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Dr. Morain's remarkable psychological study of Joseph Smith, Jr. will be of interest to a wide spectrum of readers—as a social history, religious biography, an account of the dissociative elements in poetic and spiritual genius, or simply a gripping portrait of an ill-fated and tragic man.



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This is a keen and penetrating psychoanalytic study of a religious leader that sheds light not only on its subject but also on the nature of the emotional conflicts that necessitate the need for narcissistic gratification and for power over self and others. . . . Morain has written a masterful and superb psychological study of his subject and is to be congratulated for his efforts and almost complete impartiality.

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Foreword by John C. Nemiah, M.D. Preface. The prophet. Bloodshed. Strategic defenses. The pleasure of treasure. Trance-lation. His brother's keeper. The arrows of eros. Inalienable rites. Epilogue. Index.

The Sword of Laban Joseph Smith Jr. and the Dissociated Mind

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 4/30/1998 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780880488648, 978-0880488648
      ISBN10: 0880488646

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Dr. Morain's remarkable psychological study of Joseph Smith, Jr. will be of interest to a wide spectrum of readers—as a social history, religious biography, an account of the dissociative elements in poetic and spiritual genius, or simply a gripping portrait of an ill-fated and tragic man.



      Trade Review

      This is a keen and penetrating psychoanalytic study of a religious leader that sheds light not only on its subject but also on the nature of the emotional conflicts that necessitate the need for narcissistic gratification and for power over self and others. . . . Morain has written a masterful and superb psychological study of his subject and is to be congratulated for his efforts and almost complete impartiality.

      * Psychoanalytic Books: A Quarterly Journal of Reviews *

      Table of Contents

      Foreword by John C. Nemiah, M.D. Preface. The prophet. Bloodshed. Strategic defenses. The pleasure of treasure. Trance-lation. His brother's keeper. The arrows of eros. Inalienable rites. Epilogue. Index.

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