Produced by Turgut Dincer, Emmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) THE DEPTHS OF THE SOUL PSYCHO-ANALYTICAL STUDIES _Dedicated to his dear friends BESS AND OSCAR BLUMENTHAL in remembrance of his delightful stay in Chicago, 1921_ THE AUTHOR THE DEPTHS OF THE SOUL PSYCHO-ANALYTICAL STUDIES BY DR. WILLIAM STEKEL AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY DR. S. A. TANNENBAUM LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., LTD. BROADWAY HOUSE, 68-74 CARTER LANE, E.C. 1921 PREFACE An old proverb says that every parent loves the ugly duckling most. My book, _The Depths of the Soul_, was, from its beginning, my favourite. It was written in the beautiful years in which the first rays of analytic psychognosis penetrated the darkness of the human soul. The reader may find between the lines the exuberant joy of a discoverer. First impressions are the strongest. It is an unfortunate fact that subsequent impressions lack the vividness, the intensity, the warmth, and the colours of the first emotions. The great success of this book in many foreign languages has given me incalculable pleasure, because it has served to confirm my own blind love. No other book has brought me so many friends from far and near. I am happy that my friend Dr. Tannenbaum has devoted his knowledge of the art of translation to my favourite child, and I hope that this translation will bring me many new English friends. THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS PAGE DEDICATION ii PREFACE v CONTENTS vii THE SECOND WORLD 1 GRATITUDE AND INGRATITUDE 11 UNPACKING ONE’S HEART 20 LAZINESS 29 THOSE WHO STAND OUTSIDE 38 WHAT CHILDREN ASPIRE TO 46 INDEPENDENCE 57 JEALOUSY 65 CHILDHOOD FRIENDSHIP 73 EATING 80 ARE WE ALL MEGALOMANIACS? 91 RUNNING AWAY FROM HOME 98 DEAD-HEADS 108 IDENTIFICATION 115 REFUGE IN DISEASE 125 WHY WE TRAVEL 133 MOODY PERSONS 143 OVERVALUED IDEAS 152 AFFECTIONATE PARENTS 161 WHY THEY QUARREL 171 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE 180 LOOKING BACKWARD 191 ALL-SOULS 201 MIRROR SLAVES 210 TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE THE SECOND WORLD