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Kreuzlingen, 24 September 1927
161B
Dear Professor Freud,
Although you were unable to satisfy my ‘religious needs’ I was tremendously pleased with my visit to you; ‘pleased’ is putting it mildly since the visit was a great event in my life, in purely personal as well as in ‘spiritual’ respects. Above all! I was of course delighted to find you so vigorous and youthful, and I only hope that your vigour did not mislead me into tiring you too much. I recall every word of our conversations, and I have learned much that will help me to deepen and round off my understanding of your theories and of your personality. I very much hope for an occasional repeat of our contact, and that next time I shall be able to bring my son1 with me. But first, I hope to be able to send you my little book on the Changes in the Conception and Interpretation of Dreams,2 as a small token of my gratitude; it will not, however, be appearing before Christmas at the earliest.
My wife was very sorry that she did not come with me and she sends you and your ladies her most cordial regards.
Despite the after-effects of my 'flu, I went back to Vienna from the Semmering rested and rejuvenated, and it is the best testimony to your unbroken vitality and spirit that you can impart so much vigour to others.