Freud e os desdobramentos da questão histérica na história de Christoph Haizmann / Freud and the developments of the hysterical issue in Christoph Haizmann's case / Freud et les développements de la question hystérique dans le cas de Christoph Haizmann / Freud y el desarrollo de la cuestión de la histeria en la historia de Christoph Haizmann

O trabalho visa, inicialmente, delinear algumas referências históricas sobre o tema da histeria, especialmente em sua perspectiva demológica e as "teorias" que articulam a ideia do demônio às "doenças da alma". A seguir resgata-se o artigo freudiano "Uma neurose demoníaca do século XVII", de 1923, quando Freud, a partir de seu interesse pela feitiçaria, possessões e fenômenos afins, dedica-se ao estudo do caso do pintor Christoph Haizmann que, acossado por convulsões e alucinações assustadoras, faz um pacto com o diabo. No referido trabalho, Freud estabelece as relações entre a figura do demônio e a figura paterna destacando uma questão fundamental para o estudo da histeria que servirá para as posteriores elaborações de Lacan sobre o tema.

Initially, this paper aims to outline some historical references about hysteria, especially from its demonological perspective and regarding the "theories" which associate the idea of 'demon' to 'illnesses of the soul'. We take into account Freud's paper 'A seventeenth-century demonological neurosis' (1923), written in a time when Freud examined witchcraft, possessions and other phenomena and analyzed Christoph Haizmann's case who, harassed by convulsions and frightening hallucinations, makes a deal with the devil. In that paper, Freud associates the figure of the demon to the figure of the father, outlining a fundamental question for the studies on hysteria, which will serve for Lacan's developments about that subject.

Cet article vise initialement à délimiter certaines références historiques concernant le thème de l'hystérie, notamment en ce qui concerne sa perspective démonologique et les 'théories' qui lient l'idée du démon aux 'maladies de l'âme'. Ensuite on reprend l'article de Freud « Une névrose démoniaque au XVIIe siècle ¼ rédigé en 1923, lorsque Freud, étant donné son intérêt pour la sorcellerie, les possessions et les phénomènes apparentés, se consacre à l'étude du cas du peintre Christoph Haizmann qui, souffrant de convulsions et d'hallucinations effrayantes, fait un pacte avec le diable. Dans cet article, Freud établit les rapports entre la figure du démon et la figure paternelle en soulignant un enjeu fondamental pour l'étude de l'hystérie qui servira aux élaborations postérieures de Lacan sur ce thème.

Inicialmente, el trabajo tiene como objetivo delinear algunas referencias históricas sobre el tema de la histeria, especialmente en su perspectiva demonológica y las "teorías" que articulan la idea del demonio a las "enfermedades del alma". A continuación, se rescata el artículo freudiano "Una neurosis demoníaca del siglo XVII", de 1923, cuando Freud, a partir de su interés por la hechicería, posesiones y fenómenos similares, se dedica a estudiar el caso del pintor Christoph Haizmann que, atormentado por convulsiones y alucinaciones atemorizadoras, hace un pacto con el diablo. En el referido trabajo, Freud establece las relaciones entre la figura del demonio y la figura paterna destacando una cuestión fundamental para el estudio de la histeria, cuestión que servirá para las posteriores elaboraciones de Lacan sobre el tema.

Der vorliegende Artikel beschreibt zunächst einige historische Aspekte zum Thema der Hysterie, insbesondere die dämonologische Dimension und die "Theorien", welche die Idee des Teufels mit den "Seelenkrankheiten" verknüpfen. Freuds Artikel „Eine Teufelsneurose im siebzehnten Jahrhundert" (1923), verfasst in einer Zeit als Freud sich für Hexerei, Besessenheit und verwandte Phänomene interessierte, untersucht den Fall des Malers Christoph Haizmann. Da dieser an Krämpfen und furchterregenden Halluzinationen litt, schloss er einen Pakt mit dem Teufel. In seinem Artikel erörtert Freud die Beziehungen zwischen der Figur des Teufels und der väterlichen Figur, wobei er eine grundlegende Frage für das Studium der Hysterie hervorhebt, die den späteren Ausführungen von Lacan zu diesem Thema dienen wird.

The possessions at Loudun: tracking the discourse of dissociation.

Embedded in the history of dissociation is the best known case of possession in European history, the 17th century possessions at Loudun, France (1632-1638). The exorcisms and the trial drew crowds from all over Europe, the outcome prefiguring the direction in which the Western science of mind would be carried. The published debate about the possessed and obsessed Ursuline nuns of Loudun spans four centuries. One can track how theorizing about dissociation changed over time, with psychological contributions by Jean Martin Charcot, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Pierre Janet, Michel Foucault and Michel de Certeau. Freud's psychoanalytic notion of demonological neurosis emphasized defensive strategies and a diabolic parody of adulthood. Jung's concepts of demonism and possession highlighted dissociated complexes that assimilate the ego and unseat the self, rendering a life 'provisional'. Dissociation as possession provides a through-line in Jung's Collected Works, from his 1902 dissertation to one of the last essays he wrote, in 1961. Within the context of psychotherapy, therapists and patients work towards psychological containment, consciously reorienting themselves to the presence of unconscious factors, personifying, embodying and thereby incorporating images of dissociated Otherness into the experience of selfhood.

Supervising the uncanny: the play within the play.

The writer offers a combined experience in analysis and the performing arts to explore uncanny aspects of the unconscious subtext of the patient's inner drama; subtext which can remain hidden from view in supervision. Freud and Jung's understanding of uncanny experience is considered together with a painting from medieval alchemy and Matte Blanco's conceptions concerning the symmetrical nature of unconscious process. Theatre and the work of the theatre director and actor in approaching the multidimensional aspects of a play are then introduced. Finally clinical case material from group supervision demonstrates how the 'theatre of therapy' and the work of the supervisory couple and group promote the emergence of a more authentic conscious asymmetrical response to the patient's 'script' that can break the 'spell' of the transference/countertransference relationship. This in turn brings meaning to the underlying and implicit 'stage directions' that the patient has been unconsciously communicating.