Content and References.

 

Table of Contents

Preface . xiii

Biographical Introduction

I.          Scope of this Study 1

II.         Diagnosing Evil 2

III.       A Life Sketch 4

IV.       Three Pivotal Experiences 11

One: Genetics of Marriage Choice

I.          Concept of Genotropism 17

II.         Types of Marriage Choice 22

III.       Serial Monogamy, Rape, and Incest 23

IV.       Incest and Genotropism 25

V.        Incest and Participation Cosmology 27

VI.       Evaluation of Genotropism 31

VII.      Genotropism and Genesmanship 38

Two: Structures of the Animal Brain

I.          Genes and Drives 41

II.         The Contact Drive 43

III.       The Sexual Drive 46

IV.       The Paroxysmal Pattern 47

V.        The Ego 49

VI.       Concepts of Pathology 51

VII.      Concepts of Sublimation 53

Three: Genotropism and Family Relationships

I.          Vocational Selection 57

II.         Paroxysmal Vocational Selection 58

Four: Participatory Ego Psychology

Five: Struggle Against the Ancestor

Six: Origin of Good and Evil

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I.          Cain and Abel

II.         Cain Politics

III.       Cain Pathologies           .

IV.       Cain and Oedipus

V.        Paroxysmal       Symbolism

Seven: Formation of Conscience

I. Method of Interpretation

II. The Story of Moses

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Contact Vocational Selection

Sexual Vocational Selection

Friendship Selection

Illness Selection

Death Selection

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Fate and Freedom

II.

The Familial Unconscious

III.

Concept of the Ego

IV.

Phases of Ego Development

V.

The Pontifical Ego

VI.

Sources of the Ego Psychology

VII.

Forms of Pathological Participation

VIII.

Participation Theory of Dreams

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Participation Theory of Faith

I.

Ground of the Psyche

II.

Therapeutic Principles

III.

Psychoshock Therapy

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III.       The Destiny of Moses

IV.       The Cain-Moses Polarity

V.        Origin of Conscience

VI.       Welcoming the Stranger

Conclusion: Destiny and the Sacred

I. In Search of Szondi

II. Restitution of the Primal Crime

III. Participatoly Metaphysics

IV. The American Family Perspective

V. Ancestral Premonitions

Bibliography

Index

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