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Poul Bjerre (1876–1964) was a pupil of Freud. His "Drömmarnas naturliga system" (Natural system of dreams) is the most systematic study of
dreams, I believe. Sadly, it is not translated to English but exists
only in the Swedish original and in German translation. He divides the
dreams into different categories, such as 'portrayal',
'objectification', 'distancing', 'negation', etc. The dream function
tries to establish harmony and overcome stagnation, in order to evade
neurosis and maintain life's flow. 'Objectification' is when a content
of personality, which one would better throw out, is presented as
another creature or person--as non-ego. 'Distancing' is when the content becomes even more remote, e.g. travels away. 'Negation' occurs, for
instance, when a stagnant wholeness of personality is negated, as when
teeth begin to drop out, destroying the obsolete garniture of
personality. To Bjerre, "death and renewal" is the central dialectic of
life.

Bjerre was involved with the muse of psychoanalysis, Lou Andreas-Salomé.
But Freud pulled her away from him, because Bjerre had the audacity to challenge some of Freud's tenets. Bjerre's correspondence with Freud and
Jung is preserved. He tells of his method of writing to Freud. He first
wrote a temperamental letter, then he threw it away and wrote a
civilized letter. Freud appropriated Bjerre's "death-renewal cycle", but misinterpreted(?) it in terms of the death drive versus the eros drive.
In the image from the psychoanalytic congress, 1911 (Wikipedia), one can
see Bjerre sitting leftmost. https://s10.postimg.org/4t16u5fp5/Psychoanalitic_Congress.jpg

Mats Winther
http://mlwi.magix.net

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