1. Autism Genes Creativity Wales 2 nd International Autism Conference. 8 – 10 th May 2006. Professor Michael Fitzgerald, Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College, Dublin 2.

2. Genius and Creativity 1. Inventor as God e.g. Prometheus taught use of fire. 2. Romans spoke of genius of person or place. 3. Aetiology: God touch. God touch. Melancholy humour. Melancholy humour. Muses. Muses.

3. Genius and Madness - The Poet Dryden: Great wits are sure to madness near ally’d – and thin partitions do their bounds divide’. - Cesare Lombroso (1890): The man of genius who had various characteristics of degeneration’. The man of genius who had various characteristics of degeneration’.

4. Genius and Madness - Seneca: ‘No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness’. - Shakespeare: ‘The lunatic, the lover, and the poet – are of imagination all compact’.

5. Mark Twain Comments on innate ‘individual differences are what make horses race’.

6. Genes and Genius Multiple genes of small effect. Genes effect: 1. Traits of persistence. 2. Concentration. 3. Curiosity. 4. Certain types of stimulation (? Novelty).

7. Temple Grandin ‘Genius is an abnormality’. ‘If science eliminated these genes maybe the whole world would be taken over by Accountants’. would be taken over by Accountants’.

8. Oxford English Dictionary Defines: ‘Extraordinary capacity for imaginative creation... often contrasted with talent’.

9. Act of Genius 1. Original. 2. Novel. 3. Bring about a change in our understanding of a subject.

10. Asperger Savant Special talent at high I.Q. Special talent at high I.Q. High creativity. High creativity.

11. Asperger Ask questions a child would ask. Ask questions a child would ask. Ask fundamental questions. Ask fundamental questions. Curiosity. Curiosity. Focussed. Focussed. Workaholic. Workaholic. Narrow interest. Visual immagination. Reject received wisdom. Persistence. High energy / motivation.

12. Autistic Intelligence Unconvertional. Unconvertional. Unorthodox. Unorthodox. ‘Pure and original, akin to the intelligence of true creativity’ - ‘Pure and original, akin to the intelligence of true creativity’ - Hans Asperger. Hans Asperger. Musical. Musical. Abstract and logical. Abstract and logical.

13. Extreme Male Brain and Autism Asperger 1944 extreme form of maleness. Asperger 1944 extreme form of maleness. Autism more common in males. Autism more common in males. Folk physics (Baron-Cohen): Folk physics (Baron-Cohen): Good hominid evolution. Good hominid evolution. Tool use, hunting skills, construction skills. Tool use, hunting skills, construction skills. Engineering. Engineering.

14. Male Brain 1. Simonton: In the annals of science ‘fewer than 1% of all notables are female’. No female equivalent of Newton. 2. Baron-Cohen: Female superiority / Folk Psychology. Male superiority / Folk Physics. 3. Without skills of the male brain we would still be at the stage before the wheel was invented.

15. Male Brain Lateralisation (Schultz) Males tend to be more strongly lateralised for functions than females and adjusting for body size to have larger brains. Males tend to be more strongly lateralised for functions than females and adjusting for body size to have larger brains. Males therefore show increased modularity and decreased interconnectedness that is dictated by the physical constraints imposed by their larger brains. Males therefore show increased modularity and decreased interconnectedness that is dictated by the physical constraints imposed by their larger brains.

16. Male Brain Lateralisation (Schultz) Schultz states that ‘the larger brain in persons with Asperger’s syndrome would be increased modularity of function with less overlap and integration of functions perhaps resulting in a lack of central coherence. Schultz states that ‘the larger brain in persons with Asperger’s syndrome would be increased modularity of function with less overlap and integration of functions perhaps resulting in a lack of central coherence.

17. Larger / Heavier Brains (Happe) Increased cell packing in certain areas. Increased cell packing in certain areas. Abnormal number of neurons (nerve cells) due to failure of pruning. Abnormal number of neurons (nerve cells) due to failure of pruning. Processing with excess neurons could result in a failure to process information for gist with increased capacity for exemplary based processing. Processing with excess neurons could result in a failure to process information for gist with increased capacity for exemplary based processing. Embracement of riches at neural level. Embracement of riches at neural level.

18. Central Coherence (Happe) Processing incoming information in context. Processing incoming information in context. Pulling information together for higher order meaning (often) at the expense of detail (i.e. gist / global processing). This leads to (Sigman and Capps): Pulling information together for higher order meaning (often) at the expense of detail (i.e. gist / global processing). This leads to (Sigman and Capps): Problems of joint attention and theory of mind. Problems of joint attention and theory of mind. Preservation of sameness. Preservation of sameness. Repetitive and stereotyped movements. Repetitive and stereotyped movements. Restricted range of interests. Restricted range of interests.

19. Evolutionary Psychology Mechanically orientated minds would be particularly suited from an evolutionary point of view with their invention of tools etc..

20. Hans Christian Andersen had Asperger’s syndrome. Biography by Jackie Wullschlager Father: 1. Shoemaker, odd man, eccentric. 2. Unpractical and naïve. 3. Unhappy depressed man. 4. Read to Hans Christian Andersen. 5. Silent and loner. 6. Felt devil visited him and scratched his arm.

21. Hans Christian Andersen Mother: 1. Strange but robust. 2. Into trolls, ghosts, and fortune-telling. 3. Stuck pieces of St. Johns Wart into ceiling and from their growth decided whether people would live long or die soon. 4. Her sister ran a brothel.

22. Hans Christian Andersen Paternal Grandfather: 1. Made odd carvings – men with beasts heads. 2. “Insane”. 3. Wandered in woods covered in garlands, singing top of voice followed by shrieking children. 4. Was very visual and loved reading and hoarded coins.

23. Hans Christian Andersen Features of Hans Christian Andersen: 1. Loner. 2. Clumsy. 3. Bullied in school. 4. Singular dreamy child. 5. Over sensitive.

24. Hans Christian Andersen Features of Hans Christian Andersen: 6. Few ordinary childhood pleasures. 7. Felt a changeling. 8. Depressed with suicidal thoughts. 9. Identity diffusion. 10. Felt different.

25. Hans Christian Andersen Features of Hans Christian Andersen: 11. Art saved him from suicide. 12. Autistic restlessness at school. 13. Autistic wanderer. 14. Autistic persistence.

26. Hans Christian Andersen School: 1. Teacher said: a) ‘Nothing good can come of you’. b) ‘You’re a stupid boy, who will never be any good’. c) ‘No one will ever read what you write’.

