Fantasia of the Unconscious

Fantasia of the Unconscious, Lawrence explores the psychological terrain of the day in a way that is unscientific and plainly fascist. It is his answer to Freudian psychology, and not a very good one at that. For example: `Ideas are the most dangerous germs mankind has ever been injected with. They are introduced in schools and by means of newspapers. Therefore, the great mass of humanity should never learn to read and write - never.' And his ideas on the science behind male and female mating are equally absurd. I will say that he does open up with a funny line: "I warn the generality of readers, that this present book will seem to them only a rather more revolting mass of wordy nonsense than the last. I would warn the generality of critics to throw it in the waste paper basket without more ado." At least he got that right.