PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
“A scientific title has been chosen, and technical terms are used throughout the book in order to exclude the lay reader. For the same reason certain portions are written in Latin.”
PREFACE TO THE TWELFTH EDITION
“The number of technical terms has been increased, and the Latin language is more frequently made use of than in former editions.” Esse K.E. é um sarro!
PUBLISHER’S PREFACE
“When he was attacked by the fatal illness which carried him off, the manuscript was all ready for the printer.”
I. FRAGMENTS OF A SYSTEM OF PSYCHOLOGY OF SEXUAL LIFE
“Sexual intercourse is done openly, and man and woman are not ashamed of their nakedness. The savage races, e.g., Australasians, Polynesians, Malays of the Philippines are still in this stage (vide Ploss).” Livro ultrapassado antropologicamente falando para 1933.
“it was not the feeling of shame which suggested the garment, but the garment engendered shame. The desire to make themselves more attractive originated the habit among men and women to cover their nakedness.”
“The history of Japan furnishes a striking proof that this high grade of civilization [para o autor, judeus, egípcios, gregos e teutões] is often the last stage of moral development, for in that country to within 20 years ago prostitution was not considered to impair in any way the social status of the future wife.”
“The tradition that woman was created from the rib of the sleeping man (see Genesis) is one of the causes of delay in this direction, for after the fall she is told ‘thy will shall be subject to man’. According to the Old Testament, woman is responsible for the fall of man, and this became the corner-stone of Christian teaching.” Não tente culpar os judeus!
“It is a remarkable fact that the gospels (barring divorce, Matt, 19:9) contain not a word in favour of woman. The clemency shown towards the adulteress and the penitent Magdalen do not affect the position of woman in general. The epistles of St. Paul definitely insist that no change can be permitted in the position of woman.” Muito astuto de sua parte constatar!
“We are certainly far beyond sodomitic idolatry, the public life, legislation and religious exercises of ancient Greece, not to speak of the worship of Phallus and Priapus in vogue among the Athenians and Babylonians, or the Bacchanalian feasts of the Romans and the privileged position held by the courtesans of those days.”
“The episodes of moral decay always coincide with the progression of effeminacy, lewdness and luxuriance of the nations.” //Os episódios de decadência da moral sempre coincidem com a progressão da queda da mesma moral.
“It is a remarkable fact that among savages and half-civilised races sexual intemperance is not observed (except among the Aleutians and the Oriental and Nama-Hottentot women who practise masturbation).” Sempre as exceções! Mas masturbação como intemperança…
Se o primeiro amor é o que tende à idealização, meu primeiro amor é esse que devoto à minha terapeuta?
“Love when weak is frequently turned away from its real object into different channels, such as voluptuous poetry, bizarre aesthetics, or religion. In the latter case it readily falls a prey to mysticism, fanaticism, sectarianism or religious mania.” É verdade. Desde que sou costumeiramente rejeitado meus poemas são melhores, e mais cáusticos e bisonhos.
“History shows that great (states)men have often been the slaves of women in consequence of the neuropathic conditions of their constitution.”
“It shows a masterly psychological knowledge of human nature that the Roman Catholic Church enjoins celibacy upon its priests in order to emancipate them from sensuality, and to concentrate their entire activity in the pursuit of their calling.”
“The unfaithfulness of the wife, as compared with that of the husband, is morally of much wider bearing, and should always meet with severer punishment at the hands of the law.” Contradiz a afirmação anterior de que a mulher atingiu a igualdade no matrimônio!
Fetiche realmente deriva do português feitiço (fetisso). “Max Müller deriva a palavra fetiche etimologicamente de factício.”
“an infatuation is produced which appears incomprehensible or silly to others. Thus it happens that the devoted lover who worships and invests his love with qualities which in reality do not exist, is looked upon by others simply as mad.”
“From it springs the particular choice for slender or plump forms, for blondes or brunettes, for particular form or colour of the eyes, tone of the voice, odour of the hair or body (even artificial perfume), shape of the hand, foot or ear, etc., which constitute the individual charm, the first link in a complicated chain of mental processes, all converging in that one focus, love”
“Normal love appears to us as a symphony of tones of all kinds. It is roused by the most varied agencies. It is, so to speak, polytheistic. Fetichism recognizes only the tone-colour of a single instrument; it issues forth from a single motive; it is monotheistic.”