27. Hans Christian Andersen School: 2. Problems with grammar and spelling. 3. Poor school performance. 4. Severely mistreated and humiliated by staff and pupils leading to elements of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – recurrent traumatic dreams of this period to end of his life.

28. Hans Christian Andersen School: 5. Hypersensitive. 6. Loner and very egotistical. 7. Lack of social know-how. Lack of empathy for others. Lack of theory of others minds.

29. Hans Christian Andersen Interests and Work: 1. Voracious reader and compulsive autobiographer. 2. Massive autistic imagination. 3. Extremely visual.

30. Hans Christian Andersen Autistic Fearfulness: 1. Death anxiety – death in many stories. 2. Fear of being buried alive. 3. Fear of dark and insanity.

31. Hans Christian Andersen Social Behaviour: 1. Archetypal social outsider / loner. 2. Sexually uncertain – diffuse sexual identity – masturbation only sexual outlet. 3. Fear of intimacy e.g. with Collin. 4. Related better to children like Lewis Carroll.

32. Hans Christian Andersen Social Behaviour: 5. Naïve and socially immature. 6. Tactless (and self destructive) in his attack on the powerful Johan Ludwig Heiberg the playwright. 7. Grossly overstayed his welcome with Charles Dickens. Saw himself like Moses in terms of social relationships i.e. not ever being able to make an intimate one.

33. Hans Christian Andersen Narrow Interests: 1. Compulsive writer. 2. Merged with characters in his stories. 3. Into paper cut-outs. 4. Fascinated by language.

34. Hans Christian Andersen 1. Control: Very controlling. 2. Nonverbal: Awkward movements – gauche, peculiar, strange, ungainly, slouching, ugly, gawping and clumsy. 3. Narcissism: Could be misdiagnosed as Narcissistic Personality Disorder – grandiosity and hunger for praise.

35. Hans Christian Andersen Identity Diffusion: 1. Poor sense of self, fragmented self, no clear sexual identity (homosexaul / heterosexual confusion). 2. “Alien” like many of his fictional characters. 3. Wanted to be fully human like W. B. Yeats.

36. Hans Christian Andersen Identity Diffusion: 4. Hans Christian Andersen was the man without a shadow – “inhuman” in a way. 5. Hans Christian Andersen wrote ‘I cannot recall my own features’.

37. Hans Christian Andersen Identity Diffusion: 6. Novels fail because characters not sufficiently human. 7. Mary Russell Mitford the novelist described him as ‘a toad- eater, a hanger-on in great houses’.

38. Hans Christian Andersen Stories: 1. Weak central coherence – able to see details others miss e.g. Emperors New Clothes. 2. Autistic superego – seen in stories about good and evil. 3. Similarities to Lewis Carroll. 4. Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s son Pen said ‘he is rather like his own ugly duck, but his mind has developed into a swan’.

39. Outcome of Asperger’s syndrome / High Functioning Autism 1. Ludwig Wittgenstein (Tractatus – Philosophical investigations, depression, suicidal ideas). 2. Isaac Newton – One paranoid psychotic episode. 3. W. B. Yeats – Late marriage, special wife of persons with Asperger’s syndrome (wife – mother of person with Asperger’s syndrome).

40. Outcome of Asperger’s syndrome / High Functioning Autism 4. Bruce Chatwin – AIDS. 5. Vincent van Gogh (+ Bipolar). 6. George Orwell – Poor care of health.

41. Outcome of Asperger’s syndrome / High Functioning Autism 7. Simone Weil – Eating disorder. 8. Erik Satie – Alcoholism. 9. Andy Warhol – Neglect of health. 10. Ramanujan – Neglect of health.

42. Arts / Asperger’s syndrome / Creativity 1. Herman Melville. 2. Lewis Carroll. 3. A. J. Ayer. 4. Ludwig van Beethoven.

43. Arts / Asperger’s syndrome / Creativity 5. Bella Bartok. 6. Glen Gould. 7. L. S. Lowry.

44. Unstoppable Brilliance Prof. Michael Fitzgerald. First Annual Hans Asperger Memorial Lecture. In Association with Committee of International Asperger’s Year. Trinity College Dublin. 10 th April 2006.

45. Genius and Creativity 1. Inventor as God e.g. Prometheus taught use of fire. 2. Romans spoke of genius of person or place. 3. Aetiology: God touch. God touch. Melancholy humour. Melancholy humour. Muses. Muses.

46. Genius (from Latin) ‘The Male Spirit of a household’. Genius also from ingenius which means innate ability.

47. Genius and Madness - The Poet Dryden: ‘Great wits are sure to madness near ally’d – and thin partitions do their bounds divide’. - Cesare Lombroso (1890): ‘The man of genius who had various characteristics of degeneration’.

48. Genius and Madness - Seneca: ‘No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness’. - Shakespeare: ‘The lunatic, the lover, and the poet – are of imagination all compact’.

49. Mark Twain Comments on innate ‘individual differences are what make horses race’.

50. Kant Kant said: ‘Mysteriously imparted to certain artists by nature, and dies with the person’.

51. Oxford English Dictionary Defines: ‘Extraordinary capacity for imaginative creation... often contrasted with talent’.

52. Definition of Genius Ezra Pound: ‘It is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees ‘It is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man seesone’.

53. Act of Genius 1. Original. 2. Novel. 3. Bring about a change in our understanding of a subject.

54. Definition of Genius Bernard Berenson: ‘The capacity for productive reaction against ones training’. ‘The capacity for productive reaction against ones training’.

55. Attitude to Genius Samuel Butler: ‘Genius was immoral because it disturbed the world’. ‘Genius was immoral because it disturbed the world’.

56. Jonathan Swift You can recognise a true genius ‘you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him’.

57. Hans Asperger: Autistic Psychopathy 1. ‘Disturbance of social relationships.. special interests.. all levels of ability from the highly original genius.. to the.. mentally retarded individual’. 2. Salt of the earth. 3. Hans Asperger: Children with Asperger’s syndrome were capable of only forming their own strategies. They could not, or did not, follow those used by their teachers.

58. Extreme Male Brain and Autism Asperger 1944 extreme form of maleness. Asperger 1944 extreme form of maleness. Autism more common in males. Autism more common in males. Folk physics (Baron-Cohen): Folk physics (Baron-Cohen): Good hominid evolution. Good hominid evolution. Tool use, hunting skills, construction skills. Tool use, hunting skills, construction skills. Engineering. Engineering.

