The Return Of Totemism, Magic And The Omnipotence Of

Totem and Taboos have been the ideal notion of understanding the psychological analysis on how civilization began. A book translated by James Strachey includes Sigmund Freud's written essays that addressed the idea of the differential entity from the totemic/exogamy systems and taboos. The names of the essays that address the concepts are: "The Horror of Incest", "Taboo and Emotional Ambivalence", "Animism, Magic and the Omnipotence of Thoughts", and "The return of Totemism in Childhood". In each essay includes the teachings and beliefs of which Sigmund Freud hypothesized. Totem is a rule of an animal (or human) and more unlikely a plant which is related to the whole clan. The word taboo derives from the Polynesians with two different meanings.
In this fear derives the concept of the totem system, which regulates the avoidance of committing incest. He explains the life of tribes in Australia (known for being drastically uncivilized) and how the totem clans have produced systems in which incest would be prevented through strict rules. This system would involve group marriages where people would call each other brother and sister regardless of immediate relation, and children calling their parents mother and father while referring to their parent's friends as aunt and uncle. It was subdivided into groups or clans who would be named after its totem. Clansmen were obligated not to harm their totem and to avoid eating them. At times, the tribal people would perform tribal ceremonies to celebrate their
The is called "The Return of Totemism in Childhood". In this essay he mentions a couple of cases in which he discovered totemism being acted upon by children. The essay goes deeper into the study of totemism on how it originated. It also explains the difference between Nominal theories and Sociological theories. On the other hand Sigmund goes into detail of how children's fears and phobias can be translated into experiencing totemism. For example he had viewed a case of a boy who experienced horse phobia. He feared that a horse would attack him; this was because of his wish for the horse to die. It became known that the boy had the same fear of his father and that he too was struggling with the wish of his father dying. This was his totem, in a way that he was unconsciously competing with his father for his mother's attention, in other words he desired an incestuous relationship with his mother. The case would be known as 'little Hans'. This was evident that totemism could be experienced as a child by displacing their feelings from their father or mother onto an