Max Dessoir
“How carefully the mother looks after her little daughter’s hair! What an important part the hairdresser plays! The falling out of the hair causes despair to many a young lady.”
“The successful actor, musician, or vocal artiste, the circus rider, the athlete, and even the criminal, often fascinate the bread and butter miss as well as the maturer woman. At any rate women rave over them, and inundate them with love letters.”
PARA SEMPRE INCOMPREENSÍVEL: “The hair of man, especially the beard, the emblem of virility, the secondary symbol of generative power—is a predominant fetich with woman. In the measure in which women bestow special care upon the cultivation of their hair, men who seek to attract and please women, cultivate the elegant growth of the beard, and especially that of the moustache.”
“The author has thus far not succeeded in obtaining facts with regard to pathological fetichism in woman.”
II. PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTS
“It is worthy of remark that girls who live in cities develop about a year earlier than girls living in the country, and that the larger the town the earlier, ceteris paribus, the development takes place.”
“an experiment by Mantegazza (‘Hygiene of Love’), who removed the eyes of rabbits and found that the defect constituted no obstacle to procreation, shows how important in animals the olfactory sense is for the vita sexualis.”
“In man, physiologically, the only ‘hyperaesthetic’ zone is the glans penis and perhaps the skin of the external genitals. Under pathological conditions the anus may become a ‘hyperaesthetic’ area.”
III. ANTHROPOLOGICAL FACTS
Fatos médicos, não antropológicos qua antropologia em si.
“It is a remarkable fact that Gynecomasty only occurs in neurotically degenerated families” LITERATURA MÉDICA ATUAL: “Ginecomastia é o crescimento benigno do tecido glandular mamário em homens, causado por um desequilíbrio hormonal entre estrogênio e testosterona. Pode ser resultado de fatores fisiológicos (como puberdade e envelhecimento), uso de medicamentos, doenças ou obesidade (neste caso, chamada pseudoginecomastia).” Ou seja, apenas a causa “doenças” era assinalada no tempo de Krafft-Ebing.
IV. GENERAL PATHOLOGY
“Among modern novelists who deal with the subject of sexual perversion the French are most preeminent, viz. Zola.”
“A third possibility is hyperaesthesia of the urethra, by virtue of which the escaping semen induces an immediate and excessive reflex action of the ejaculation centre. In such cases simple proximity to the female genitals may be sufficient to induce ejaculation (ante portam).”
“Zambaco (‘L’Encéphale,’ 1882, Hr. 1, 2) tells the disgusting story of two sisters affected with premature and perverse sexual desire. The elder, R., masturbated at the age of seven, practised lewdness with boys, stole wherever she could, seduced her four-year-old sister into masturbation, and at the age of ten was given up to the practice of the most revolting vices. Even ferrum candem ad clitoridem [ferro candente no clitóris… tratamento corriqueiro da época?!?] had no effect in overcoming the practice, and she masturbated with the cassock of a priest while he was exhorting her to reformation.”
“Quum senex libidinosus germanam suam filiam aemulatione motus necaret et adspeetu pectoris scissi puellae moribundae delectaretur.”
“No doubt Swift’s, the great satirist, was a case of anaesthesia sexualis. Adolf Stern says in his biography of Swift (‘Aus dem 18. Jahrhundert; Biographische Bilder und Skizzen,’ Leipzig, 1874): ‘It seems that he was totally devoid of the sensual elements of love; his candid cynicism, found in many of his letters, is almost definite proof of this. Whoever properly grasps certain passages in Gulliver’s Travels, and especially the account which Swift gives of the marriage and progeny of the Houyhnhorses, the noble steeds of the last chapters, can scarcely doubt that this great satirist abhorred marriage, and never felt the impulse which draws the sexes together.’ Practically speaking, the enigmatical side of Swift’s character, and several of his works, viz., Diary to Stella and Gulliver’s Travels, can only be understood if Swift is considered sexually anaesthetic.” Que reducionismo imbecil!