59. Asperger Ask questions a child would ask. Ask questions a child would ask. Ask fundamental questions. Ask fundamental questions. Curiosity. Curiosity. Focussed. Focussed. Workaholic. Workaholic. Narrow interest. Visual immagination. Reject received wisdom. Persistence. High energy / motivation.

60. Asperger Savant Special talent at high I.Q. Special talent at high I.Q. High creativity. High creativity. Weak central coherence. Weak central coherence. Poor empathy skills. Poor empathy skills.

61. Autistic Intelligence Unconvertional. Unconvertional. Unorthodox. Unorthodox. ‘Pure and original, akin to the intelligence of true creativity’ - ‘Pure and original, akin to the intelligence of true creativity’ - Hans Asperger. Hans Asperger. Musical. Musical. Abstract and logical. Abstract and logical.

62. Temple Grandin ‘Genius is an abnormality’. ‘If science eliminated these genes maybe the whole world would be taken over by Accountants’. would be taken over by Accountants’.

63. Genes and Genius Multiple genes of small effect. Genes effect: 1. Traits of persistence. 2. Concentration. 3. Curiosity. 4. Certain types of stimulation (? Novelty).

64. My View Its their creative activity that keeps them sane. Its their creative activity that keeps them sane. Creative blocks lead to depression and suicidality. Creative blocks lead to depression and suicidality.

65. Male Brain 1. Simonton: In the annals of science ‘fewer than 1% of all notables are female’. No female equivalent of Newton. 2. Baron-Cohen: Female superiority / Folk Psychology. Male superiority / Folk Physics. 3. Without skills of the male brain we would still be at the stage before the wheel was invented.

66. Eamon de Valera Professor Michael Fitzgerald

67. Eamon de Valera Born in 1882 in New York. Born in 1882 in New York. Political genius. Political genius. Mathematician. Mathematician. ‘One of the nine people in the world capable of understanding Einstein’s theory of relativity during his lifetime’. Urban myth. ‘One of the nine people in the world capable of understanding Einstein’s theory of relativity during his lifetime’. Urban myth.

68. Eamon de Valera Greater dedication to ideology than people. Greater dedication to ideology than people. Mesmerising effect on the Irish people. Mesmerising effect on the Irish people. Legacy: Fianna Fail. Legacy: Fianna Fail. Irish Constitution. Irish language – regrowth.

69. Eamon de Valera Family Background: Mother: Irish immigrant N. Y. 1879. Irish immigrant N. Y. 1879. Sent Eamon to Ireland aged 3 years. Sent Eamon to Ireland aged 3 years. Had ‘determination and force’ (T. Coogan). Had ‘determination and force’ (T. Coogan).

70. Eamon de Valera Family Background: Mother: Bossy no frivolity. Bossy no frivolity. Good memory. Good memory. Won spelling competition in New York. Won spelling competition in New York. ‘Coldness in her psychological makeup’ (T. Coogan). ‘Coldness in her psychological makeup’ (T. Coogan).

71. Eamon de Valera Family Background: Father: Juan Vivion de Valera / Spanish.

72. Eamon de Valera Childhood: ‘Semi-monastic atmosphere’ (D. Ryan). ‘Semi-monastic atmosphere’ (D. Ryan). Strict Catholicism. Strict Catholicism. Eccentric child – digging for springs and fowling. Eccentric child – digging for springs and fowling.

73. Eamon de Valera Speech and Language Problems: Spoke with ‘slowness novel in an age of speed and slogans’. Spoke with ‘slowness novel in an age of speed and slogans’. ‘Dull halting manner’ (T. Coogan). ‘Dull halting manner’ (T. Coogan). Speeches – lack of clarity with a distinct elusiveness in rhetorical phrases used. Speeches – lack of clarity with a distinct elusiveness in rhetorical phrases used. When he spoke ‘he left everyone in the dark’. When he spoke ‘he left everyone in the dark’. He showed ‘failings as a public speaker’ (T. Coogan). He showed ‘failings as a public speaker’ (T. Coogan).

74. Eamon de Valera Speech and Language Problems: He was ‘intensely verbose, wasting a great deal of time on elaborate explanations of the simplest points, with many repetitions, speaking in a role of a school master to children’. He was ‘intensely verbose, wasting a great deal of time on elaborate explanations of the simplest points, with many repetitions, speaking in a role of a school master to children’. Taught mathematics at Carysfort College for Teachers. Taught mathematics at Carysfort College for Teachers. Preoccupied with ‘science of abstractions’, spectroscopy, astrophysics, and electro-optics (D. Ryan). Preoccupied with ‘science of abstractions’, spectroscopy, astrophysics, and electro-optics (D. Ryan). High pitched voice. High pitched voice.

75. Eamon de Valera Speech and Language Problems: Voice like a cracked or muffled bell (S. O’Faolain). Voice like a cracked or muffled bell (S. O’Faolain). Old gravelly voice (T. K. Whitaker). Old gravelly voice (T. K. Whitaker). Humourless. Others state ‘grisly sense of humour’ (T. Coogan). Humourless. Others state ‘grisly sense of humour’ (T. Coogan). Dull, pedantic, piqued professor. Dull, pedantic, piqued professor.

76. Eamon de Valera Speech and Language Problems: At lunch in Blackrock College – described in great detail a corpse being eaten by worms. At lunch in Blackrock College – described in great detail a corpse being eaten by worms. Problems with metaphor. Problems with metaphor. Asked meaning ‘Making hay where the sun shines’. Answer: What other time would you make hay? Asked meaning ‘Making hay where the sun shines’. Answer: What other time would you make hay?

77. Eamon de Valera Impairment in Social Interaction: 1920s interfered in internal politics of U.S.A. 1920s interfered in internal politics of U.S.A. Devoid of ‘political craft’ (D. Ryan). Devoid of ‘political craft’ (D. Ryan). Snubs lifelong workers (D. Ryan). Snubs lifelong workers (D. Ryan). Arrogance and failure to consult with anyone (D. Ryan). Arrogance and failure to consult with anyone (D. Ryan). Impossible person (D. Ryan). Impossible person (D. Ryan).

78. Eamon de Valera Impairment in Social Interaction: 1921 Letter from de Valera to Sir James Craig Prime Minister of Northern Ireland ‘as sheer impertinence it could hardly be beaten’. 1921 Letter from de Valera to Sir James Craig Prime Minister of Northern Ireland ‘as sheer impertinence it could hardly be beaten’. Coogan states that de Valera’s outlook was to have apallying consequences in terms of campaigns of violence in Northern Ireland. Coogan states that de Valera’s outlook was to have apallying consequences in terms of campaigns of violence in Northern Ireland. Coogan ‘he did little that was useful and much that was harmful’ during his period in office. Coogan ‘he did little that was useful and much that was harmful’ during his period in office. The simplicity of de Valera made him unable to see complexity of issues (persons with Asperger’s syndrome have a pared down psyche). The simplicity of de Valera made him unable to see complexity of issues (persons with Asperger’s syndrome have a pared down psyche).

