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1003 Seestrasse, Küsnach-Zürich,
11 November 1912
Dear Professor Freud,
I have just got back from America and hasten to give you my news. Of course I should have done so from America weeks ago but was so busy that I had neither the inclination nor the leisure to write.
I found the activities of the ΨA Society most satisfactory. There are some really bright people in it. Brill has gone to a lot of trouble and is now reaping the reward of his labours. Altogether, the ΨA movement over there has enjoyed a tremendous upswing since we were last in America. Everywhere I met with great interest and was favourably received. Thus I had rich soil to work on and was able to do a very great deal for the spread of the movement. I gave 9 lectures at the Jesuit (!) University of Fordham, New York—a critical account of the development of the theory of ΨA. I had an audience of ca. 90 psychiatrists and neurologists. The lectures were in English. Besides that, I held a 2-hour seminar every day for a fortnight, for ca. 8 professors. Naturally I also made room for those of my views which deviate in places from the hitherto existing conceptions, particularly in regard to the libido theory. I found that my version of ΨA won over many people who until now had been put off by the problem of sexuality in neurosis.1 As soon as I have an offprint, I shall take pleasure in sending you a copy of my lectures in the hope that you will gradually come to accept certain innovations already hinted at in my libido paper. I feel no need to let you down provided you can take an objective view of our common endeavours. I regret it very much if you think that the modifications in question have been prompted solely by resistances to you. Your Kreuzlingen gesture has dealt me a lasting wound. I prefer a direct confrontation. With me it is not a