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Internationale Zeitschrift für Ärztliche Psychoanalyse
Budapest, May 6, 1914
Dear Professor,
The past week has been like a state of war for me. I moved from the second to the third floor (my address remains otherwise unchanged: Elisabethring 54); at the same time I rearranged the furniture. I had to make all these changes—which, by the way, are not yet completely finished—without disrupting the work of analysis, which I just about managed to do. The books are still all over the place—and right now I had to write the paper for the Jahrbuch; I did it from memory and only afterwards had to look up the references. But Hitschmann seems to be satisfied with the paper.
Jung's resignation had a very pleasant effect on me. I don't think you need from me any “official” assent to your suggestions, with which I am in total agreement.
Dr. Jászy (university docent at the law school and leader of the radical youth)1 didn't let me rest until I agreed to the plan for a detailed symposium on psychoanalysis. We have agreed that two lectures on psychoanalysis will be held in the fall of this year; I am supposed to speak on the status of psychoanalysis today, Rank and Sachs(in German) are to talk about the application of psychoanalysis to the social sciences.2 [Of course, I made out the bill there without the innkeeper, and I don't know whether Rank and Sachs are of a mind to come to Budapest.]3 Jászy wants to ask a number of personalities (including opponents) to take part in the discussion, and he wants to give me the task of responding to them. I think it will be easy for the three of us to disable our antagonists (who are certainly not even oriented to the elements of ψα.).
I am anticipating with interest your news about the presidents' responses.
Kind regards,
Ferenczi