“Such psycho-sexual extravagances have been but little probed scientifically, though they are of great importance for the criminal forum since the individual so affected can scarcely be held mentally responsible. It is fortunate for society and for the criminal doctor, who is called upon to make the diagnosis, that these cases, in which irresistible hypersensuality leads to the gravest and indisputably pathological sexual aberrations, are only encountered in that category of human beings whom we class among the degenerates infected with hereditary taint.” “This pathological sexuality is a dreadful scourge for its victim, for he is in constant danger of violating the laws of the state and of morality, of losing his honor, his freedom and even his life.”
“Besides these graver manifestations of pathological sexuality we find also milder and more numerous gradations of hypersexuality, to the lowest of which, perhaps, belong those individuals who, impecunious though they be whilst sexually potent, move in the better classes of society and have no other aim in life than to gratify their sexual desires. These are not afflicted with a pathological sexual condition, know to control themselves in a measure, observe the acknowledged rules of decency, do not compromise themselves, but allow no opportunity to pass by without utilizing it to the utmost. Another grade are the apron-hunters, the Don Juans, whose whole existence is an endless chain of sensual enjoyment and whose blunted moral sense does not keep them from seduction, adultery and even incest.”
“He worried her with his jealous behaviour, but he himself soon after the marriage seduced his wife’s sister, an innocent girl, and had a child by her. In 1873 he took mother and child to his home. He now had two women, but gave preference to the sister-in-law, which the wife tolerated as a lesser evil. As years went by his libido increased, though his potency decreased. He often resorted to masturbation even immediately after coitus, and without in the least minding the presence of the women. Since 1892 he committed immoral acts with a girl of 16 years, who was his ward, i.e., puellam coagere solebat, ut eum masturbaret. He even tried to force her at the point of a revolver to have coitus with him. The same attempts he made on his own illegitimate child, so that both often had to be protected from him. At the clinic he was quiet and well-behaved. His excuse was hypersexuality. He acknowledged the wrongfulness of his actions, but said he could not help himself. The frigidity of the wife had forced him to commit adultery.”
Sexo oral na mulher considerado como ultrajante.
“This pathological love of married women for other men is a phenomenon in the domain of psychopathia sexualis which sadly stands in need of scientific explanation.” O machismo, evidentemente. Incluindo o caso de Anna Karenina.
“Whilst the pathological conditions lasted, absolute indifference, even hatred, prevailed towards husband and children, and an utter want of understanding the bearings and consequences of the scandalous behaviour, jeopardizing the honour and dignity of wife and family, were noticeable. It is remarkable that in all these cases the husband and relatives had come to the conclusion that the condition was caused by psychopathia, even before they had obtained expert opinion.” Já que o que define o ser-louca é tão-só a vontade dos homens.
“particularly the circumstance that the unfortunate woman was not omnium virorum mulier, but only the mistress of one man, establishes a distinct difference from nymphomania.”
“The perverse sexual acts resulting from paraesthesia are of the greatest importance clinically, socially, and forensically ; and, therefore, they must hero receive careful consideration; all aesthetic and moral disgust must be overcome.”
“Sade was so cynical that he actually sought to idealise his cruel lasciviousness and to be the apostle of a theory based upon it. He became so bad (among other things he made an invited company of ladies and gentlemen erotic by causing to be served to them chocolate bonbons which contained cantharides) that he was committed to the insane asylum at Charenton. During the revolution of 1790 he escaped. Then he wrote obscene novels filled with lust, cruelty and the most lascivious scenes. When Bonaparte became Consul, Sade made him a present of his novels, magnificently bound. The Consul had the works destroyed and the author committed to Charenton again, where he died at the age of 64. Sade was inexhaustible in his lascivious publications, which were markedly intended for advertisement. Fortunately it is difficult to-day to obtain copies. Extant are: Histoire de Justine, 4 vols.; Histoire de Juliette, 6 vols.; Philosophie dans le boudoir, 1805. Interesting is Sade’s biography by J. Janin, 1835.”
“An officer in Vienna informed me that men, by means of large sums of money, induce prostitutes to suffer ut illi viri in ora earum spuerent et faeces et urinas in ora explerent.”
“A man was accustomed to go, on a certain day once a month, to an inamorata and cut her ‘fringe’. This gave him the greatest pleasure. Ha made no other demands on the girl.”
“A man in Vienna regularly visited several prostitutes only to lather their faces and then to remove the lather with a razor, as if he were shaving them. He never hurt the girls, but became sexually excited and ejaculated during the procedure.”
