New Britain herald., 1926-11-15
Scanty Knowledge of Freud's Writings on Suppressed Instincts Is Blamed for Morbid Minds.

uc lIli1ltIllc oL t41c oupIOlloNlOiS was explained to some extent by Dr. D. D. Vaughan, at the Eyeryman's Bible class ye erday morning, in connection with his series of talks on the Freudian theory of psycho- analysis.
 In his talk, Dr. Vaughan said in part:
 Psychoanalysis. developed by Dr. Sigmund Freud and others, has been used for both good and evil Much of the m id sex literature of the day and many of the sex plays spring out of superficial knowledge and wrong use of Freud's discus sion of suppressed instincts, and peo- pie are led wrongly to believe that indulgence is to be sought. This teaching is evil Human progress has been made by intelligent control rather than by indulgence.
 T want to be thoroughly under stood. I am liberal in theology and narrow in morals. l believe that the old-fashioned taboos are the out growth O. long centuries of human experiences I believe that illicit, ex- tra marital relations entail evil. They make unhappiness. Innocent victims suffer. Evil consequences multiply. Free love does not work.
 Tn spite of the fact that informa- ton furnished by Freudan psycholo- gy has been misused, parents, teach CTS pastors, social workers, court officials and all who deal with juven- He affairs should have a knowledge of certain fundamental principles in order that wrong methods of child training may be avoided.
 we are learning that our lives are influenced every momeh by an ac cumulation of past experiences, most of which are forgotten. Some can be recalled, others cannot. Stanley Hall likens the unconscious to an iceberg which proceeds on it's voy- age, often against the wind. Re gardless of the wind the berg is driv- en by invisible ocean currents. Most of it is under water, and the move ment is dominated by this undertow.
 Three urges have a great infu- ence in human life,-the nutrition urge. the sex urge and the safety urge. Modern, complex civilization has widened these urges. The nutri- tion urge now includes property and the desire to drive away intruders. The will to power is born-a source of egotism. The ego urge is strong in man and weak in animals. It is so strong in us that the average truthful man may lie, if cornered, to save his face Our religion is a matter of culture. It is acquired | Out instinct is part of our physical fibre. A man committed to peace, one who thinks force foolish, unman- ly and fl 'le, will tur and fight like i Q wildcat if suddenly cornered. 1 What we bring with us from the an imal is hundreds of thousands of | years old. It is born with us and is | an inseparable part of us. Evolu- tionists call anti-social elements the "backward pull" Certain old time theologians call it inbred sin
 Scandals that are featured in the | headlines of the yellow press find eager readers because of the ego urge, especially when they involve the pious. the powerful or the rich. Ones own little self seems taller | when the popular giant is cut off at | the knees.
 We are constantly suppressing in- stincts and desires that have no i chance for normal qualification. Pub- ! lie opinion and our own personal ! standards come into conflict with in- | ner desires. Paul speaks of the two | warning clements that he found | within himself-one for good and . one for evil-one spiritual and one carnaL Plato discusses the same | idea in his picture of the driver in a chariot with two horses. One horse | IS white-man's better aspiring na- ture; one horse is black-the evil | grovelling nature. The driver is Reason. The white horse dominates for season and forces the chariot above the clouds, when the black horse overcomes his team-mate and [ drags all down again to wallow in the mire. Reason swings the whip and seeks to dominate.
 "In us are relics of the animal, the savage and past experiences, most of them in childhood. Ghosts of the past are ever with us, push ing us this way or pulling us an- other way, dominating our lives for good or evil. AS we understand them we can better make sure, for our own children, good ghosts shall rise up to bless while evil ones shall be destroyed. Next Sunday morning we will show how childhood fears handicap life.
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