With
the advent of psychoanalysis at the end of the nineteenth
century, a radically new way of thinking arose. The theories
of Freud wrought profound changes in behavior and culture.
Nevertheless, once these theories became widespread, the novelty
wore off. But the kernel of Freud’s thinking lies not
in items such as the Oedipus complex, the unconscious, the
sexual origin of symptoms, the interpretation of dreams, etc.,
which were specific to the debates of that era. Instead, its
significance is in the invention of the New Mind, which goes
beyond the treatment of mental illness. This is the novelty
that was soon forgotten.
This brings
us the efforts of Jacques Lacan, from the 1950s through the
1970s, to put the effectiveness back in psychoanalysis, to
bring back the incisiveness of Freud’s invention. Resorting
to the scientific notions of his time, such as structural
anthropology, linguistics and mathematics, he elaborated a
more abstract and unconstrained theory of the folkloric aspects
that dominated it. Once again, dissemination of his work of
re-elaboration wound up reducing psychoanalysis to a set of
formulas lacking the general application intended by Freud.
The serious
problems that afflict our personal lives and ail our culture
today are of unprecedented complexity, with consequences still
to be seen. We live with:
- various
forms of unbending fundamentalism while more than ever we
seek tolerance;
- spiritual disorientation in contrast with an enormous supply
of salvation;
- generalized violence in the midst of vehement defense of
human rights;
- growing technological development and the persistent backwardness
of the mentality using it;
- greater freedom of behavior without anyone knowing what
for...
Faced
with all this, what can be expected from Freud’s invention?
For
more than twenty years, within the line of thinking of Freud
and Lacan, MD Magno has presented an innovative analysis in
the psychoanalytic field. Attentive to the latest advances
in science, philosophy and the arts, his work has resulted
in a completely new practice and theory which deal with today’s
problems in a simpler and more effective way.
Once again,
we can rely on a powerful practice to transform today’s
dilemmas – a New Mind capable of confronting today’s
problems, overcoming obstacles and expanding our potential.
In sum, a reflection and a CLINIC that show the way to a better
life. 
(which in Portuguese has a dual meaning of novamente = again,
and nova mente = new mind) comprises all activities that commenced
in the late 70s: studies, research, clinics, events and publishing,
as you can see below:
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