Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-203) and index.

Annotation,Unlike most books on psychoanalysis and religion, where psychoanalysis is regarded as a superior mode of understanding, this work explains how psychoanalysis could be enhanced if it opened up to transcendence, a move that would make the theory and therapy more relevant to and in sync with the spiritual zeitgeist in America and elsewhere.

Annotation,A supervising and training analyst for the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, Marcus examines spiritual aspects of the traditional southern and eastern Asian, Greco-Roman, and western wisdom religions looking for how they can help enhance psychoanalysis. He argues that the spiritual quest is a fundamental human activity, that psychoanalysis has become alienated from spiritual and ethical insights, and that the field must engage with others to avoid irrelevance and isolation. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

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