02822nam 2200553Ia 450 991078509130332120230422045013.00-19-773900-81-280-76146-60-19-535408-7(CKB)1000000000411153(EBL)431183(OCoLC)433060731(SSID)ssj0000147806(PQKBManifestationID)11144783(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147806(PQKBWorkID)10018102(PQKB)10248752(Au-PeEL)EBL431183(CaPaEBR)ebr10279109(CaONFJC)MIL76146(MiAaPQ)EBC431183(EXLCZ)99100000000041115319970623d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe enigma of the oceanic feeling[electronic resource] revisioning the psychoanalytic theory of mysticism /William B. ParsonsNew York Oxford University Press19991 online resource (265 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-511508-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.Contents; Introduction; PART I: THE FREUD-ROLLAND CORRESPONDENCE; 1. Across all Boundaries: The Atheistic Jew and The Apostle of Love; 2. The Enigma of the Oceanic Feeling; 3. Rolland and the Emerging Psychology and Religion Movement; 4. The Debate Continued; PART II: THE OCEANIC FEELING REVISITED; 5. A Congregation of One; 6. Mysticism East and West; 7. The Oceanic Feeling Interpreted; Conclusion; Appendix: The Letters of Sigmund Freud and Romain Rolland; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZThis 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 dimension to mysticism). Then, reconstructing Rolland's personal mysticism (the ""oceanic feeling"") through texts and letters unavailabPsychoanalysis and religionPsychoanalysis and religion.291.422291.422019Parsons William Barclay1955-1521830MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785091303321The enigma of the oceanic feeling3761246UNINA