Sabina Spielrein: Suppose we think of sexuality as futile, losing oneself as you say, but losing oneself in the other. In other words, destroying ones own individuality. Wouldn’t the ego in self defense automatically resist the impulse?
Carl Jung: You mean for selfish not for social reasons?
Sabina Spielrein: Yes. I’m saying that perhaps true sexuality demands the destruction of the ego.
Carl Jung: You mean for selfish not for social reasons?
Sabina Spielrein: Yes. I’m saying that perhaps true sexuality demands the destruction of the ego.
― A Dangerous Method (2011)
