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Abreaction A psychoanalytic term which refers to a discharge of emotion attached to a repressed experience.
In contemporary psychoanalysis the analysand tries to not only feel but also intellectually understand the emotion, that is, the why and how of its repression.
According to the theory, emotional experience and intellectual [...]
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The Abyss
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Abyss (Greek, abyssos, Latin abyssus). Myths about an abyss or bottomless pit are found in most cultures.
In Judaism the abyss lies deep within the earth, a place where evil spirits of the dead are banished (Job 32:22, Psalm 6:5, 143:7).
In ancient Greece the majority of the dead retire to a gloomy [...]
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Adler, Alfred (1870-1937) An important Austrian psychiatrist who graduated from medicine in 1895 and was attracted to Sigmund Freud’s work when he read the latter’s Interpretation of Dreams.
Shortly afterward, Adler was asked to join Freud’s inner circle within the emerging school of psychoanalysis.
His Studie über Minderwertigkeit von Organen (Study of Organ Inferiority and its Psychical Compensation, [...]
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Advertising Although the primary objective of commercial advertising is to sell goods and services, this is accomplished in a complex manner.
Social theorists directly or indirectly influenced by Karl Marx usually say that advertising creates a false or illusory relationship between the consumer and the producer.
Freudian-based sociological analyses suggest that when buying, the consumer enters into [...]
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Posted in A, tagged Akhenaton, ancient, Aton, egypt, freud, God, gods, moses, nefertiti, pantheism, realism, solar, sun, theism on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
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Akhenaton The first ruler in recorded history to advocate a type of monotheism.
Originally Amenhotep IV, this 18th dynasty Egyptian King changed his title to Akhenaton (”he who is beneficial to Aton” 
and reigned from 1350-1334 BCE.
He replaced the many Egyptian deities, particularly Amun, with the sun god Aton.
While this was a [...]
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Alien Trio 2
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Alien Possession Theory (APT)
A corrupt tree cannot bear good fruit (Luke 6:43)
APT considers the possibility, commonly found within science fiction, that hostile extraterrestrials (ETs) from another world or realm may have a negative effect on psychologically vulnerable human individuals through the use of psi.
This alien invasion motif does not [...]
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Posted in A, tagged Aliens, anthropology, archaeology, atlantis, Carbon Dating, education, ETs, Foucault, freud, history, michel foucault, postmodern, postmodernism, poststructuralism on March 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Archaeology [Greek: archaiologia = ancient history] A relatively new science concerned with the excavation and analysis of artifacts, texts, structures and organic material (such as skeletons) from past civilizations.
The birth of archaeology is often associated with J. J. Winckelmann’s Geschichte der Kunst des Altertums (History of Ancient Art), published in 1764.
Carbon dating is often upheld [...]
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Posted in A, tagged Aton, egypt, freud, God, gods, monotheism, myth, pagan, religion on March 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Aton An important but short-lived Egyptian sun god, established under the reign of king Amenhotep IV (1350-1334 B.C).
Amenhotep re-named himself Akhenaton and introduced a monotheistic form of religion based on the sun’s rising and setting.
Aton, originally the term for the sun’s disc, came to be the name for the new sun-god.
Archaeological evidence suggests that most [...]
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Posted in C, tagged Catharsis, freud, psychology on January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Catharsis A psychoanalytic term normally referring to abreaction.
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Posted in C, tagged Cathexis, energy, freud, life, psychology on January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Cathexis Charles Rycroft says this is a term invented by Freud’s English translators to indicate an “investment” of a quantity of energy that attaches to an internal object, representation or mental structure.
Once inside the head, so to speak, the energy can transfer from one mental structure to another, much like troops moving around a battlefield.
According to [...]
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