Freud’s Early Psychoanalysis, Witch Trials and the Inquisitorial Method: The Harsh Therapy

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Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgements Foreword Part I Introduction Chapter 1 An analysis of the idea of devils, witches and evil 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Misogynist misconceptions of women 1.3. ‘The story of the devil . . . now gaining significance for me’ 1.3.1. Devil-worship: ‘a religion in the Semitic East (Moloch, Astarte)’ 1.3.2. ‘The gold the devil gives his victims’ – the price of ‘possession’? 1.4. ‘The highly complex personality of the devil’ 1.5. The Protestant understanding of the devil 1.6. The devil: myth or reality? 1.7. Who was selected for the role of witch? 1.8. Miracles or magic: a dualistic approach? 1.9. ‘Their “flying” is explained’ 1.9.1. Witches: fly-by-nights? 1.10. Witchcraft in France: the case of Françoise Fontaine 1.10.1. Three French ‘significant books’ on ‘the very interesting witch trials’ 1.11. ‘I must delve into the literature on the subject’ 1.12. Legal procedures in witch trials: inquisitorial or accusatory? 1.12.1. Accusatory procedure 1.12.2. Inquisitorial procedure 1.13. Witchcraft, a new heresy: a conspiracy? 1.14. Witchcraft in England 1.15. Different theories on witches 1.15.1. Arguments in favour of witches as members of ‘a primeval devil religion’ 1.15.2. Arguments against the belief in witchcraft as a ‘remnant of a devil religion’ 1.16. Why the harsh therapy? 1.17. Conclusion Chapter 2 The judges and inquisitors in the witch trials 2.1. Introduction 2.2. Background to the witch-hunt in Europe 2.3. The view of women in the medieval and early modern periods 2.4. Where witches were put on trial 2.5 A specific evil deed caused by witches: male impotence 2.6. Whether witches copulate with demons 2.7. The judges’ need for harsh therapy? 2.8. Evidence required to convict a witch during the witch trials 2.8.1. Four ‘concrete facts’ that prove the accused is a witch 2.8.1.1. Spells? 2.8.1.2. The devil’s mark? 2.8.1.3. Transported to the Sabbat? 2.8.1.4. Presence at the witches’ Sabbat? 2.8.2. The testimony of several ‘sound witnesses’ 2.8.3. Confessions of being abused by the devil at the Sabbat? 2.8.3.1. ‘Voluntary or open’ confessions 2.9. The judges’ procedures to obtain confessions: harsh therapy 2.9.1. Interrogations 2.9.2. Imprisonment 2.9.3. Deceptive methods 2.9.4. Forced confessions 2.10. Presumptions in witch trials 2.11. Warnings to Judges 2.12. A confession made by a witch to Judge Boguet 2.13. Voices of dissent against the harsh therapy 2.14. Conclusion Part II Chapter 3 Freud’s pre-analytic cases 3.1. History of hysteria 3.2. Aetiology of hysteria 3.3. Elisabeth von R. 3.4. Katharina 3.5. Freud’s harsh therapy? 3.6. Conclusion Chapter 4 The seduction theory 4.1. Introduction 4.2. Three seduction theory papers of 1896 4.3. A new procedure: psychoanalysis 4.4. Conclusion Chapter 5 Transitional period 5.1. Introduction 5.2. ‘Habemus papam!’ 5.3. ‘I have ordered the Malleus Maleficarum’ 5.4. ‘The old physician, Johann Weier’ 5.5. ‘If the sister is not one’s mother’s child’ 5.6. Memory papers 5.7. Freud, blood and the witch 5.8. ‘The secret gatherings’ 5.9. Emma Eckstein 5.10. Conclusion Chapter 6 Why did Freud abandon his seduction theory? 6.1. Introduction: ‘I no longer believe in my neurotica’ 6.2. ‘Of course, I shall not tell it in Dan’ 6.3. Stories ‘I . . . forced on them’? 6.4. Conclusion Chapter 7 The ‘Dora’ case 7.1. Introduction 7.2. A technique ‘completely revolutionized’? 7.3. The betrayals of Dora 7.4. An inquisitorial approach? 7.5. Literature on Dora 7.6. Female sexuality 7.7. Dora’s dilemma 7.8. Conclusion Conclusion Appendix 1: Charcot demonstrates the physical symptoms of hysteria in one of his patients Appendix 2: Bibliothèque Diabolique publications Appendix 3: Baldung-Grien ‘The Bewitched Groom’ 1544 Bibliography Index