FREUD'S THEORY OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sta,—While I agree with Mr. Alan Porter's article in some respects (having experienced the absurdity of the " lie-on-the- sofa " theory, for instance), I think he does less than justice to the growing knowledge of the psycho-analytic technique and its humaner application in some quarters. There is at least one master who has thoroughly grasped Freud's theory of the Unconscious, and who has added, not blindly but dis- cerningly, to the structure of Freudian discovery. I allude to Dr. Stekel, of Vienna, who, himself an original genius, is more modest in his claims either than some of the detractors of Freud or than some of the sheep in the strictly Freudian fold. Stekel merely says that a dwarf on a giant's shoulder may get a better view than the giant, and his enormous success in practice proves to the student that he is right both in his modesty and his therapy.—I am, Sir, &c.,
AGNES TOWNSEND.
16 E St. James's Terrace, N.W . 8.
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