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Is analytical psychology a religion? Jung's search for a substitute for lost faith
Author(s) -
Storr Anthony
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of analytical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1468-5922
pISSN - 0021-8774
DOI - 10.1111/1465-5922.00118
Subject(s) - faith , worship , psychology of religion , nothing , psychology , analytical psychology , neuroticism , psychoanalysis , philosophy , religious studies , social psychology , epistemology , psychotherapist , theology , personality
Analytical psychology does not aim at curing neurotic symptoms, but at bringing about a change in the patient's attitude to him or her self, and therefore to life in general. This new attitude can be described as ‘religious’, but it has nothing to do with creeds or conventional forms of worship. Analytical psychology is not a religion, but can be described as a prolegomenon to religion or religion in statu nascendi .