freudian slips
Dr Sigmund Freud: "Milton. When did this obsession for the christ
figure begin?"
Milton: "When I was 8 years old my father took us all to see "Ben
Hur."
Dr Sigmund Freud: "What was significant about "Ben Hur?" The male
hero charlton heston?"
Milton: "In a way but there was a scene in the movie that made a
deep impression on me."
Dr Sigmund Freud: "The chariot race?"
Milton: "No not at all. It was the scene when Ben Hur was first a
slave and he was dying of thirst along the way to the galleys. Then
Christ appears out of nowhere.."
Dr Sigmund Freud: "I want to get back to that, but go on."
Milton: "Alright.. Christ appears out of nowhere and Charlton Heston
looks at Jesus Christ intently as if he was somehow captured by
Jesus Christ but you only see Christ from the back. Christ offers
Ben Hur some water but the Roman centurion doesn't like this. So the
centurion walks over to Jesus all in a huff and as he is about to
rebuke Christ, a horrible fear comes over the roman centurion and he
backs away in holy terror."
Dr Sigmund Freud: "So it was the "magical" component in the christ
figure that you embraced?"
Milton: "No doctor no, it was something else actually."
Dr Sigmund Freud: "What was that?"
Milton: "You see throughout the entire movie when Christ does appear
you only see his back and his long hair flowing over his back
shoulders. You never see his face."
Dr Sigmund Freud: "So it was the mystery of the christ figure that
you, a child of the "secular," embraced."
Milton: "Yes that's it. I knew already at the age of 8 that american
society was empty..and judaism somehow fi.."
Dr Sigmund Freud: "And so to fill that emptiness you needed a christ
figure who offered you "mystery" instead of the mundane that
immersed you."
Milton: "I still need it. I crave it. I live for it, I'll die for
it."
Dr Sigmund Freud: "How are you doing on your meds Milton?
Milton: " My meds? what med...
Kapner M.