READING OF "THE DIRECTION OF THE TREATMENT AND THE PRINCIPLES OF ITS POWER" (1958) BY J. LACAN

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READING OF J. LACAN'S TEXT "THE DIRECTION OF THE TREATMENT AND THE PRINCIPLES OF ITS POWER", chapter V, points 1-3 A dream is not just a dream... So what is it? Freud noticed in dreams an enigmatic logic—not of fantastic images, but of words spoken by the analysand when freely associating around dream events. The dream is not the unconscious itself, but the royal road to it. Yet this road is a tangled and winding path of speech, chains of signifiers that allow us to glimpse what has been repressed. Where does the royal road of the dream lead? Freud saw at its end a desire—insatiable, indestructible, and unnameable, despite the paths of speech that must be traversed. Lacan, following Freud, placed the same desire at the center of psychoanalytic action—this desire gives it drive, direction, and purpose. How is desire connected to language—in its metaphors and metonymies? Why does it behave like a ferret? What does it have to do with dream images of salmon? We will try to find answers to these and other questions during our joint reading of the next fragment of the text: points 1-3 of chapter V "Desire should be taken literally". Hosts: Joanna Szymańska and Kacper Latecki 📍 Venue: Nowowiejski Hospital, ul. Nowowiejska 27, 00-665 Warsaw, ground floor room and Zoom. 💰 Admission: paid classes (payment information below) Payments for FPPL classes - Participation in one seminar: 100 PLN, for students: 60 PLN (10% discount for paying for the entire cycle in advance) Annual lump sum payment: - For those who are not FPPL members, we offer a one-time annual fee allowing access to all FPPL classes during the academic year—NOTE: EXCEPT FOR SEMINARS WITH GUESTS FROM FRANCE (about 40% discount compared to regular prices): - December 2025–June 2026 - Regular lump sum: 1200.00 PLN; for students: 700.00 PLN. 📅 If you choose this option, please make the payment no later than December 12, 2025. It is possible to split the lump sum into installments or pay a monthly fee of 170 PLN. For this, please contact zarzad@fppl.pl. All payments should be made to the FPPL bank account: 79114020040000390275538931, indicating the period or classes concerned. Please send proof of transfer to zarzad@fppl.pl. You can also request a translation of "The Direction of the Treatment..." and Zoom links at the same address. Information about our classes can also be found at https://www.fppl.pl The hosts do not receive remuneration. Fees are allocated to the statutory activities of FPPL: promoting psychoanalytic knowledge through organizing classes and inviting psychoanalysts from abroad.