79. Eamon de Valera Impairment in Social Interaction: W. B. Yeats said ‘de Valera was a living argument rather than a living man. All propaganda no human life’. W. B. Yeats said ‘de Valera was a living argument rather than a living man. All propaganda no human life’. T. Ryle Dwyer said ‘if behind the cold, impersonal countenance of the subject of this biography, there seems to be no real humanity, possibly its because there was none’. T. Ryle Dwyer said ‘if behind the cold, impersonal countenance of the subject of this biography, there seems to be no real humanity, possibly its because there was none’. His lack of empathy and civil war political reportage at the time cited it as ‘a criminal, attempt to divide the Irish nation’ (T. Ryle Dwyer). His lack of empathy and civil war political reportage at the time cited it as ‘a criminal, attempt to divide the Irish nation’ (T. Ryle Dwyer).

80. Eamon de Valera Personality: Cold, controlled, holarly, reserved, domineering, self- righteousness. He was right and everyone else was wrong. Sense of infallability (T. Coogan). Cold, controlled, holarly, reserved, domineering, self- righteousness. He was right and everyone else was wrong. Sense of infallability (T. Coogan). Tactless, arrasive and aloof. Tactless, arrasive and aloof. Indifference to feelings of others at Blackrock College. Indifference to feelings of others at Blackrock College. Outsider to peers. Outsider to peers.

81. Eamon de Valera Personality: No social graces. No social graces. Misogynist. Misogynist. Inspired the right to act for Ireland and showed little regard for democracy, having the whole alphabet of autocracy (T. Coogan). Inspired the right to act for Ireland and showed little regard for democracy, having the whole alphabet of autocracy (T. Coogan). Acquaintances were myriad, his near friends few. Acquaintances were myriad, his near friends few.

82. Eamon de Valera All Absorbing Narrow Interest: Obsessional. Obsessional. Single minded. Single minded. Workaholic. Workaholic. Plugger. Plugger. Obsessed with Ireland having no connection with England (D. Ryan). Obsessed with Ireland having no connection with England (D. Ryan).

83. Eamon de Valera All Absorbing Narrow Interest: When he didn’t get his way by constitutional means he would forswear the ballot box for the bomb and bullet (T. Coogan). When he didn’t get his way by constitutional means he would forswear the ballot box for the bomb and bullet (T. Coogan). His public rejection of the Treaty was fierce and he made his ‘wading through blood’ speeches and he used ‘the extremist support’ of the IRA. His public rejection of the Treaty was fierce and he made his ‘wading through blood’ speeches and he used ‘the extremist support’ of the IRA.

84. Eamon de Valera All Absorbing Narrow Interest: His thirst for power became all-embracing and he became a ‘law-giver who helped to bring down a Civil War on the heads of the people’ and ‘incited young men to hatred and violence’. His thirst for power became all-embracing and he became a ‘law-giver who helped to bring down a Civil War on the heads of the people’ and ‘incited young men to hatred and violence’. He perpetuated a backward looking peasant parochial society – an isolationist parochial culture (autistic culture). He perpetuated a backward looking peasant parochial society – an isolationist parochial culture (autistic culture). Paddy Lynch Government Economist said he had ‘no grasp of economics’. Paddy Lynch Government Economist said he had ‘no grasp of economics’. He devastated the Irish economy with his personal economic war with England. He devastated the Irish economy with his personal economic war with England.

85. Eamon de Valera Mind: Repetitive adherence to ideas and interests. Repetitive adherence to ideas and interests. Few dominating notions. Few dominating notions. Mathematical frame of mind. Mathematical frame of mind. Logical mind-set. Logical mind-set. Collecting instinct (documents). Collecting instinct (documents). Reading a lot (non-novels). Reading a lot (non-novels).

86. Eamon de Valera Imposition of Routines and Control: Professor Joe Lee claims that he showed ‘ceaseless political calculation’ and ‘labyrinthine deviousness’. Professor Joe Lee claims that he showed ‘ceaseless political calculation’ and ‘labyrinthine deviousness’. Stickler for routine, drills, uniforms, - soldier peers found him grim and he spoke to them in Irish which they did not understand. Stickler for routine, drills, uniforms, - soldier peers found him grim and he spoke to them in Irish which they did not understand. He attempted to control everything going on around him (T. Coogan). He attempted to control everything going on around him (T. Coogan). ‘Unique dictator’, ‘lip service to democracy’. He quotes one of de Valera’s 1916 commrades Griffith ‘that he was sick to the soul, cursed de Valera as the guns boomed on’ (D. Ryan). ‘Unique dictator’, ‘lip service to democracy’. He quotes one of de Valera’s 1916 commrades Griffith ‘that he was sick to the soul, cursed de Valera as the guns boomed on’ (D. Ryan).

87. Eamon de Valera Imposition of Routines and Control: While in the USA in 1920 – went as First Minister came back as President (self proclaimed) without consulting anyone in Dublin (T. P. Coogan). While in the USA in 1920 – went as First Minister came back as President (self proclaimed) without consulting anyone in Dublin (T. P. Coogan). In relation to the Civil War he prepared for ‘disruption without responsibility’ (T. P. Coogan). In relation to the Civil War he prepared for ‘disruption without responsibility’ (T. P. Coogan). When de Valera sent Michael Collins to Treaty negotations he said ‘we must have scapegoats’ (T. Ryle Dwyer). When de Valera sent Michael Collins to Treaty negotations he said ‘we must have scapegoats’ (T. Ryle Dwyer).

88. Eamon de Valera Imposition of Routines and Control: According to Ryle Dwyer he thought he could ‘manipulate Griffith and Collins from Dublin and use them as ‘better bait’ for the British’. According to Ryle Dwyer he thought he could ‘manipulate Griffith and Collins from Dublin and use them as ‘better bait’ for the British’. Sean O’Faolain ‘felt betrayed when de Valera reneged on his own principles’. Sean O’Faolain ‘felt betrayed when de Valera reneged on his own principles’. ‘I had only to examine my own heart and it told me straight off what the Irish people wanted’ (de Valera). ‘I had only to examine my own heart and it told me straight off what the Irish people wanted’ (de Valera). I am a ‘judging machine’ (de Valera). I am a ‘judging machine’ (de Valera).

89. Eamon de Valera Imposition of Routines and Control: ‘He would not accept the will of the people when the people of Ireland voted to accept the Treaty between Ireland and Britain’ (D. Ryan). ‘He would not accept the will of the people when the people of Ireland voted to accept the Treaty between Ireland and Britain’ (D. Ryan). He had ‘a tendency to regard something as either not having happened until he said it had, or, per contra, not having taken place at all if he so decided’ (D. Ryan). He had ‘a tendency to regard something as either not having happened until he said it had, or, per contra, not having taken place at all if he so decided’ (D. Ryan). He spurned facts when it suited him (D. Ryan). He spurned facts when it suited him (D. Ryan).

90. Eamon de Valera Imposition of Routines and Control: ‘Implacable doctrinaire’, ‘logic-chopping’, ‘quibbling’, very much ‘a nit-picker’, ‘precision over commas and poetic shades of meaning, ‘formulistic... remote... niggling on details’, 1920’s he supervised the minute details of every department of government (D. Ryan). ‘Implacable doctrinaire’, ‘logic-chopping’, ‘quibbling’, very much ‘a nit-picker’, ‘precision over commas and poetic shades of meaning, ‘formulistic... remote... niggling on details’, 1920’s he supervised the minute details of every department of government (D. Ryan). ‘There was a difference between a de Valera fact – that is, one that should be believed’ (T. P. Coogan). ‘There was a difference between a de Valera fact – that is, one that should be believed’ (T. P. Coogan). ‘Hard-headness in business and a self reliance bordering on the arrogant’. ‘Hard-headness in business and a self reliance bordering on the arrogant’.

91. Eamon de Valera Imposition of Routines and Control: 1920’s bystander in the USA ‘he has an unconscious contempt... for the opinions of others’ (T. P. Coogan). 1920’s bystander in the USA ‘he has an unconscious contempt... for the opinions of others’ (T. P. Coogan). Among Irish Americans his sanity was often questioned and indeed it was considered that he might be ‘labouring under some psychopathic condition’ or that he was ‘crazy’ (T. P. Coogan). Among Irish Americans his sanity was often questioned and indeed it was considered that he might be ‘labouring under some psychopathic condition’ or that he was ‘crazy’ (T. P. Coogan). After Treaty was signed he made ‘250 interruptions, relying on his prestige to ride roughshod over procedures of the debate’ (T. P. Coogan). After Treaty was signed he made ‘250 interruptions, relying on his prestige to ride roughshod over procedures of the debate’ (T. P. Coogan).

92. Eamon de Valera Imposition of Routines and Control: Ran Irish Press in a highly parsimonious way (T. P. Coogan). Ran Irish Press in a highly parsimonious way (T. P. Coogan). Lloyd George said that ‘negotiating with him was like sitting on a merry-go-round and trying to catch up with the swing in front’. Lloyd George said that ‘negotiating with him was like sitting on a merry-go-round and trying to catch up with the swing in front’. Lloyd George said ‘frankly he had never seen anything quite like him... Mr. de Valera is perfectly unique and the poor distracted would had a good right to be profoundly thankful that he was unique’. Lloyd George said ‘frankly he had never seen anything quite like him... Mr. de Valera is perfectly unique and the poor distracted would had a good right to be profoundly thankful that he was unique’.

93. Eamon de Valera Imposition of Routines and Control: In setting up the Irish Press was only interested in how to control it (O’Brien). In setting up the Irish Press was only interested in how to control it (O’Brien). Set himself up as controlling Director, Editor in Chief, and Managing Director (O’Brien). Set himself up as controlling Director, Editor in Chief, and Managing Director (O’Brien). De Valera had complete control of content as well as appointment of staff. De Valera had complete control of content as well as appointment of staff.

94. Eamon de Valera Imposition of Routines and Control: De Valera said in Dail ‘I have no financial interest in the Irish Press’. For de Valera fact and fiction were not clearly delineated i.e. that he was a politician running a newspaper’ (O’Brien). De Valera said in Dail ‘I have no financial interest in the Irish Press’. For de Valera fact and fiction were not clearly delineated i.e. that he was a politician running a newspaper’ (O’Brien). The price paid by the de Valera family to shareholders was nominal. It was clear that he (de Valera) was now a very wealthy newspaper tycoon’ (N. Browne). The price paid by the de Valera family to shareholders was nominal. It was clear that he (de Valera) was now a very wealthy newspaper tycoon’ (N. Browne). According to Browne the Company (Press Group) was worth nearly one million pounds and reeked of corruption and nepotism. According to Browne the Company (Press Group) was worth nearly one million pounds and reeked of corruption and nepotism.

95. Eamon de Valera Co-morbidity: 1916 – ‘nervous breakdown’. 1916 – ‘nervous breakdown’. He was seen to be ‘running around day and night without sleep, getting trenches dug, giving contradictory orders, and forgetting the password so that he nearly got himself shot’ (T. Coogan). He was seen to be ‘running around day and night without sleep, getting trenches dug, giving contradictory orders, and forgetting the password so that he nearly got himself shot’ (T. Coogan).

96. Eamon de Valera Non-verbal Behaviour: Eccentric, enigmatic, odd, strange in appearance, manner and dress. Eccentric, enigmatic, odd, strange in appearance, manner and dress. Incalculable and baffling figurehead. Incalculable and baffling figurehead. Idiosyncratic at Blackrock match – team lost because he insisted in taking all place kicks himself. Idiosyncratic at Blackrock match – team lost because he insisted in taking all place kicks himself. In 1945 went to German Embassy to give his condolences. In 1945 went to German Embassy to give his condolences.

97. Eamon de Valera Non-verbal Behaviour: Clothes rought homespun, unusual cap with a prominent peak and flap folded across the top, rather like an airmans helmet. Clothes rought homespun, unusual cap with a prominent peak and flap folded across the top, rather like an airmans helmet. Coogan notes his ‘austere manner and unusual appearance’. Coogan notes his ‘austere manner and unusual appearance’. R. Kee likened de Valera to a ‘Roman spear, with a voice like a cracked or muffled bell, and an ordered restraint in his looks, as if all lusciousness had been pared away by bitter experience’. R. Kee likened de Valera to a ‘Roman spear, with a voice like a cracked or muffled bell, and an ordered restraint in his looks, as if all lusciousness had been pared away by bitter experience’.

