I have long thought that Freud was sicker than any of his patients.
Chant, I have a question for you (and anyone else who cares to comment). Freud speaks of hidden, subconcious instincts, etc. (I am supposing that the nut was atheist and possibly satanist; certainly that he was instructed by the devil.) My question is this: was he speaking of original sin, our tendency to evil, which Our Lord taught us to overcome? Is this brainwashing in fact the nurturing of original sin into personal sin? I'm putting this badly because I only have a vague grasp of what I'm sensing. Perhaps someone could phrase it better.