New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

have spread confusion and misunder-
standing. What a difficult and abstruse
volume is that one translated under the
title Of Psychology of the Uncon-
scious'? | must confess that | myself
value in Jung only that which is Freud
inn"
is phycho- analysis of any value to
besides physician?" | asked DR.. Brill.
"unparalleled," came the reply.
Freud has created revolution in
psychology compared to that of Darwin
in biology. Freud to me is the greatest
living man. His theories have been ap-
piled to mythology, religion, literature,
philosophy, education. They are of
great Importance in our daily life. His
books on "rhe Psychic Pathology Of
and omit things that unconsciously are
disngreeable to US; how by error and
slips of the tongue we reveal our actual
feelings and thoughts. His book on
wit and the Unconscious shows us
how we often get rid of our real un-
pleasant feelings toward people by the
witticisms we utter. Freud has made
the first applications Of his theories to
literature and art in his Interpretation
of an artificial dream on q literary
work, by his own methods, in Jennsen's
the title of 'Dclusion and DreamD. He
has studied Leonardo da Vinci anew.
Otto Rank, a student Of Freud, has ap-
piled the methods to literature more
extensively Quite a number Of mono
grams have been written by Pfster and
others on devotccs Of religion, musi~
clans, etc"
"What sort of reception did the
theory get?"
AIN Ar,oriro uo cDr't copplo;n In
the beginning | was simply looked upon
as the victim of a delusion, as a waster
OF my time. Freud himself had been
sort of martyr for a while and was
ignored. But the fact remains that
nothing in science since the advent of
narwin's theory Of evolution has stirred
up so much discussion and so much op.
position. Freud's theories are accepted
largely and his work translated. Have
lock Ellis is really a convert, but he
does not come over wholly. You see,
he was quite famous authority on the
subject of dreams before Freud's the
ories were published. But he is SYM
pathetic, and only recently in THE
bookman' published an articlcs on the
subject"
Dr.. Brill called my attention, in re-
sponse to my question, to {. chapter in
his book. PSYCHE Analysis" on the only
or favorite child in adult life. Here
he shows how the only child tends to
develop into neurotic adult. DR.. Brill
gives us an important racJ for the av.
serage man to know, one scientifically
borne out. In an article called "Psy.
Anthology of Noise" he shows the
effect of noise on different people,
and concludes with some interesting
explanations of the origin Of the loud
tuturistlc music, which he condemns
because it satisfies the artists feelings
only. The musical productions of the
futurists are "but adults attempts at
naturalization of primitive infantile
sound, without any attempt at rhythm,
which, as ITS name signifies, means to
Put ones self en- rapport with Others"
n short. futuristic music is auto crot
icism.
What sort of man is Freud person.
ally?' | inquired further
well, he is Vienna physician of
jewish extraction. l may add that he
Is no local patriot, although three of
his sons are in the war. He is past
sixty years OF age. He is d wizard.
tie has subtle power of irony when
he writes Of his opponents. He writes
Z scientific book like a work Of art.
The nature of his studies is such
that he must tell about himself and
hence ms whole personality flows
through his books. You can see it in
all his books and in the History of
the sychoAnalytic Movement which
| translated last year for the Nervous
and Mental Disease Publishing Com
pany. You may see how he treats his
two leading secessionists, formerly his
leading pupils-Adler and Jung Here
is a picture of Freud on the wall.
See, he is surrounded by a lot of
archaeological material-symbolic of
how important the past is to him"
DR.. Brill showed me picture Of a
man with dreamy and intellectual
face. bearded, the man who has revolu-
tionized psychology.
Il again wish to emphasize" con-
tinucd Dr.. Brill, "the Importance Of
the past in our lives. When we in
quire as to the causes of nervous and
mental cases we are usually told that
the disease followed u physical or
mental shock, such as a fall or fright:
but experience shows that the paticats
were not quite normal long before the
particular cause made its appearance.