Josef Breuer (1842-1925) was a pioneer in the use of hypnotism as a method of treatment for hysteria, a method which formed the basis for his collaboration with Freud in the early 1890s. [...] First and foremost, Freud was the discoverer of the first instrument for the scientific examination of the human mind. Creative writers of genius had had fragmentary insight into mental processes, but no systematic method of investigation existed before Freud. It was only gradually that he perfected the … [Read more...] about Book: Studies on Hysteria (1974)
Dr. Josef Breur
Lecture: Mechanics of the Mind (1953)
[Based on R&D transcripts. This was checked against an old reel for LGC-3, but the reel only contains the second half of this lecture. The start of the reel is marked below. We did not find any omissions.] This is the third lecture today: In this lecture we're going to talk something about the mechanics of the mind. Now, you must realize that there's quite a bit of work and technology underlies this material in Dianetics and Scientology. The amount - the amount of data which has been … [Read more...] about Lecture: Mechanics of the Mind (1953)