"THE CHAISE LONGUE"
When Jung, in an outburst of independent judgment, or what was the same for Freud, in a clear gesture of rebellion, acquired for his consultation room not a couch, as Freud had established, but a chaise longue, Freud hit the ceiling: how dared Jung, the chosen one to succeed him, to contravene his instructions concerning furniture? A year earlier, Freud had frowned on the choice by Jung of a vase of flowers instead of a portrait of the father of psychoanalysis to adorn his office. And now, the chaise longue! Was his favorite disciple a sissy? (Freud did not have anything against homosexuals, but he preferred to keep them away). With a chaise longue instead of a couch, Jung's work with his patients could never fit into the category of "psychoanalysis". In fact, Freud strictly forbade him to call his sessions “psychoanalysis” thereafter. He suggested instead the denomination of "chaiselonanalysis". Jung frowned and stared at him with piercing and narrowed eyes. Fr...