Wilhelm Stekel was an Austrian physician and psychologist and one of Freud’s earliest followers. This title, originally published in 1921, was the author’s favourite of his own work. In the preface he says: ‘It was written in the beautiful years in which the first rays of analytic psychognosis penetrated the darkness of the human soul.’ Covering a variety of topics he takes a psychoanalytic look into The Depths of the Soul.

When this book was first published in 1922 it came with a message that it was 'For sale to the medical profession only'. It is a psychoanalytic study of the supposed causes of homosexuality. Wilhelm Steckler (1868 – 1940) was an Austrian physician and psychologist, who became one of Sigmund Freud's earliest followers, and was once described as "Freud's most distinguished pupil". Many believe that "Stekel may be accorded the honour, together with Freud, of having founded the first psycho-analytic society.