98. Eamon de Valera Autistic Charm: Awesome charisma (N. Browne). Awesome charisma (N. Browne). ‘Air of an Archangel’. ‘Air of an Archangel’. He controlled his cabinet through parallel reins of awe and comradeship. He controlled his cabinet through parallel reins of awe and comradeship. He had an enormous facility for demonstrating black is white. He had an enormous facility for demonstrating black is white.

99. Eamon de Valera Autistic Charm: Lay cardinal (gun and rosary beads). Lay cardinal (gun and rosary beads). Showed asceticism and rigidity. Showed asceticism and rigidity. Archbishop Lefebvre described de Valera as ‘the ideal Christian statesman’. Archbishop Lefebvre described de Valera as ‘the ideal Christian statesman’. Had courage. Had courage. His autism limited his political contribution. His autism limited his political contribution. Lived in his head. Lived in his head.

100. Eamon de Valera Autistic Charm: ‘We had people and we exported them faster than cattle and like cattle, and while fathers, sons and daughters cried all the way, to the train and the bus and the ship’ (U. Crowley). ‘We had people and we exported them faster than cattle and like cattle, and while fathers, sons and daughters cried all the way, to the train and the bus and the ship’ (U. Crowley). De-lousing anger at government very much (U. Crowley). De-lousing anger at government very much (U. Crowley). ‘There is no family made more out of this country than the de Valera family’ (D. J. Flangan, Dail). ‘There is no family made more out of this country than the de Valera family’ (D. J. Flangan, Dail).

101. William Butler Yeats Professor Michael Fitzgerald

102. William Butler Yeats Born in 1865 in Dublin. Born in 1865 in Dublin. Nobel Prize in 1923. Nobel Prize in 1923. Poet of Shadows. Poet of Shadows. Playwright. Playwright. Painter. Theatre Director. Occultist. Senator.

103. William Butler Yeats Family Background: Paternal Grandfather (William Butler Years): Sceptic. Sceptic. Deeply orthodox. Deeply orthodox. Remarkable man. Remarkable man. Vanity in extreme. Vanity in extreme. Dandiacal. Dandiacal.

104. William Butler Yeats Family Background: Paternal Grandfather (William Butler Yeats): Wore riding breeches so tight that he ripped three in one day. Wore riding breeches so tight that he ripped three in one day. ‘Unusual clergyman’ (Ellmann). ‘Unusual clergyman’ (Ellmann). Once he boxed Yeats’ father’s ears and afterwards shook hands with him and hoped he was not offended. Once he boxed Yeats’ father’s ears and afterwards shook hands with him and hoped he was not offended. Paternal grandfather sent Yeats’ father to a School where floggings were famous. Paternal grandfather sent Yeats’ father to a School where floggings were famous.

105. William Butler Yeats Family Background: Maternal grandfather (William Pollexfen): Severe social impairment. Severe social impairment. Was intimate with no one even his wife. Was intimate with no one even his wife. ‘Autistic’ aggression – hatchet beside his bed for burgulars. ‘Autistic’ aggression – hatchet beside his bed for burgulars. Silent grandfather. Silent grandfather. Inspired fear and deference. Inspired fear and deference.

106. William Butler Yeats Family Background: Maternal grandmother: Deeply religious and superstitious. Deeply religious and superstitious. Into nature cures. Into nature cures.

107. William Butler Yeats Family Background: Father (John Butler Yeats): Went from a legal career to painting. Went from a legal career to painting. Bohemian. Bohemian. Constant search for individual style of painting left him unsatisfied. Constant search for individual style of painting left him unsatisfied. ‘Searching for individual style as if for the Philosopher’s Stone’ (Ellmann). ‘Searching for individual style as if for the Philosopher’s Stone’ (Ellmann).

108. William Butler Yeats Family Background: Father (John Butler Yeats): ‘Too exacting’. ‘Too exacting’. ‘Autistic’ search for identity. ‘Autistic’ search for identity. Strange / eccentric / financially irresponsible. Strange / eccentric / financially irresponsible. Painted those whose faces interested him (without hope of payment). Painted those whose faces interested him (without hope of payment).

109. William Butler Yeats Family Background: Father (John Butler Yeats): Took family wandering between Dublin, London and Sligo. Took family wandering between Dublin, London and Sligo. Stubborn. Stubborn. John Butler Yeats’ education of his son was ‘a long battle of minds and formidable wills that was to last a lifetime’ (John McGahern). John Butler Yeats’ education of his son was ‘a long battle of minds and formidable wills that was to last a lifetime’ (John McGahern). Controlling, independent and individual. Controlling, independent and individual.

110. William Butler Yeats Family Background: Father (John Butler Yeats): All absorbing interests in work. All absorbing interests in work. Solitary man. Solitary man. Sceptic. Sceptic. Took delight in expressing extreme views. Took delight in expressing extreme views.

111. William Butler Yeats Family Background: Mother (Susan Pollexfen): Nothing to do with theorizing. Nothing to do with theorizing. Taciturn / gloomy. Taciturn / gloomy. Sensitive. Sensitive. Undemonstrative. Undemonstrative. Uncommunicative apparently emotionless. Uncommunicative apparently emotionless.

112. William Butler Yeats Family Background: Mother (Susan Pollexfen): She was not sympathetic. The feelings of those around her did not concern her. She was not aware of them. She was always in an island of her own (T. Brown). She was not sympathetic. The feelings of those around her did not concern her. She was not aware of them. She was always in an island of her own (T. Brown). Genetic input to Yeats – Brown states that Yeats was a Pollexfen in his refusal or inability to confront in his writings any of the pain of childhood (due to his autism and problems with autobiographical memory). Genetic input to Yeats – Brown states that Yeats was a Pollexfen in his refusal or inability to confront in his writings any of the pain of childhood (due to his autism and problems with autobiographical memory).

113. William Butler Yeats Family Background: Mother (Susan Pollexfen): ‘The secret of Yeats, is that his mother did not love him’ (H. McGee) – not true. ‘The secret of Yeats, is that his mother did not love him’ (H. McGee) – not true.

114. William Butler Yeats Family Background: Uncle George Pollexfen: Tongue of leather over keyhole (H. Pyle). Tongue of leather over keyhole (H. Pyle). Mystical and into the occult. Mystical and into the occult.

115. William Butler Yeats Family Background: Another Pollexfen Uncle: Tried to invent a warship that could not be sunk because of its hull of solid wood. Tried to invent a warship that could not be sunk because of its hull of solid wood.

