New-York tribune., 1921-03-06
A Hint That Freud Is FalGble
Paul Bousheld Does Not Entirely Agree With
the Master
the Master

the nutritional element as form of
the sex element. He takes issue also
with freud's statement that the infan-
tile nutritional process is manifesto
ton of sexual desire, and, at tho other
end OF the scale of life, with many Of
treud's disciples who declare that the
fear OF death Is an unconscious fear
that one will no longer be able to con-
tinue to propagate the species by sex
Iality.
Having gone so far in disputine
Freud, 1t ia little disappointing to
Ind the author proceeding along the
original lines of psycho-analysis. A
slight departure, however, Is made
again when he comes to discussion of
dreams. Freud recognizes only one
type of dream, while DR.. Bousfeld as
81 It's that there are three but with the
Qualifying statement that the other two
types constitute less than l per cent
Of all dreams.
The first of these two types of
dreams came to his notice frequently
during his work with soldiers suffer
ing from neuroses following ex-
periences in the war. In this dream
some past event Of horrible nature
recurs without dlsgui<e and in all its
detail. This type of dream refers al
ways to incidents in which the actual
preservation Of life itself appeared
threatened. This dream, Dr.. Bousfield
believes, is an attempt to work off a
pent-up emotion of fear, and has moth
ing in common with the Freudian
dream.
The second type Of dream which he
recognizes is telepatnic, in which the
dreamer sees some actual happening
which is taking place. or has taken
place at a distance. Several dreams of
this kind were investigated by the
doctor and their facts proved beyond
doubt. Because of their rarity, neither
type of dream has much bearing on
psyche analysis and he contents him
self merely with brief paragraph or
so concerning them.
In outlining the scope Of psyche
analysis DR.. Bousfeld makes a plea
on feminist grounds for the elimina-
ton of artificial differentiation be-
tween the sexes. He declares that one
Of the reasons why SO few women at
tain to greatness in either the sciences
or arts is that they lack psychic
energy behind their non-erotic ideas.
So much OF their energy is wasted, he
says, on displaced erotic ideas-espe-
cially in dress and personal adorn-
ment-that they have not sufficient
energy left for the sublimated forms
TO compete with the sublimated energy
of men. In. spite OF his admission
that mems eroticism is more open and
less displaced than that of women, he
insists that in fact women devote the
greatest percentage Of psychic energy
to erotic matters. Leaders of the
woman movement recognize this, he
says, and for this reason will see to it
differentiated from the man either as
regards clothing, business remunera-
ton or anything else artificial.
While not adding anything of con-
sequence to the theory of psyche
analysis, this book Of DR.. Bousfeld's
does serve to clarity much that is OBJ
scure on the subject, or which can
only be obtained by patient delving
into many volumes. 1t Is written
simply, In a style comprehensive to
the most casual reader. and includes
a glossary of technical terms invalu-
able to the student