In 1990 Masson published an autobiographical book in which he accused Schiffer of cursing, being constantly late for sessions, and intimidating Masson when the latter complained about this issue. His training analyst was Irvine Schiffer, a well-known Toronto analyst and author of books on the unconscious aspects of charisma and time. In 1970, Masson began studying to become a psychoanalyst at the Toronto Psychoanalytic Institute, completing a full clinical training course in 1978. He is currently an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. From 1981 to 1992, he was a Research Associate, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, at the University of California, Berkeley. He has also held short term appointments at Brown University, the University of California, and the University of Michigan. Masson taught Sanskrit and Indian Studies at the University of Toronto, 1969–80, reaching the rank of Professor. While undertaking his PhD, Masson also studied, supported by fellowships, at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, the University of Calcutta, and the University of Poona. His degrees were in Sanskrit and Indian Studies. Brunton and his influence on the Masson family form the subject of Masson's autobiographical book My Father's Guru: A Journey Through Spirituality and Disillusion. While at Harvard, Masson became disillusioned with Brunton. Jeffrey and his sister Linda followed in 1959.Īt Brunton's urging, Masson went to Harvard University to study Sanskrit. In 1956, Diana and Jacques Masson moved to Uruguay because Brunton believed that a third world war was imminent. During the 1940s and 1950s, Brunton often lived with them, eventually designating Masson as his heir apparent.
Masson's mother later became a follower of mystic and philosopher John Levy. Both of his parents were followers of the guru Paul Brunton.
Jeffrey Masson is the son of Jacques Masson, a Frenchman of Bukharian Jewish ancestry, and Diana (Dina) Zeiger from an Ashkenazi strict Orthodox Jewish family. Masson is a veganism advocate and has written about animal rights. In his The Assault on Truth (1984), Masson argues that Freud may have abandoned his seduction theory because he feared that granting the truth of his female patients' claims (that they had been sexually abused) would hinder the acceptance of his psychoanalytic methods. Masson is best known for his conclusions about Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis. Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (born Maas Jeffrey Lloyd Masson) is an American author. Appearing in 1989 on the British TV discussion programme After Dark
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