any reverses of his hopes seem exceptionally heavy. The ideas of injury are therefore the usual compensation for over-estimation, and we rarely meet one without the other.
C. The Sexual Complex.
The analyses thus far have shown us in the main the obverse and reverse of the social aspirations, but we have not as yet encountered the most frequent and most usual complex manifestations, namely, those of sexuality. Wherever there exists such a richly developed complex symbolism there can be no lack of the sexual complex. Indeed it is present and is also perfectly developed, as will be seen in the following analyses.
i. Stuart—I have the honor to be a Stuart—it is so described, when I once mentioned it Dr. B. said, why she was beheaded—von Stuart, Empress Alexander, von Escher, von Muralt—this is also the greatest tragedy in the world—our all potent deity in heaven, the Roman Mr. St.[1] expressed himself in the most painful expressions, and with the greatest indignation about this most abominable intention of the world which pursues the life of the innocent beings—thus my eldest sister had to come here so innocently (from America) so as to die—then I saw her head on the side of the Roman deity in heaven—why it is abominable that a world should come to light which pursues the life of innocent beings—Miss S. caused me consumption—it is for that reason that I saw her lying in the hearse, a Mrs. Sch. whose fault it is that I am here was near her—it is incredible that the world is not freed from such monsters. Mary Stuart was also such an unfortunate who had to die innocently.
The last sentence shows clearly why patient happened to condense herself with Mary Stuart. We again have here an analogy only. Miss S. is an inmate of the asylum with whom patient could not agree. She therefore, like the other person who was the cause of her confinement, is in the "hearse." Whether we deal here with a delusion, a dream, or a hallucination makes no difference, it is the same mechanism as above (Forel). A remarkable figure in this analysis is the "Roman Mr. St., the most potent deity in heaven." We have seen above that patient bestows upon herself the title "God," we have therefore in this connection a firm association with the idea of deity. Here we
- ↑ Name of patient.
