@misc{Lothane, author = {Lothane, Henry Zvi}, title = {Review S. Benvenuto >What are perversions? Sexuality, ethics, psychoanalysis<}, series = {International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 25 (No. 3, 2016), pp. 198-200.}, journal = {International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 25 (No. 3, 2016), pp. 198-200.}, language = {en} } @article{Lothane, author = {Lothane, Henry Zvi}, title = {Sabina Spielrein's Siegfried and other myths facts versus fictions}, series = {International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 24 (No. 1, 2016), pp. 40-49.}, journal = {International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 24 (No. 1, 2016), pp. 40-49.}, abstract = {Sabina Spielrein's life events became known to posterity through a private correspondence with Freud and Jung, and through her diaries. Based on a misinterpretation of the documents, a myth, a fiction, was created about an alleged sexual affair with Jung and a case of misconduct during treatment. Another myth was that her relationship with Jung was a cause of the historic break-up between Freud and Jung. The biographical facts described by the author in a number of publications show that her treatment ended when she left the hospital to become Jung's student in the medical school, a situation with its own ethical rules. Furthermore, the alleged >scandal< was no public matter: it turned out to be no more than a personal quarrel. Before, during, and after that turbulent episode, Spielrein and Jung maintained a long and tender friendship and correspondence that included sharing creative ideas that enriched psychoanalysis. In these exchanges, a special role was played by the myth of Siegfried and other themes in Wagner's operas.}, language = {en} }