Letter from Sigmund Freud to C. G. Jung, May 26, 1910

26 May 1910, Vienna, IX. Berggasse 19

Dear friend,

I was delighted to hear that I shall soon have an opportunity to read another fine piece by you. I won't be quite so busy in June and reading it will be pure joy, especially as I am counting on your formulations to clarify certain vague ideas of my own.

The difficulties in Zürich are of course a product of all-too-human jealousy, hence indirect confirmation of your merit, which had hitherto been hidden from view. Your dream, which Jekels has communicated to me, seems to contain a reference to the days when Bleuler lived downstairs and you upstairs and to the occasion when I—on your recommendation—neglected to stop by to see him. Our main tactic must be not to let Bleuler and his following notice that their secession troubles us in any way. Then they will come to us one by one. For tactical reasons we must therefore found the International Association and issue a bulletin as soon as possible. Zürich will not be able to cut much of a figure at first, but don't let that trouble you; don't make concessions with a view to concealing your internal conflicts from our adversaries. ΨAtic candour! There will be an opportunity for revenge, which tastes very good cold. For the present you will be paying the price for the help you once received from Bleuler; it could not have been had for nothing any more than the help I received from Breuer.

Too bad that you couldn't put through Pfister as chairman! How do you account for Binswanger's stupid objection? And what has become of Pfister's parsons and schoolteachers who were supposed to join? Perhaps we should look to our therapy for an analogy to our present situation. After an important step forward there is always a pause. The movement is now going through such a phase. And it is quite possible that we forged ahead too fast, perhaps we should have waited for things to ripen a bit. Be that as it may, I should say that no harm has