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the Sherpa temple as a model of the psyche 1
Author(s) -
PAUL ROBERT A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1976.3.1.02a00080
Subject(s) - psyche , temple , interpretation (philosophy) , psychoanalytic theory , buddhism , objectification , philosophy , psychic , psychoanalysis , art , literature , epistemology , psychology , history , theology , ancient history , linguistics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
This essay is an interpretation of the structure and symbolism of a Sherpa Buddhist temple in northeastern Nepal. The temple represents an objectification of a model of the mind which underlies Sherpa religious thinking and also has interesting implications for the psychoanalytic theory of the structure of the psyche.