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THE DEPTHS OF THE SOUL

PSYCHO-ANALYTICAL STUDIES

Dedicated to his dear friends BESS AND OSCAR BLUMENTHAL in remembrance of his delightful stay in Chicago, 1921

THE AUTHOR

THE DEPTHS OF THE SOUL

PSYCHO-ANALYTICAL STUDIES

BY DR. WILLIAM STEKEL

AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY DR. S. A. TANNENBAUM

LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., LTD. BROADWAY HOUSE, 68-74 CARTER LANE, E.C. 1921

PREFACE

An old proverb says that every parent loves the ugly duckling most. My book, The Depths of the Soul, was, from its beginning, my favourite. It was written in the beautiful years in which the first rays of analytic psychognosis penetrated the darkness of the human soul. The reader may find between the lines the exuberant joy of a discoverer. First impressions are the strongest. It is an unfortunate fact that subsequent impressions lack the vividness, the intensity, the warmth, and the colours of the first emotions.

The great success of this book in many foreign languages has given me incalculable pleasure, because it has served to confirm my own blind love. No other book has brought me so many friends from far and near.

I am happy that my friend Dr. Tannenbaum has devoted his knowledge of the art of translation to my favourite child, and I hope that this translation will bring me many new English friends.

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS

PAGE

DEDICATION ii

PREFACE v

CONTENTS vii

THE SECOND WORLD 1

GRATITUDE AND INGRATITUDE 11

UNPACKING ONE’S HEART 20

LAZINESS 29

THOSE WHO STAND OUTSIDE 38

WHAT CHILDREN ASPIRE TO 46

INDEPENDENCE 57

JEALOUSY 65