116. William Butler Yeats Speech and Language: Delayed. Delayed. Believed to be ‘physically and mentally defective’. Believed to be ‘physically and mentally defective’. Yeats sense of humour was simple and juvenile. Yeats sense of humour was simple and juvenile. Prankish sense of humour. Prankish sense of humour. Strong voice. Strong voice.

117. William Butler Yeats Speech and Language: Affected voice. Affected voice. ‘It put a great (many thought too great) yet always a subtle insistence on the rhythm.. it tended ever towards what seemed like indian singing’ (John Masefield). ‘It put a great (many thought too great) yet always a subtle insistence on the rhythm.. it tended ever towards what seemed like indian singing’ (John Masefield). Ellmann – curiously rhythmical manner of speaking that others found hard to reproduce. Ellmann – curiously rhythmical manner of speaking that others found hard to reproduce. Yeats studied in manner and speech unremittingly poetic (A. Cronin). Yeats studied in manner and speech unremittingly poetic (A. Cronin).

118. William Butler Yeats Reading: Could not read by 9 years. Could not read by 9 years. Major spelling and punctuation difficulties throughout his life e.g. gas would be spelt gass. Major spelling and punctuation difficulties throughout his life e.g. gas would be spelt gass.

119. William Butler Yeats Schooling: Erratic. Erratic. First ten years largely at home. First ten years largely at home. Poor student. Poor student. He found school pedestrian and demoralising. He found school pedestrian and demoralising. Remembered school as a time of failure, misery, and humiliation (K. Alldritt). Remembered school as a time of failure, misery, and humiliation (K. Alldritt).

120. William Butler Yeats Schooling: Poor classics but better at science. Poor classics but better at science. Failed the entrane requirements for classics and mathematics at T.C.D. Failed the entrane requirements for classics and mathematics at T.C.D. Headmaster said ‘he would never amount to anything’. Headmaster said ‘he would never amount to anything’. Keen chess player. Keen chess player. Bullied in school. Bullied in school. Day dreamer. What religion do ants have? Day dreamer. What religion do ants have?

121. William Butler Yeats Schooling: Collected moths / butterflies. Collected moths / butterflies. Nickname in U.K. school ‘Mad Irishman’. Nickname in U.K. school ‘Mad Irishman’. Very awkward. Very awkward. Autodictat. Autodictat. ‘Queer chap’ (K. Alldritt). ‘Queer chap’ (K. Alldritt). Clumsy, timid schoolboy. Clumsy, timid schoolboy.

122. William Butler Yeats Social Impairment: Childhood and early years – desire for isolation and lack of interaction with peers. Childhood and early years – desire for isolation and lack of interaction with peers. Shy / timid. Shy / timid. Loner. Loner. ‘Felt himself apart’. ‘Felt himself apart’. Lonely and powerless during adolescence. Lonely and powerless during adolescence.

123. William Butler Yeats Social Impairment: Much childhood pain. Much childhood pain. Much solitary wanderings (K. Alldritt). Much solitary wanderings (K. Alldritt). In Howth – catching moths – sleep out at night (around Howth Castle). In Howth – catching moths – sleep out at night (around Howth Castle). Passion for poetry emerged in childhood. Passion for poetry emerged in childhood. ‘Could spout reams of poetry’ that school mates did not understand. ‘Could spout reams of poetry’ that school mates did not understand.

124. William Butler Yeats Social Impairment: Lack of interest in games. Lack of interest in games. ‘Aloof and imperious’ (J. McGahern). ‘Aloof and imperious’ (J. McGahern). Poor autobiographical memory – George Russell (AE) noted lack of personal tone in autobriography. Poor autobiographical memory – George Russell (AE) noted lack of personal tone in autobriography. Lack of ordinary good nature (T. Brown). Lack of ordinary good nature (T. Brown).

125. William Butler Yeats Autistic Aggression: ‘A certain malicious vein in his nature’ (T. Brown). ‘A certain malicious vein in his nature’ (T. Brown).

126. William Butler Yeats Books: Bookish – the reason he gave was that he was anxious about other aspects of his life. Bookish – the reason he gave was that he was anxious about other aspects of his life.

127. William Butler Yeats Social Impairment: He told the poet Katharine Tynan ‘I cannot help being inhuman as you call it... On the rare occasions when I go to see anyone I am not quite easy in my mind’. He told the poet Katharine Tynan ‘I cannot help being inhuman as you call it... On the rare occasions when I go to see anyone I am not quite easy in my mind’. ‘Sometimes the barrier between msyelf and other people filled me with terrror’. ‘Sometimes the barrier between msyelf and other people filled me with terrror’. ‘I have no instincts in personal life. I have reasoned them all away and reason acts very slowly and with difficulty and has to exhaust every side of the subject’. ‘I have no instincts in personal life. I have reasoned them all away and reason acts very slowly and with difficulty and has to exhaust every side of the subject’.

128. William Butler Yeats Social Impairment: He tried to ‘connect himself with humanity’. He tried to ‘connect himself with humanity’. ‘He was not interested in people as such, only what they said or did’ (Georgie / wife). ‘He was not interested in people as such, only what they said or did’ (Georgie / wife). Collected folklore (‘literary anthropology’). Not unlike Barton who also had autism. Collected folklore (‘literary anthropology’). Not unlike Barton who also had autism.

129. William Butler Yeats Social Impairment: ‘He is not comfortable with individuals: he needs an audience to which he can discourse in a pontifical manner... I doubt very much whether he takes an intimate interest in any human being’. ‘He is not comfortable with individuals: he needs an audience to which he can discourse in a pontifical manner... I doubt very much whether he takes an intimate interest in any human being’. When speaking to the politician Eoin O’Duffy, O’Duffy’s wife noticed that ‘they spoke on different lines and neither listened to the other’. When speaking to the politician Eoin O’Duffy, O’Duffy’s wife noticed that ‘they spoke on different lines and neither listened to the other’.

130. William Butler Yeats Shyness: Hid behind multiple masks and multiple identities. Hid behind multiple masks and multiple identities.

131. William Butler Yeats Maud Gonne: Naïve love. Naïve love. This has tortured the Irish literati since. This has tortured the Irish literati since. He has lack of appreciatin of social cues. He has lack of appreciatin of social cues.

132. William Butler Yeats Diana Vernon: Liaison at age 30 years. Liaison at age 30 years. Before that never touched a woman’s lips. Before that never touched a woman’s lips. Did not know how to conduct affair. Did not know how to conduct affair.

