title: Some sources for a slip in a translation by Freud.
abstract: Among Freud's papers, we find instances in which Freud describes the "psychopathology of everyday life" as he found it in himself and in others. "A Religious Experience" (Freud, 1928) contains examples of both kinds. In addition, this paper contains a slip of which Freud appears to have been unaware. Freud's paper interprets a religious conversion described in a letter written to him in English. In the translation of this letter into German, Freud inserted material that was not present in the original. He mentions another slip he made in speaking about the letter. These slips and some associated details in the paper indicate persisting unconscious conflict. The content of these slips and details points to an association with Freud's childhood anxiety dream reported in The Interpretation of Dreams (Freud, 1900). Freud's associations and discussion of that dream lead to the Philippson Bible of his childhood, which provides additional connections to the paper of 1928.
authors.affiliation: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y.
authors.forename: W I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Grossman
mesh_terms: D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012660:Semantics; D014177:Translations; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology; D014956:Writing