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From the point of view of cathexis, v. Hattingberg regards transference as the investment of objects occupying a certain 'position': feeling, thinking and behaving in regard to these positions (niches) are independent of consciousness. The analytic 'position' influences thinking, etc., in a definite way independent of consciousness and often opposed to it. For example, the recumbent position in analysis represents the necessity for help and is suggestive of the old authority of pre-analytic days. Lying down in the rôle of patient suggests complete self-abandonment during an active operation. It is entirely passive and often conduces to sleep. On the question of analytical 'distance' the author points out that the patient must learn objectivity gradually and that there is a tendency to unreality and impersonality in the recumbent position. In the sitting posture, however, the impression must be avoided that the treatment is conversational: on the other hand the situation of fight is emphasized. A decision on the proper course must be arrived at along the lines of keeping the right distance.
Turning to the analyst's position, he suggests that just as the neurosis