On the Role of the Positive Superego in Religious Uses of Alternate States

Mystics, religionists, and psychologists have posited a causal link between experi- ences of ecstatic unity and transformations in moral sensibility. This study demon- strates that various functions attributed by psychoanalysis to the positive superego play a prominent role in alternate states of co...

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Main Author: Haartman, Keith (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 1998
In: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1998, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 205-220
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