| dc.contributor.author |
Gay, Volney Patrick |
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| dc.date.accessioned |
2008-11-21T15:30:16Z |
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| dc.date.available |
2008-11-21T15:30:16Z |
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| dc.date.issued |
1989 |
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| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/1803/1719 |
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| dc.description |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| dc.description.abstract |
In this book I offer a causal explanation for occult beliefs. I try to show what events in a person's live typically precede the occult moment and why the occult moment is so important to that person's sense of herself or himself. I do not attempt to judge the truth of occult beliefs: I try to show when they arise and what work they perform. |
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| dc.description.tableofcontents |
Introduction: three stories of the occult -- Occult experience in everyday life -- Inside the Occult experience -- Occult moments in the life of Saint Augustine -- Freud, Jung and the return of the Occult -- Jung's Occult psychology: a synchronistic moment -- The Occult mood and its resolution: Occult moments in Goethe's "Truth and Fiction" -- Alternative solutions to fragmentation anxiety |
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| dc.format.extent |
232 p. |
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| dc.language.iso |
en_US |
en |
| dc.publisher |
Fortress Press |
en |
| dc.subject.lcsh |
Occultism -- History |
en |
| dc.subject.lcsh |
Occultism -- Religious aspects |
en |
| dc.subject.lcsh |
Occultism -- Psychological aspects |
en |
| dc.subject.lcsh |
Self psychology |
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| dc.title |
Understanding the occult : fragmentation and repair of the self |
en |
| dc.type |
Book |
en |
| dc.description.college |
College of Arts & Science |
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| dc.description.department |
Department of Religious Studies |
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