Madness as religious experience: The case of Allen Ginsberg

Various writers have considered madness to be a religious experience. On the basis of the literature in the area and conversations with psychiatric patients, it is argued that madness as a religious experience can be viewed as a four-stage developmental process. The four stages are: 1) The hurt-and-...

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Main Author: Wasserman, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [1982]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 1982, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 145-151
Further subjects:B Religious Experience
B Developmental Process
B Psychiatric Patient
B Psychotic Episode
B World View
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)

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