The mystic mind : the psychology of medieval mystics and ascetics / / Jerome Kroll and Bernard Bachrach

• Autore: Kroll Jerome
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London, : Routledge, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 248.22019
• Soggetto topico: Mysticism - Psychology; Asceticism - Psychology; Mystics - Psychology; Ascetics - Psychology; Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500; Psychology, Religious
• Altri autori: BachrachBernard S. <1939->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The mystic mind
• ISBN: 1-134-29768-8; 1-280-46338-4; 9786610463381; 0-203-46294-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810957103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II