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October 18, 1929. Dr. S. Pfeifer:
i.Caligula and the 'King of the Woods'.
Psycho-analytical comments on historical and political incidents, the connecting-link between which is the single locality 'Nemi'. Notes on ritual regicide; the 'fate'-neurosis of Caligula; the reason why he was obliged to slay the rex nemorensis and himself undergo the same fate; how similar historical situations have found solution in compromise (dual monarchy as a system of safeguarding), with the result that really every radical change of government has borne the marks of the parricide of ancient times.
ii.'Moccoli' (carnival-lights). 'The Roman Carnival': a chapter from Goethe's account of his travels. Reappearance of the same mental factors as were met with in the previous discussion. They are now interpreted through the regression to absurdity, which takes place during carnival.
November 8, 1929. Dr. S. Ferenczi: The principle of relaxation and neo-catharsis.
November 22, 1929. Dr. S. Ferenczi: A case of paranoid symptoms revealed in an autobiography.
December 6, 1929. Clinical communication. Dr. M. Bálint: The choice of a marriage-partner determined by the fixation of an infantile mode of gratification.
Courses of introductory lectures were arranged by the Training Committee as follows: