Oath of Psychoanalyst
1972
"We swear to all the powers of man and, above all, to our own consciences, to the basic teachings of Psychoanalysis, a flame alive who always brighten perennial, the inscrutable ways we should go in search of truth, law and faith to ours. We will never allow that the powers were conferred to us through the knowledge of the human psyche, serve to create or maintain privileges of a minority the power to the detriment of the community, and even then, we'll do our best to make this , In their overwhelming power, does not turn into humans, just, one more unit of your strength. We shall do everything for that man appearing under his real image, protected by the inalienable right of freedom. Fraternity and love of neighbor, feelings that turn humans in sets of a whole universe and unique. we will never intimidated by the apparent weakness of the human species and, before that, ever employ hatred, revenge, or the prosecution, to placate through them, our own fear, cowardice or shame. We'll use the utmost caution whenever possible to analyze ours and, prior to structure our design, promised live the tragedies we found, so, consciously, we find the necessary mechanisms that allow them to defend for the full restoration of their Psycho-somatic balance. Even in the most difficult hour We promise not turn this knowledge into mercantilizadora situation. Quite the contrary, we will make of our natural weaknesses, new forces to continue our work in search of the human psyche. All findings will become useful in law, with which seek to shape humanity, not the flavor of our demands, but the absolute standard of their natural needs. create together, next to the respect for the complicated mysteries of the human psyche, "feelings of detachment , Equality and understanding. Only thus, devoid of any melindres conditioners, walk to our real destination, through history, creating - always - conditions so that the feeling of love can prevail. When we are governed through dialogues and research. Never in content with a single truth. And next to that of human relations, above all, build on our environment, we the scientific analysis of all the traumas that plague humankind, so that, within the broad field of psychoanalysis, we adopted by doctrine, trying to find real solutions, wherever they are. With them, without the limits imposed by custom, by partisan political-religious or moral radicalized by, promise, cause the impact that cause, use them for the benefit of the species human, an arduous task that we know, but for this, We swear today, transforming it into our unique and idealistic priesthood. "