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Quality Movies For a Lowly Public
By Lida Prypchan For several months, movies shown in Valencia have been of very low quality. Very few movies have arrived from well-known and good directors, and these last up to three days in the movie theaters, because twenty people go to see them, ten of whom go away believing that they went to the …
Revenge, Anglo-Saxon Style
By Lida Prypchan The Circular Tomb Though difficult to believe, science advances, but nobody dares to delve deeper into the human beast. “Listen up,” said the man in the gray suit, frowning: “Civilization?” Freud laughed at everyone who denied the existence of the beast that man carries inside. I make reference to this because I …
The Oedipus Complex and Neurosis “Know Thyself”
By Lida Prypchan In 1897, Freud began what may be called the most heroic act of his life: the psychoanalysis of his own unconscious. The ancient oracle of Delphi, who said “Know thyself,” has since ancient times led philosophers and thinkers to try to pursue this goal, but their inner resistance did not allow any …
The Heiress
By Lida Prypchan If there is anything objectionable about the channel 9 soap opera, it is the vile impoverishment of the image of women committed by Venezuelan women themselves. We can see this simply from an analysis of the first actors. Hilda Carrero, who plays the part of Cristina, is a young woman with a …
The Brain: A Computer with Secrets
By Lida Prypchan A genius and a fool can have a brain that is identical in appearance: neither its size nor its structure under the microscope are useful in deciphering intellectual capacity. The heart speaks through palpitations, but the brain is quiet; it does not reveal its secrets, although it generates electrical impulses that allow …
Nervous Hunger
By Lida Prypchan What magazines say about losing weight while eating everything is a gigantic lie. What happens is that there are so many women who are desperate to lose weight, women who have tried even the most unusual ways to do so, that any diet that appears convinces them. But the only way to …
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
By Lida Prypchan Work by Fyodor Dostoyevsky This work by the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881), though not considered his masterpiece, is certainly a novel that deserves to be read, discussed and admired by all of us and the entire world. The most important aspect of this work is the psychological study …
Castration Complex Origin of the Neurosis?
By Lida Prypchan Both the Oedipus and castration complexes are very likely to be found in human societies and must be considered as a normal stage in the development of children. Castration is understood as the removal of the testicles. In psychoanalysis, castration means the removal or loss of the penis. It is worth remembering …
And There Are Small Joys
By Lida Prypchan Apathy and Insensitivity: Common Denominators in Society Today Apathy and insensitivity are characteristic of our time. Much of the population lives in such a state. A climate of dissatisfaction can be seen everywhere, and the clearest symptoms of this void are nostalgia for times past, a remembrance of old moments. So …
An Uplifting Monument
By Lida Prypchan I recently had the opportunity to visit a country, a city, to be more specific, whose educational system really caught my attention for being so peculiar: its University stopped its activities for a period of six months due to a strike and resumed its activities over the next six months. …