Letter from C. G. Jung to Sigmund Freud, November 24, 1911

1003 Seestrasse, Küsnach-Zürich,

24 November 1911

Dear Professor Freud,

I very much hope that the symptoms of my late ill humour have not had any bad aftereffects. I was furious because of something that had happened in my working arrangements. But I won't bother you with that, and will only bring you the good news that Pfister's wife refuses to be analysed. This will probably start the ball rolling, and, we must hope, save Pfister from the infantilism that is stultifying him. It will be a hard struggle.

I must congratulate you on the birth of the new journal. I'm afraid I must declare myself incapable of making an inaugural contribution. All my time and energy must be devoted to my Part II.

You had best send that accursed paper of Bleuler's to Ferenczi. Let him react to it without affect, stressing, perhaps, the ethically neutral standpoint of psychoanalysis as contrasted with Bleuler's sorties into practical hygiene.

Thank you for taking care of Silberer's paper.

I don't know anything about Dr. v. Köhler. The staunch support of de Montet strikes me as very suspicious, seeing that a short while ago he expressed himself in a most peremptory manner about interpretations and sexuality. He is a singularly arrogant fellow. (You can get some idea of his tone from the report on the Brussels Congress in the Journal für Psychologie und Neurologie.)1

I am writing this letter piecemeal. In the meantime there has been the Meeting of Swiss Psychiatrists,2 at which Riklin, Maeder, and others including myself delivered lectures on ΨA. Bleuler had previously written Riklin a letter warning him about “invitations,” as