02752nam 2200661Ia 450 991095739110332120250326185733.01-134-29768-81-280-46338-497866104633810-203-46294-7(CKB)1000000000359892(EBL)259710(OCoLC)475976369(SSID)ssj0000207585(PQKBManifestationID)11202248(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000207585(PQKBWorkID)10238556(PQKB)11772644(MiAaPQ)EBC259710(EXLCZ)99100000000035989220041214d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe mystic mind the psychology of medieval mystics and ascetics /Jerome Kroll and Bernard BachrachNew York ;London Routledge20051 online resourceDescription based upon print version of record.1-904132-51-0 0-415-34050-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Heroic asceticism and self-injurious behavior; 3 Mysticism and altered states of consciousness; 4 Pain and laceration of the flesh; 5 Sleep deprivation; 6 Fasting and starvation; 7 Historical methods; 8 Pathways to holiness; 9 Radegund; 10 Beatrice of nazareth; 11 Beatrice of ornacieux; 12 Henry suso; 13 Mental illness, hysteria, and mysticism; 14 Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index;Drawing on a database of over 1400 medieval holy persons and in-depth studies of individual saints, this collaboration between a medieval historian and a professor of psychiatry applies modern biological and psychological research to the lives of medieval mystics and ascetics.MysticismPsychologyAsceticismPsychologyMysticsPsychologyAsceticsPsychologyChurch historyMiddle Ages, 600-1500Psychology, ReligiousMysticismPsychology.AsceticismPsychology.MysticsPsychology.AsceticsPsychology.Church historyPsychology, Religious.248.22019Kroll Jerome1801849Bachrach Bernard S.1939-2023.1800580MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957391103321The mystic mind4347248UNINA