Chapter II: Introduction: 11

I. THE PHYSICAL VEHICLE OF CONSCIOUSNESS 15

II. THE EVOLUTION OF THE NERVOUS
SYSTEM 18

III. HOW AN IDEA ENTERS THE MIND 20

IV. THE ORGANISATION OF THE UPPER
LEVELS OF THE MIND 22

V. THE ORGANISATION OF THE LOWER
LEVELS OF THE MIND 27

VI. COMPLEXES 31

VII. THE INSTINCTS 35

VIII. THE SELF-PRESERVATION INSTINCT 39

IX. DISEASES OF THE SELF-PRESERVATION
INSTINCT 42

X. THE REPRODUCTIVE INSTINCT 44

XI. DEVELOPMENT OF THE REPRODUCTIVE
INSTINCT 46

XII. DISEASES OF THE REPRODUCTIVE INSTINCT 49

XIII. SUBLIMATION 52

XIV. MALADAPTATION TO ENVIRONMENT
AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 56

XV. CONFLICT 60

XVI. REPRESSION 63

XVII. DISSOCIATION 66

XVIII. SYMBOLISATION 69

XIX. PHANTASIES, DREAMS, AND DELUSIONS 71

XX. PSYCHOTHERAPY 76

XXI. PSYCHOANALYSIS 78

XXII. HYPNOSIS, SUGGESTION, AND AUTOSUGGESTION 84

XXIII. THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF PSYCHOLOGY 89

XXIV. CONCLUSION 93