PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE UNCONSCIOUS
CONTENTS
I. Psychoanalysis vs. Morality 9
II. The Incest Motive and Idealism 26
III. The Birth of Consciousness 45
IV. The Child and His Mother 64
V. The Lover and the Beloved 83
VI. Human Relations and the Unconscious 102
CHAPTER I
PSYCHOANALYSIS vs. MORALITY
Psychoanalysis has sprung many surpriseson us, performed more than one volte facebefore our indignant eyes. No sooner had wegot used to the psychiatric quack who vehementlydemonstrated the serpent of sex coiledround the root of all our actions, no soonerhad we begun to feel honestly uneasy aboutour lurking complexes, than lo and beholdthe psychoanalytic gentleman reappeared onthe stage with a theory of pure psychology.The medical faculty, which was on hot bricksover the therapeutic innovations, heaved a sigh10of relief as it watched the ground warmingunder the feet of the professional psychologists.
This, however, was not the end. The earsof the ethnologist began to tingle, the philosopherfelt his gorge rise, and at last themoralist knew he must rush in. By this timepsychoanalysis had become a public danger.The mob was on the alert. The Œdipus complexwas a household word, the incest motivea commonplace of tea-table chat. Amateuranalyses became the vogue. “Wait till you’vebeen analyzed,” said one man to another, withvarying intonation. A sinister look came intothe eyes of the initiates—the famous, or infamous,Freud look. You could recognizeit everywhere, wherever you went.
Psychoanalysts know what the end will be.They have crept in among us as healers andphysicians; growing bolder, they have as