“the widespread legend of the vampires (*) The legend if especially spread throughout the Balkan peninsula. Among the modern Greeks it has its origin in the myth of the lamiae and marmolykes—blood-sucking women. Goethe made use of this in his Bride of Corinth. The verses referring to vampirism, suck thy heart’s blood, etc., can be thoroughly understood only when compared with their ancient sources.”
(*) “The gifted Henry von Kleist, who was beyond doubt mentally abnormal, gives a masterly portrayal of complete feminine sadism in his Penthesilea. In scene XXII, Kleist describes his heroine pursuing Achilles in the fire of love, and when he is betrayed into her hands, she tears him with lustful, murderous fury into pieces, and sets her dogs on him” “Did I kiss him to death? No. Did I not kiss him? Torn in pieces? Then it was a mistake; kissing rhymes with biting, and one who loves with the whole heart might easily mistake the one for the other.”
“During recent years, facts have been advanced which prove that Sacher-Masoch was not only the poet of Masochism, but that he himself was afflicted with this anomaly. Although these proofs were communicated to me without restriction, I refrain from giving them to the public.”
“Baudelaire came of an insane and eccentric family. From his youth he was psychically abnormal. His vita sexualis was decidedly abnormal. He had love-affairs with ugly, repulsive women—negresses, dwarfs, giantesses. (…) The enthusiasm for the naked foot also appears in one of his fiercely feverish poems as the equivalent of sexual indulgence. He said women were animals who had to be shut up, beaten and fed well.”
“Zola has a masochistic scene in his Nana, also in Eugène Rougon. The ‘decadent’ literature of recent times in France and Germany often has for a theme sadism and masochism.”
(*) “However, against the theory that foot- and shoe-fetichism is a manifestation of (latent) masochism, Dr. Moll raises the objection that it is still unexplained why the fetichist so often prefers boots with high heels, to boots and shoes of a particular kind—buttoned or laced.”
“The religious enthusiast, Antoinette Bouvignon de la Porte, used to mix with her food excreta in order to mortify herself.” “This impulse to disgusting acts might well be named Coprolagnia.”
Krafft-Ebing defende que o fenômeno da cavalaria e da extrema dedicação a uma dama é o fenômeno en masse do masoquismo na Baixa Idade Média. E esse mesmo relacionamento submisso à donzela, idealizado, seria apenas transferência das antigas regras de vassalagem política.
(*) “A man, X., becomes intensely excited sexually whenever he sees a woman with the hair in a braid; loose hair, no matter how beautiful, cannot produce this effect.”
(*) “The fact that the partly veiled form is often more charming than when it is perfectly nude is, as far as object goes, similar, but quite different psychically. This depends upon the effect of contrast and expectation, which are common phenomena, and in no sense pathological.”
(*) “Those who hold to the opinion that the origin of homo-sexual feelings and instinct is found to be exclusively in defective education and other psychological influences are entirely in error. (…) The natural disposition is the determining condition; not education and other accidental circumstances, like seduction.”
“The first definite communications concerning this enigmatical phenomenon of Nature are made by Casper, who classes it with pederasty, but makes the pertinent remark that this anomaly is, in most cases, congenital, and, at the same time, to be regarded as a mental hermaphroditism.”
“Ulrichs wrote [1860!!!] that there were male individuals that felt like woman toward men (anima muliebris in corpore virile inclusa). He called these people urnings, and demanded nothing less than the legal and social recognition of this sexual love of the urnings as congenital and, therefore, as right; and the permission of marriage among them.”
“Almost invariably the existence of temporary or lasting neurasthenia may be proved.” Gays que procuravam um médico no começo do século XX deviam estar mesmo estressados, ora bolas!
“In the majority of cases, psychical anomalies (brilliant endowment in art, especially music, poetry, etc., by the side of bad intellectual powers [?] or original eccentricity) are present”
“One of the most peculiar explanations is advanced by Schopenhauer, who seriously contends that nature seeks to prevent old men from begetting children, since experience teaches that these never turn out good. For this purpose nature in her wisdom has turned the sexual instinct in old men toward their own sex!”
“The oldest urning romance is probably that published by Petronius at Rome, under the Empire, under the title Satyricon.”
V. SPECIAL PATHOLOGY
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Seclusão Anagógica 