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



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Autore: Kroll Jerome Visualizza persona
Titolo: The mystic mind : the psychology of medieval mystics and ascetics / / Jerome Kroll and Bernard Bachrach Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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
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