The Depths of the Soul: Psycho-Analytical Studies

by Wilhelm Stekel

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

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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.