ABSTRACT
The perpetuation of the many myths of Freud relied on a community which grew up in response to his character and his work. Those people who helped to put Freud into a position of power have been described as disciples and followers. Max Graf in addition to claiming that Freud was the head of the psychoanalytic church commented on Freud's dogmatism. Roazen shows that some of Freud's followers really wanted to live in his shadow and compares them to the followers of Mahatma Gandhi. Freud's theories, contrary to his belief, were contingent on his own world, a world in which it was impossible to escape the influence of the Judaeo-Christian ethics, which he saw as illusory. Phyllis Grosskurth, a biographer who falls into the critical camp, illustrates the degree of commitment which was necessary for the development of the movement.
