{"product_id":"the-magic-of-prayer-an-introduction-to-the-psychology-of-faith-hardcover-1","title":"The Magic of Prayer: An Introduction to the Psychology of Faith - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. