A Dangerous Method Page #4

to his telescope.

In any event,

I have simply opened a door.

It's for the young men like yourself

to walk through it.

I'm sure you have many more doors

to open for us.

Of course, there's the added difficulty,

more ammunition for our enemies,

that all of us here in Vienna, in our

psychoanalytical circle, are Jews.

I don't see what difference

that makes.

That, if I may say so,

is an exquisitely Protestant remark.

I dreamed...

I dreamed about a horse, being hoisted

by cables to a considerable height.

Suddenly, a cable breaks

and the horse is dashed to the ground.

But it's not hurt.

It leaps up and gallops away,

impeded only by a heavy log,

which it's obliged

to drag along the ground.

Then a rider on a small horse...

appears in front of it,

so that it's forced to slow down.

And a carriage appears

in front of the small horse...

so that our horse

is compelled to slow down even more.

I imagine the horse is yourself.

Yes.

Your ambition

has been frustrated in some way.

The rider slowing me down.

Yes.

I think this may refer

to my wife's first pregnancy.

I had to give up an opportunity

to go to America because of it.

Ah.

The carriage in front...

perhaps alludes to an apprehension

that our two daughters,

and other children perhaps still to come,

will impede my progress even more.

As a father of six,

I can vouch for that.

Not to mention the inevitable

financial difficulties.

No.

Fortunately,

my wife is extremely wealthy.

Ah.

Yes.

That is fortunate.

This log...

Yes?

I think, perhaps,

you should entertain the possibility...

that it represents the penis.

Yes.

In which case what may be at issue

is that a certain sexual constraint...

has been brought about by a fear of a

succession of endless pregnancies.

I'm bound to say that if one of my

patients had brought me this dream...

I might have said that the number of

restraining elements surrounding this...

unfortunate horse...

could perhaps point

to the determined suppression...

of some unruly sexual desire.

Hm?

Yes.

There is that as well.

I wonder if you're aware

of the fact...

that our conversation

has so far lasted... 13 hours?

I'm so sorry.

I had no idea.

My dear young colleague,

please don't apologize.

It was our first meeting,

we had a great deal

to say to one another.

And unless I'm much mistaken,

we always will.

I shall have to be extremely careful.

What do you mean?

Why?

He's so persuasive,

he's so convincing.

He makes you feel you should abandon your

own ideas and simply follow in his wake.

His followers in Vienna

are all... deeply unimpressive.

A crowd of Bohemians and degenerates,

just picking up the crumbs from his table.

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