

Cher ami,

I am very sorry to hear that you are not yet restored and your wife through the same ordeal. We live in a time where we should be at least health. Epidemic in our family ended, Ernst but must keep the bed in Klagenfurt with severe angina which he probably never recovered slowly. We obviously can not do anything for him. According to today's letter, although still feverish, he returned to the barracks.

Impotence and misery have always been what I hated most, and I fear that both did threaten us now.

Deuticke me that he did not publish in Jahrbuch 1915, since he could not send even one of 1914- He said that all his activity is reduced, and he claims the example of German publishers known that many suspended publication during the entire duration of the war. That's what I thought when I heard your intentions in your last letter.

The Heller, we do not know yet; Moreover, we have nothing to expect.

When you come here - I'm glad you do not have renounced - you can, of course, to talk at length with D. I reserve for this opportunity all my information on the discoveries made by Homer about Rank. My own work is stopped. I was not able to overcome difficulties and, because of my mood, discoveries I've made so far do not give me as much pleasure. As a result of this alienation I often wonder in bewilderment how I can be very good. The first remedy to be applied is that of course we now recommend to all : wait and take good.

Jones writes tirelessly in the same tone; I do not know if my answers reach the.

Perhaps you will receive the Theory of Sexuality before this letter.

I wish you all a very speedy recovery.

Your cordially dedicated

Freud.

* Berlin W, Rankestrasse 24

26.12.14.

Dear Professor,

Your letter of buffered 22 dated December 21 arrived here from the 24; postal links seem to improve. We are also required, of course, to give our letters to Austria still open to post; if you are my last letters received closed, is that they were killed by the supervisory authorities. It also happens that I receive your letters sealed; they bear an official stamp on the back.

I do not lose sight of my planned trip to Vienna, and as soon as I can arrange me, I will put into action with great pleasure, especially since I know that I can be of some use personally.

The scientific part of your letter seemed light, in the strict sense that I've been able to assimilate. But some points I still do not. I do not suppose that unless I have not understood me seem equally convincing as soon as I have understood. I would like this book at our meeting, that. I hope, does not delay.

What you say is fine by Rank ; I certainly do not know yet what the problem unraveled Rank in Homer, but I'm very happy for him and for us all perseverance and success. As for my thesis, I do not know at all what is happening with. I hope to work a little, on occasion, during the war, on psychoses; but the observational material has so far hardly been favorable. This is also the default equipment appropriate for the work I had already found himself interrupted. I do not know at all yet what will happen at the end of the war, - It seems, From what you say, Ferenczi goes well. Long ago that I no longer new Eitingon. Here, I received a card through Jones Van Emden; the tone is so friendly that it is permissible when writing an enemy country. Nothing new in what he writes. I find touching Trigant Burrow.

To you, and all yours, I send my most cordial greetings !

Votre Karl Abraham.

International Journal of Psychoanalysis MEDICAL

25 December 1914 Vienna

Dear D^r Jones*,

Your letter arrived just on Christmas Eve and I was very pleased and touched, and all attempts you have made to maintain a link between us. I did meet several times through the kindness of Dr. van Emden and have not yet seen evidence that you have received my answers. So if you do not receive a response from me, How can I let you know that it is not my fault ?

The history of the translation of my article history is virtually impossible to clarify in these times. I think I finally understand now how it happened. Brill was obviously suspicious and Jelliffe phony as usual. But I think you also, you have somewhat changed attitude vis-à-vis psychoanalysis Review. To summarize, the moment she was born, I do not care where the translation appears and who made. I have of course never wanted to cause injury to Brill, him and consequently left the initiative of all decisions.

I am under no illusion and see that the heyday of our science is now rudely interrupted, As we move into a period bad, and there can be no question as to preserve the state fire embers in some homes, until a more favorable wind allows us to kick-start. That Jung and Adler left the movement collapsed in strife now nations. The Verein is no more tenable that everything has an international dimension. Our journals will soon cease publication ; may arrive- us to continue the Zeitschrift. Everything you wanted to deal carefully and closely monitored for should be left to his fate and anarchic grow in all directions. The future of the cause, you so much at heart, do not worry, naturally, but the near future, the only one I can interest, seems hopelessly clouded, and I did not throw stone to leave the ship rat. I try once again to bring in a kind of synthesis for what I can still contribute². It is a work that has already produced many new, which unfortunately is disturbed by my sudden mood swings.

You write that your "operation" will take place at the end of this week. I do not know obviously not what you mean, and concluded that a letter has been lost; but the way you talk, it can not be something serious. As you can imagine, my medical activity is reduced to a minimum, two to three hours per day. In fact, even in Vienna, I never really found a minimum customer ; most of those who want to come can not do. It is this limitation that I actually supports the less, Accustomed as I am twenty years to work abundant, and not to use little more than a fraction of my free time to write.

Strangely, I have no news of Putnam³ ; Trigant Burrow me recently proposed a refuge in his house in Baltimore ! ! Pfister wrote on the occasion ; he left Zurich, but we have not reached, and I'm not exactly in the mood friendly and warm hesitant. I think other Swiss will soon realize that the psyche is not, currently, the kind of thing with which we can do business and they will direct their work in other directions. If we had not been spoiled by years triumphal, could settle the situation.

I guess we will arrange you somewhere, as soon as the noise of war will be dropped and that travel will be allowed back. But when it does it will be ? For the time being, it has not even the shadow of an idea⁴. This kind of private conference may be a new beginning of our public activity, but nonetheless it marks the end of that which was ours.

I cordially greet you and thank you for your friendships on behalf of all my. Hold until our reunion.

Yours faithfully,

Freud

1. In English in the original.
2. Studies "metapsychology" only partially survived ; see Freud (1915 c, 1915 d, 1915 and, 1917 d, 1917 and) ; Grubrich-Simitis (1987), et Barry Silverstein, «Now Comes a Sad Story»: Freud’s Lost Metapsychological Papers, in Freud : Appraisals and Reappraisals : Contributions to Freud Stu­dies, flight. The, ed. Paul Stepansky, New York, The Analytic Press, 1986, p. 143-195.
3. The apologetic tone is evident in Putnam's letter to Freud (beginning 1915), in Hale (1971 a, p. 177),
4. German shows here : "It Can not even guess to book now. "The use here of Freud Ahnen, literally have a premonition or foresight, is very strong. The word comes from der Ahn (the. Suspect), means that the ancestors, the ancestors. Le improve allemand deem (n. Attention), which means esteem or respect, has the same root as Gothic der Ahn.