Spirit, Mind, and Brain: A Psychoanalytic Examination of Spirituality and Religion

by Mortimer Ostow

Book Overview

Preeminent psychoanalyst Mortimer Ostow believes that early childhood emotional attachments form the cognitive underpinnings of spiritual experience and religious motivation. His hypothesis, which is verifiable, relies on psychological and neurobiological evidence but is respectful of the human need for spiritual value.

Ostow begins by classifying the three parts of the spiritual experience: awe, Spirituality proper, and mysticism. After...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231139004
• ISBN13: 9780231139007
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher