Religion Psychology

This pamphlet is a typical example of Joseph McCabe’s grasp of history, and of his hostility to organized religion. McCabe explains here how, with the spread of education, attachment to organized religion will inevitably decline. He also examines the trends in psychology and the influence of their application to the study of religion.

Here is a concise, comprehensive overview of Wilber's revolutionary thought and its application in today's world. In A Theory of Everything, Wilber uses clear, nontechnical language to present complex, cutting-edge theories that integrate the realms of body, mind, soul, and spirit. He then demonstrates how these theories and models can be applied to real-world problems in areas such as politics, medicine, business, education, and the environment.

Do we need a religious belief that is a labyrinth of lies, deceit, cheat, distortion, fabrications, fairy tales, legends, fantasies, and absurd teachings? Do we need a religion that has killed one billion people through crimes and genocides, robbery and wars, slavery and human exploitation? Do we need a religion with ‘knowledge’ that is thoroughly not comprehensible and not provable, not traceable and not reproducible? A religious and spiritual belief that is not based on and not linked with the mental (psychical-spiritual) functions and with the indispensable conditions of mastering ...

Psychology as Religion: The Cult of Self-Worship, has been hailed by many as a “modern classic” among both secular and Christian thinkers alike. This work is a trenchant analysis of modern psychology—an enterprise that Paul Vitz maintains has become a religion, a secular cult of self, now part of the problem of modern life rather than part of its resolution.

Quantum Psychology offers a coherent and humorous description of how our thoughts, values and behaviors have been colored by our use of language and our prevailing view of the universe. While Quantum Mechanics, relativity, non-Euclidean geometries, non-Aristotelian logic and General Semantics have revolutionized our view of the world, the habits of daily human thought still sit deeply rooted in the thought patterns and linguistic conventions of the middle ages.

Dr. Morgan reviews the classic texts on religion. These titles are: James, William (1902) The Varieties of Religious Experience; Leuba, James H. (1915) Psychological Origin and Nature of Religion; Freud, Sigmund (1927) The Future of an Illusion; Jung, Carl (1938) Psychology and Religion; Roberts, David E. (1950) Psychotherapy and A Christian View of Man; Allport, Gordon (1950) The Individual and His Religion; Fromm, Eric (1950) Psychoanalysis and Religion Rank, Otto (1950) Psychology and the Soul; Bakan, David (1958) Sigmund Freud and the Jewish Mystical Tradition; Maslow, Abraham (1964) ...

Everything we once believed stood alone as truth turns out to be part of a larger, interwoven design — one that has been hiding in plain sight across every discipline we’ve ever trusted. What if the patterns that shape your life have been hiding in plain sight for thousands of years? God Favors the Fool reveals the remarkable consistency between the Tarot’s archetypes and the recurring structures found across psychology, mythology, spirituality, human physiology, and even cosmology. Rather than treating the Tarot as prediction or mysticism, Elena Olympia Collins shows it as one ...

Examines the Oldawan, the Ancient Soul of Africa, and its correlation with what modern psychologists have defined as the collective unconscious Draws on archaeology, DNA research, history, and depth psychology to reveal how the biological and spiritual roots of religion and science came...

Human sacrifice still goes on uncomfortably close to home - cases have been found in the U.S., Europe, and the United Kingdom. In other parts of the world, such as South America, ritual killing is almost commonplace. Human Sacrifice investigates the terrifying current spate of human sacrifices and ritual killings. Jimmy Lee Shreeve draws on police reports and interviews with the victims' families to paint a horrifying picture of ritual sacrifice at home and abroad.

In this timeless classic, Florence Scovel Shinn explains how your beliefs, expectations, and words quietly influence the opportunities and outcomes in your life. At its core, this book reveals a simple truth: what you consistently expect, speak, and believe tends to shape what you experience. While many people notice these patterns, few fully understand why they happen or how to work with them intentionally.

The Rational Male® - Religion is an exploration of human intersexual dynamics and their influence on spiritual belief, religion, and social values. In this fourth book of the Rational Male series author, Rollo Tomassi, connects the dots between human beings' evolved mating imperatives and the spiritual beliefs spawned by them that still influence society in the data age. It is a Red Pill look under the hood at the roots of men and women's "need to believe" in love, God and the metaphysical to solve our mating imperatives.

