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December 2nd, 1922. Dr. Bela v. Felszeghy: The roots of aesthetic feeling. The following members took part in the discussion: Feldmann, Hermann, Pfeifer, Frau Radó-Révész, Ferenczi.
December 16th, 1922. Dr. Stefan Hollós: Selected cases of psychosis taken from clinical observation.
A number of cases of psychosis taken from clinical observation provided the speaker with abundant material upon which to demonstrate the presence of certain remarkable symptom-complexes. He first dealt with a group of cases in which the speech of the patients (the majority of whom suffered from dementia praecox) exhibited striking peculiarities. Their form of expression—the construction of their sentences—was self-contradictory, being at once an affirmation and a denial; often their phrases took the form of 'slips of the tongue'. All these formal peculiarities served to express the patients' ambivalent attitude, the identity of opposites in the Unconscious and the idea of that magical omnipotence which can effect a reversal of reality. In another group of cases various phantasies were met with concerning the genesis of human beings: the processes of conception and birth. These phantasies were similar to the sexual theories known to be entertained by children and primitive peoples. Lastly the lecturer gave instructive examples,