Understanding the occult : fragmentation and repair of the self

dc.contributor.author	Gay, Volney Patrick
dc.date.accessioned	2008-11-21T15:30:16Z
dc.date.available	2008-11-21T15:30:16Z
dc.date.issued	1989
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1803/1719
dc.description	Includes bibliographical references and index
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.
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
dc.format.extent	232 p.
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
dc.title	Understanding the occult : fragmentation and repair of the self	en
dc.type	Book	en
dc.description.college	College of Arts & Science
dc.description.department	Department of Religious Studies