of libido detached from the bond to the mother. Perhaps it is better to postpone this conclusion until we have examined the following visions.
After Miss Miller had concentrated herself again, the vision developed further:
"Suddenly an Aztec appeared, absolutely clear in every detail;
the hands spread open, with large fingers, the head in profile,
armored, headdress similar to the feather ornaments of the American
Indian. The whole was somewhat suggestive of Mexican
sculpture."
The ancient Egyptian character of the Sphinx is replaced
here by American antiquity—by the Aztec. The
essential idea is neither Egypt nor Mexico, for the two
could not be interchanged; but it is the subjective factor
which the dreamer produces from her own past. I have
frequently observed in the analysis of Americans that
certain unconscious complexes, i.e. repressed sexuality,
are represented by the symbol of a Negro or an Indian;
for example, when a European tells in his dream, "Then
came a ragged, dirty individual," for Americans and for
those who live in the tropics it is a Negro. When with
Europeans it is a vagabond or a criminal, with Americans
it is a Negro or an Indian which represents the individual's
own repressed sexual personality, and the one
considered inferior. It is also desirable to go into the
particulars of this vision, as there are various things
worthy of notice. The feather cap, which naturally had
to consist of eagles' feathers, is a sort of magic charm.
The hero assumes at the same time something of the sun-*like
character of this bird when he adorns himself with
