{"id":114085,"date":"2025-09-12T12:38:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/?post_type=books&#038;p=114085"},"modified":"2025-09-12T12:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:38:18","slug":"esoteric-traces-in-the-formation-of-psychoanalysis-before-and-after-science","status":"publish","type":"books","link":"https:\/\/jungian.directory\/fcxfougk\/books\/esoteric-traces-in-the-formation-of-psychoanalysis-before-and-after-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Esoteric Traces in the Formation of Psychoanalysis: Before and After Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"acc-description\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n<div id=\"flush-collapseTwo\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse show\" aria-labelledby=\"flush-headingTwo\">\n<div class=\"accordion-body description\">\n<p>In this fascinating new book, John Boyle provides an in-depth account of the neglected contributions made by Western esotericism in the formation of an occluded \u2018psychoanalytic parapsychology\u2019 active within psychoanalysis since its inception, the distinguishing features of which he argues have continued to persist within psychoanalysis to this day.<\/p>\n<p>The book provides a conceptual framework for understanding how the debates between Sigmund Freud, S\u00e1ndor Ferenczi and Carl Gustav Jung on the role of the \u2018occult\u2019 in psychoanalysis contributed to the formation of an \u2018Orphic fragmentation\u2019 within psychoanalysis. It argues that the ensuing consequences of these discussions were covertly transmitted to later generations of psychoanalysts in the form of an \u2018Orphic trajectory\u2019 encrypted within the main body of psychoanalytic theory and practice.<\/p>\n<p>This book offers new and original insights into the role played by heterodox forms of spirituality in the development of psychoanalysis. It will interest scholars of psychoanalysis and religion as well as those with a general interest in the role of the spiritual in contemporary psychoanalysis and psychology.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"acc-content\" class=\"accordion-item\">\n<h2 id=\"flush-headingThree\" class=\"accordion-header\">Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<div id=\"flush-collapseThree\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse show\" aria-labelledby=\"flush-headingThree\">\n<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<p>1. Methodological Considerations\u00a0\u00a02.\u00a0Dark Precursors to an Esoteric Psychoanalysis\u00a0\u00a03. Before and After Science\u00a0\u00a04. From Metapsychology to Magnetic Gnosis\u00a0\u00a05. From Mystical\u00a0<i>Gnosis\u00a0<\/i>to Esoteric\u00a0<i>Techn\u0113\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>6. Conclusion\u2014Who Is the Dreamer Who Dreams the Dream?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this fascinating new book, John Boyle provides an in-depth account of the neglected contributions made by Western esotericism in the formation of an occluded \u2018psychoanalytic parapsychology\u2019 active within psychoanalysis since its inception, the distinguishing features of which he argues have continued to persist within psychoanalysis to this day. 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