The Enigma of Oceanic Feeling: Revisioning the Psychoanalytic Theory of Mysticism

by William B. Parsons

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This study examines the history of the psychoanalytic theory of mysticism, starting with the seminal correspondence between Freud and Romain Rolland concerning the concept of "oceanic feeling." Providing a corrective to current views which frame psychoanalysis as pathologizing mysticism, Parsons reveals the existence of three models entertained by Freud and Rolland: the classical reductive, ego-adaptive, and transformational (which allows for a transcendent...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195115082

ISBN13:9780195115086

Release Date:June 1999

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:264 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Related Subjects

Comparative Religion Devotionals Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Mysticism Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts Psychoanalysis Psychology Psychology & Counseling Religion

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