Page:Jung - The psychology of dementia praecox.djvu/61

Rh an image is formed in my brain, it is a functional entity, the picture of my comrade X. We differentiate in this entity ("molecule") three components ("radicals"); sensory perceptions, intellectual components (ideas, memory pictures, judgments, etc.) and emotional tone. These three components are firmly united, so that if the memory picture alone of X comes to the surface the elements appertaining to it are regularly always with it. The sensory perception is represented by an accompanying centrifugal stimulation of the sensory spheres concerned. I am therefore justified in speaking here of a functional entity.

Through some thoughtless gossip of comrade X, I once became involved in a very unpleasant affair, the consequences of which I suffered for a long time. This affair embraces a large number of associations (it can be compared to a body made up of a number of molecules), many persons, things and events are contained therewith. The functional entity "my comrade" is only one figure among many. The entire mass of memory has a definite feeling tone, a vivid feeling of anger. Every molecule participates in this feeling tone, so that as a rule it is always accompanied by this feeling, whether appearing alone or in connection with others, and the more identified it becomes with this great union the greater is the feeling tone.

I once witnessed the following incident: I was taking a walk with a very sensitive and hysterical gentleman. The village bells were pealing a new and very harmonious chime. My companion,