Otto Rank – With/Without Freud, With/Without Nin

„Und wenn Dir einst von Sohnespflicht, mein Sohn, Dein alter Vater spricht, gehorch ihm nicht, gehorch ihm nicht!“
„And if my son, your old father tells you to obey, disobey, disobey!“
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Dehmel

„Ich kam nie auf die Idee, daß er nicht tanzen kann. Stellte mir nie vor, daß Dr. Rank ein so ernsthaftes Leben geführt haben könnte, daß er nie tanzte.“
„I had no idea that he couldn’t dance. Did not imagine that Dr. Rank led such a serious life that he didn’t dance.“
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Nin

What a roller coaster ride took the live of Otto Rank (1881 – 1939) before and after these quotations!

Paul Kammerer – Seriality

Kammerer’s portrait could be put up in the categories natural sciences, music, education and love. He was one of the many interesting hybrid Viennese figures.

Paul Kammerer (1880 – 1926) studied zoology and worked at the Biologische Versuchsanstalt (Biological Experimental Station), the former Vivarium, at the Prater Hauptallee (photo of the Prater Hauptallee today, the building does no longer exist). He became