Man into Wolf - an Anthropological Interpretation of Sadism, Masochism, and Lycanthropy

MAN INTO WOLF AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF SADISM, MASOCHISM, AND LYCANTHROPY. This book is derived from a lecture delivered at a meeting of the Royal Society of Medicine by ROBERT EISLER with an introduction by SIR DAVID K. HENDERSON. First published in London 1951. Contents include: INTRODUCTION BY PROFESSOR SIR DAVID K. HENDERSON, page I I. AUTHORS FOREWORD 15. MAN INTO WOLF THE LECTURE 23. NOTES 53. APPENDICES i. PROFESSOR JUNGS ARCHETYPES AND NEO LAMARCKISM 247. II. THE ROMAN LUPERCI AND THE LUPERCALIA RITUAL. CONTEMPORARY PARALLELS 254. III. THE FLAGELLATION OF WOMEN IN THE DIO NYSIAN MYSTERIES 259. IV. A CLEAR CASE OF VAMPIRISM. JOHN GEORGE HAIGH 264. V. GOING BERSERK 271. INDEX 275. INTRODUCTION BY PROFESSOR SIR DAVID K. HENDERSON F. R. G. P. Ed. and Lon., F. R. S. E. IT is a great privilege and honour to be invited to write a foreword to Dr. Robert Eislers book dealing with An Anthropological Interpretation of Sadism, Masochism and Lycanthropy. I was fortunate enough to be the Chairman of the Psychiatric Section of the Royal Society of Medicine when Dr. Eisler lec tured to the Section on this topic. I was enthralled and amazed by the arresting manner in which he presented his material, by the depth of his knowledge, and by his modesty. He con veyed a message to his audience, and he made me realize, as I had never fully done before, how much psychiatrists, lawyers and judges, schoolmasters, and ministers of religion might profit by a far greater knowledge of anthropological data, and their application to human development. This, then, is a book which is long overdue, but there is some satisfaction in the thought that, at last, it has been undertaken by a man whose scholarly and cultural interests have developed over many years, and covered a wide variety of topics. At one time or another in his career he has interested himself in such subjects as physics, archaeology, the history of art, the his tory of religion, astrology, and ancient manuscripts, any one of which might be thought sufficient for any man. But Eisler has advanced much further than that, because his publications in the form of books and lectures have received recognition all over the world. Furthermore, he has taken part in and addressed important Congresses he has lectured at the Sor bonne on religious, social and economic problems, and has even addressed the British Parliamentary Finance Committee, and the U. S...