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CURRENT ISSUE VOLUME 19 NO. 4 JULY/AUGUST 2008
 Cutting the ties that bind
By Dawn Chafe
Theirs was undoubtedly one of the most complicated and probably one of the most frustrated oedipal mentorships of the modern age. Throughout the six years of their relationship, Carl Jung was Dr. Sigmund Freud's most gifted student as well as one of his most ardent admirers.
It's easy to imagine the 31-year-old young apprentice eagerly grasping at Freud's coattails, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed enthusiasm as he dogged his master's footsteps across the European cocktail circuit, happy to receive the odd pat on the head and the occasional flattering phrase. It was all worth it so long as he could gratefully cock his ear in the presence of the famed Viennese psychiatrist.
At least, it was until 1913. That's when the previously amicable duo split over irreconcilable differences: Jung was more than a little cautious of Freud's theories on the libido and especially the supposed long-lasting psychological damage that comes from displacing a child from the mother's bosom. Makes you wonder what the estranged pair would have to say about Seymour Schulich.
In his recently published best-selling book, Life and Business Lessons: Get Smarter, the noted Canadian billionaire asserts that assistants with big breasts are one of the four biggest business downfalls.
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