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A Technique (n.) handed ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠on as ceremony may come to resemble the obsessional neurosis Freud saw in religious rites.

A Technique (n.) reduced ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to recipes robs analysis of any status as knowledge — and analysts end by regarding their own action as magical.

A Technique (n.) used ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠outside the experience it was made for is as stupid as toiling at the oars when the ship is on sand.

Technique (n.) in ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠analysis reduced to a comfortable atmosphere forgets that analysis is not set up so we fall into our patient's arms, and he into ours.

Technique (n.) was, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for Freud, a hammer held firmly in his own hand — others might prefer a slightly different one; the freedom of his rules shows the real issue lies elsewhere.