A defense of Freud and of psychoanalysis by a non-Freudian. In the words of Paul Gray, "Psychoanalysis and all its offshoots may in the final analysis turn out to be no more re­liable than phrenology or mesmerism or any of the countless other pseudosciences that once offered unsubstantiated answers or false solace. Still, the reassurances pro­vided by Freud that our inner lives are rich with drama and hidden meanings would be missed if it disappeared, leaving nothing in its place" (nd).