133. William Butler Yeats Marriage: Married at 52 years. Decision influenced by astrology. Married at 52 years. Decision influenced by astrology. Occult sources told him this was a good time to marry. Occult sources told him this was a good time to marry. Married Bertha Georgie Hyde-Lees member of his circle of psychics. Married Bertha Georgie Hyde-Lees member of his circle of psychics. Did not bother to invite his sisters to wedding. Did not bother to invite his sisters to wedding.

134. William Butler Yeats Marriage: Needed much encouragement from Lady Gregory to marry. Needed much encouragement from Lady Gregory to marry. Married in the clothes he had bought to woo Maud Gonne’s daughter. Married in the clothes he had bought to woo Maud Gonne’s daughter. On wedding night told his wife he could summon up no desire for her. On wedding night told his wife he could summon up no desire for her. She introduced him to automatic writing where she wrote down occult messages for Yeats. She introduced him to automatic writing where she wrote down occult messages for Yeats. This fascinated him and he was taken in by it. This fascinated him and he was taken in by it.

135. William Butler Yeats Marriage: She was a perfect mother figure for him. She was a perfect mother figure for him. She submerged her identy in his and helped him to emerge from his isolation and eccentricity. She submerged her identy in his and helped him to emerge from his isolation and eccentricity. Yeats used the masculine name George for her (like Ludwig Wittgenstein and Anscombe). Yeats used the masculine name George for her (like Ludwig Wittgenstein and Anscombe). Lacked common sense and would not have achieved Nobel Prize without wife. Lacked common sense and would not have achieved Nobel Prize without wife.

136. William Butler Yeats Yeats as Father: Remote figure (Michael Yeats, son). Remote figure (Michael Yeats, son). Living with a national monument (Michael Yeats, son). Living with a national monument (Michael Yeats, son). Absolutely no idea how to talk to children (Michael Yeats, son). Absolutely no idea how to talk to children (Michael Yeats, son). He was told to discipline the children and all he did was read out a poem. He was told to discipline the children and all he did was read out a poem. Yeats visited St. Columba’s College with his son and all he could ask the Principal was about the school drains. Yeats visited St. Columba’s College with his son and all he could ask the Principal was about the school drains.

137. William Butler Yeats All Absorbing Narrow Interests: Creativity in big way to end of life. Creativity in big way to end of life. Very interested in animals. Very interested in animals. Tried to hypnotise hens. Tried to hypnotise hens. Absent minded – took a second dinner not realising he had eaten first. Absent minded – took a second dinner not realising he had eaten first. Addicted to reverie. Addicted to reverie.

138. William Butler Yeats All Absorbing Narrow Interests: Once in a creative mood walking in door of house he said to his daughter Anne who are you looking for? Once in a creative mood walking in door of house he said to his daughter Anne who are you looking for? Obsessed with question like what is truth? Obsessed with question like what is truth? He was into ‘abstract schematizing’. He was into ‘abstract schematizing’. A vision had anti-system built into it. A vision had anti-system built into it.

139. William Butler Yeats All Absorbing Narrow Interests: Poetry remarkable for its simplicity. Poetry remarkable for its simplicity. Powerful visual imagination. Powerful visual imagination. His autobiography a chronological arrangement of pictures (AE). His autobiography a chronological arrangement of pictures (AE). Always eager to promote himself (K. Alldritt). Always eager to promote himself (K. Alldritt).

140. William Butler Yeats Non-verbal Behaviour: Eager dark eyes. Eager dark eyes. A queer way of focusing when he looks at you. A queer way of focusing when he looks at you. Limited facial expression. Limited facial expression. Cold, aloof, curiously without evident affect (T. Brown). Cold, aloof, curiously without evident affect (T. Brown).

141. William Butler Yeats Non-verbal Behaviour: Stereotyped or ritualised movements were accompanied by a dissociated or trance-like state that usually occurred when he was composing poetry. Stereotyped or ritualised movements were accompanied by a dissociated or trance-like state that usually occurred when he was composing poetry. In public he flapped his arms and was noticed by policemen. In public he flapped his arms and was noticed by policemen. Dress: Brown velveteen coat, a loose tie, and a very old Inverness cape, discarded by my father 20 years before (L. Johnson). Dress: Brown velveteen coat, a loose tie, and a very old Inverness cape, discarded by my father 20 years before (L. Johnson).

142. William Butler Yeats Composing Postures: ‘Without warning he would begin to make a low, tuneless humming sound, and his right hand would wave vaguely as if beating time’ (M. B. Yeats). ‘Without warning he would begin to make a low, tuneless humming sound, and his right hand would wave vaguely as if beating time’ (M. B. Yeats). ‘He wrote like God. He could put words together with such certainty that they seemed to have been engraved on tablets of stone from the beginning of time’ (John Carey). ‘He wrote like God. He could put words together with such certainty that they seemed to have been engraved on tablets of stone from the beginning of time’ (John Carey).

143. William Butler Yeats Control: Determination and perseverance (K. Alldritt). Determination and perseverance (K. Alldritt). Pushy single-mindedness (K. Alldritt). Pushy single-mindedness (K. Alldritt). Autodidactic nature. Autodidactic nature. Terrible man in combat. Terrible man in combat. Could silence jeering crowds at J. M. Synge’s play. Could silence jeering crowds at J. M. Synge’s play. Tried to control Katharine Tynan’s career. Tried to control Katharine Tynan’s career.

144. William Butler Yeats Control: Autistic aggression in conflict: violent temper, combative. Autistic aggression in conflict: violent temper, combative. Attracted to fascists and Mussolini. Attracted to fascists and Mussolini. Attracted to eugenics, authoritarianism and individualism – politically naïve. Attracted to eugenics, authoritarianism and individualism – politically naïve. Stood up to de Valera and Fianna Fail in 1933 when they wanted to withdraw Abbey funding. Stood up to de Valera and Fianna Fail in 1933 when they wanted to withdraw Abbey funding.

145. William Butler Yeats Identity Diffusion: Yeats’ mask or anti-self (autistic persons). Yeats’ mask or anti-self (autistic persons). Search for self via occult. Search for self via occult. ‘He is a rather cold-hearted philanderer not to say womaniser or dirty old man (A. Cronin). ‘He is a rather cold-hearted philanderer not to say womaniser or dirty old man (A. Cronin). Into mystical: occult, esoteric, ‘crackpots and charlatans’ (K. Alldrit), mumbo-jumbo of Order of the Golden Dawn, ‘lunatic clown Aleister Crowley (P. Boran). Into mystical: occult, esoteric, ‘crackpots and charlatans’ (K. Alldrit), mumbo-jumbo of Order of the Golden Dawn, ‘lunatic clown Aleister Crowley (P. Boran).