The soul, magic and melancholia: a critique of the therapeutic

By establishing that, to begin with, soul was a cosmic matter and therapy took the form of a theurgic-magical-theological approach, I establish the genealogical and conceptual landscape wherein I claim that modern therapy (delivered through psychoanalytical models) cannot work, as it essentially red...

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Main Author: McCormack, Laura
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59334/
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description By establishing that, to begin with, soul was a cosmic matter and therapy took the form of a theurgic-magical-theological approach, I establish the genealogical and conceptual landscape wherein I claim that modern therapy (delivered through psychoanalytical models) cannot work, as it essentially reduces the ontologically rich, cosmic category of soul to mind and ‘self’ and ignores the soul’s necessity to harmonise with the body, the cosmos and the transcendent. A summative vision of soul, substantiated by mood, forms part of what I appeal to in venturing that the allowance of a theurgic-magical dimension provides a preferable picture to the models provided by contemporary psycho-therapeutic disciplines. This vision restores lost aesthetic and ethical dimensions and fully contextualises the human being in a resonant realm of participation, taken seriously in its capacity to impact on psychic health.
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spelling nottingham-593342025-02-28T14:41:24Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59334/ The soul, magic and melancholia: a critique of the therapeutic McCormack, Laura By establishing that, to begin with, soul was a cosmic matter and therapy took the form of a theurgic-magical-theological approach, I establish the genealogical and conceptual landscape wherein I claim that modern therapy (delivered through psychoanalytical models) cannot work, as it essentially reduces the ontologically rich, cosmic category of soul to mind and ‘self’ and ignores the soul’s necessity to harmonise with the body, the cosmos and the transcendent. A summative vision of soul, substantiated by mood, forms part of what I appeal to in venturing that the allowance of a theurgic-magical dimension provides a preferable picture to the models provided by contemporary psycho-therapeutic disciplines. This vision restores lost aesthetic and ethical dimensions and fully contextualises the human being in a resonant realm of participation, taken seriously in its capacity to impact on psychic health. 2019-12-10 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59334/1/Laura%20McCormack%20Doctoral%20Thesis%20Oct%202019.pdf McCormack, Laura (2019) The soul, magic and melancholia: a critique of the therapeutic. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Philosophy. Metaphysics. Theology. Esoterica.
spellingShingle Philosophy. Metaphysics. Theology. Esoterica.
McCormack, Laura
The soul, magic and melancholia: a critique of the therapeutic
title The soul, magic and melancholia: a critique of the therapeutic
title_full The soul, magic and melancholia: a critique of the therapeutic
title_fullStr The soul, magic and melancholia: a critique of the therapeutic
title_full_unstemmed The soul, magic and melancholia: a critique of the therapeutic
title_short The soul, magic and melancholia: a critique of the therapeutic
title_sort soul, magic and melancholia: a critique of the therapeutic
topic Philosophy. Metaphysics. Theology. Esoterica.
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59334/