 The heart of his theory was the claim that the genes of our ancestors are present in our unconscious and influence our choices.Connecting with our collective unconscious through his method called "Fate Analysis," Szondi claimed, would allow us to achieve a higher degree of liberty, as we become free to follow or reject the "fatal" impulses coming from the presence of the ancestors in our psychic field.Szondi never achieved the fame of Freud and Jung, but by the time of his death in 1986 he had gathered a loyal following.