STUDIES IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX, VOLUME V

Erotic Symbolism
The Mechanism of Detumescence
The Psychic State in Pregnancy

by

HAVELOCK ELLIS

1927







PREFACE.


In this volume the terminal phenomena of the sexual process are discussed,
before an attempt is finally made, in the concluding volume, to consider
the bearings of the psychology of sex on that part of morals which may be
called "social hygiene."

Under "Erotic Symbolism" I include practically all the aberrations of the
sexual instinct, although some of these have seemed of sufficient
importance for separate discussion in previous volumes. It is highly
probable that many readers will consider that the name scarcely suffices