Meditation offers, in addition to its many other benefits, a method for achieving previously inconceivable levels of concentration. Author B. Alan Wallace has nearly 30 years' practice in attention-enhancing meditation, including a retreat he performed under the guidance of the Dalai Lama. An active participant in the much-publicized dialogues between Buddhists and scientists, Alan is uniquely qualified to speak intelligently to both camps, and The Attention Revolution is the definitive presentation of his knowledge.

"Lauritzen has some good ideas..." — Daniel Dennett, Philosopher & Author "Anyone interested in science and religion should read this book." — Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, Ph.D., Award-Winning Psychologist "Bill Lauritzen is some kind of genius." — Sir Arthur C. Clarke "An interesting and thought-provoking book." — Dr. Mamikon Mnatsakanian, Ph.D, Astrophysicist, Caltech How did mythology and religion first begin? Where did the ideas of “God,” “spirit,” and “soul” come from? In this groundbreaking work, the author takes us back to our prehistoric roots, showing how early humans ...

What if all the things you wanted in life could actually be yours? It sounds too good to be true, but you can get what you want in life. One of the biggest roadblocks stopping us from reaching our fullest potential lies in how we get swayed by other people. In this audiobook, I will show you how you can put yourself first and live the life you have dreamed of. How? Dark psychology has the answers.

Paul Tillich (1886-1965) is generally considered the most original and insightful theologian of the 20th century. After serving on the front lines of World War I, and then being the first non-Jewish intellectual removed from his professorship by Hitler, he emerged as a leading proponent of existentialism. Using its insights to better understand human doubts and anxiety, as well as to challenge life's destructive forces, he very early on identified the dangers of scientific materialism, religious fundamentalism, and industrialization and its commodification of nature. Exposing the sense of ...

For modern science, the transitional states of consciousness lie at the forefront of research in many fields. For a Buddhist practitioner, these same states present crucial opportunities to explore and transform consciousness itself. This book is the account of a historic dialogue between leading Western scientists and the Dalai Lama of Tibet. Revolving around three key moments of consciousness - sleep, dreams, and death - the conversations recorded here are both engrossing and highly listenable.

Por medio de una técnica psicológica, Émile Coué identificó la manera en que un individuo puede guiar sus propios pensamientos, sentimientos o comportamientos hasta llegar no solo a curar sus males, sino a transformar radicalmente su vida por medio de la autosugestión consciente. Acompaña sus recomendaciones con una serie de testimonios de sus pacientes que avalan la efectividad de su método y que ahora pone a su disposición para alcanzar la paz y la salud que tantas personas persiguen hoy en día.

Originally published in German as Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido, this is the book that set Carl Jung on his independent path as a psychoanalytic theorist and explorer of the mysterious world of the unconscious mind of the individual and the mythological mind of humanity. He bases his work on an exploration of Miss Frank Miller's Quelques Faits d'Imagination Creatrice, demonstrating complex connections between Miller's self-portrait of her own dreams and fantasies and the world of myth, symbol, and religion.

Wrestling with Jordan Peterson’s God: A Systematic Guide to Dr. Jordan Peterson’s Religious Thoughts What happens when evolutionary biology meets Jungian archetypes and timeless religious questions? Wrestling with Jordan Peterson’s God dives deep into the complex and thought-provoking religious philosophy of Dr. Jordan B. Peterson. In this systematic guide, author Greg Krehbiel explores the profound connections Peterson draws between psychology, mythology, and the divine. With clarity and insight, Krehbiel organizes and re-presents Peterson’s arguments, creating a coherent roadmap ...

You are not a victim of your biology! The vast majority of the illnesses that plague us today are a direct result of our thought life. What we think about truly affects us both physically and emotionally. Today our culture is undergoing an epidemic of toxic thoughts that, left unchecked, create ideal conditions for illnesses. Supported by current scientific and medical research, Dr. Caroline Leaf gives you a prescription for better health and wholeness through correct thinking patterns.