ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author focuses on the ambiguous nature of the primal scene and considers various theorists, mythology, Sigmund Freud’s work with the Wolf-Man and his own clinical experience. The case history of the Wolf-Man is both Freud’s most important and complete treatment of the primal scene. In his study of the Wolf-Man, Freud had seen brilliantly clearly how the primal scene fantasy becomes re-enacted in the individual’s experience of sexual intercourse. The author explores the importance of the ‘good enough’ primal scene and its relation to creativity. He attempts to show how the primal scene has a relevance to the transference and countertransference. The sexual life of the parents is transposed on to the current sexual encounter, thereby representing the parents in coitus. Unconscious sexual phantasy becomes crystallized around primal scene phantasies. The unconscious foundation of a mature person includes the establishment of internal parents available for creative coupling and an identification with both masculine and feminine roles.
