Originally published in 1954, New Dimensions of Deep Analysis was a systematic attempt at integrating facts which were once misrepresented as “occult” into the framework of modern dynamic psychiatry. Defining the concepts and criteria of so-called telepathic (or psi) phenomena, Dr Ehrenwald bases his discussion on a detailed analysis of a series of telepathic dreams observed in the psychoanalytic situation. These observations indicated that telepathy between analyst and patient, between mother and child – and in interpersonal relationships in general – was far more frequent and of much greater significance than was generally allowed for. Indeed, its very occurrence – described by the author as telepathic leakage – called for a revision and restatement of some of the classical propositions of psychoanalytic theory and practice, similar to that which had become necessary in the field of modern theoretical physics nearly half a century before. He redefines personality as an open versus a closed system made up of a three-fold stratification of ego-, id- and psi-levels. In his outline of what he describes as three-level therapy he tries to apply these concepts to the doctor-patient relationship and to come to grips with the magic element involved in the therapeutic process in accordance with established psychodynamic principles. Today it can be read in its historical context.
Table of Contents
Preface. Part I: Telepathy in the Psychoanalytic Situation – A Review of Illustrative Cases 1. Operational Concepts and Guiding Principles 2. Psychological versus Statistical Significance – A Digression into Method 3. Ruth’s Telepathic Dream 4. Ronald’s Telepathic Dream 5. More Telepathic Incidents During Analysis – The Case of Fred L. 6. Fred Has Another Telepathic Dream 7. When the Therapist Has a Dream 8. Precognition in Dreams? 9. Precognition and Self-Fulfilment Part II: Levels of Functioning – An Attempt at a Theory 10. The Ego, the Id, and Psi 11. Levels of Functioning and Mental Metabolism 12. Empathy and Enkinesis – or How the Ego Reaches Out Beyond its Confines 13. Telepathy and the Child-Parent Relationship 14. Patterns of Neurotic Interaction 15. Complementary Neuroses – With a Note on Psi Factors in Mating and Marriage 16. Castration Fear, Superego, and Primal Conflict – A Three-Level Approach 17. Personality Structure and Group Cohesion 18. Telepathy and Cerebral Localization Part III: Can it be Applied in Practice? An Approach to Therapy 19. The Psychotherapist Takes His Bearings 20. Analytic Schools and Telepathic Leakage 21. How Does the Patient Respond? 22. Telepathy: Cause or Effect? 23. How is the Therapist Involved? A Digression into the Dynamics of Co-operation 24. Scientific Psychotherapy and the Decline of Magic 25. Some Principles and Problems of Three-Level Therapy. Bibliography. Glossary. Index.