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Internationale Zeitschrift für Ärztliche Psychoanalyse
Budapest, May 12, 1913
Dear Professor,
I will reverse the time sequence and answer your second letter first.
The Zurichers will certainly leave no stone unturned in order to destroy the organization. But it is not certain whether they will succeed. The united Viennese, Berliners, and Americans (if care is taken that they show up in large enough numbers) could very easily gain the majority over the Zurichers. If they don't get the vote of the Congress, they may resign. At least we will remain amongst ourselves.
I absolutely do not believe that one can bury psychoanalysis. Perhaps it will come to a depression of one to two years, but in the long run the power of truth cannot be kept down by slogans. In the struggle (which I, too, accept only because necessity forces me to do so) I intend, if it comes to that, to fulfill the tasks that the Committee assigns me. Since it can be useful to lead another reliable local group into the field, I intend to found the Budapest group even before the Congress and to notify Jung that I have done so. (Or should I reserve the announcement for the Congress?) I want to accept only four or five very reliable members and have them come along to Munich. For the time being there are only three of us: Dr. Radó, Dr. Hollós, and I.1
Next I want to complete my critique of the Jungian libido paper. Never in my life has a more unpleasant task befallen me! Nota bene: I have finally arrived at the most secret meaning of Jung's paper. It is none other than his hidden confession of occultism in the guise of science. Dreams tell the future; neurotics are mantically endowed people who foretell the future of the human race (progress, repression of sexuality). The unconscious knows the present, past, and future; the fate (i.e., the “task”) of humanity is revealed in “symbols.” All that comes from Jung's astrological (?) studies.—The little that he has seen of the “occult” was sufficient to bring down the o