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This is an attempt by the author to better understand the break between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung through a study of the recently published correspondence between them. The title of Gedo's paper is, in fact, a quotation from a letter of Jung to Freud dated November 11, 1908: "Great is the power of thy truth and it will prevail." Using the Freud-Jung correspondence, Gedo illustrates, quite correctly I feel, that Jung needed Freud as an idealized and
God-like object. This was incompatible with Freud's requirements of Jung, since Freud wished Jung to be his successor/son. Jung felt that this was too much for him and that it was incompatible with his real interests. Freud's rejection of the role wished on him by Jung and his disavowal of Jung's aims ("You mustn't regard me as the founder of a religion") led to feelings of disillusionment, devaluation, and narcissistic rage on Jung's part. Gedo's explication seems reasonable, but appears to be incomplete, since it is based essentially on psychodynamics involving only the narcissistic conflicts that were present. No attempt is made to integrate narcissistic vicissitudes with drives. For example, I would strongly argue that Jung's need for a God-like father was a defensive retreat from the anxiety associated with his unacceptable wishes toward a real-life father and that he was threatened in his relationship with Freud precisely because of the increasing strength of his displaced parricidal and homosexual wishes.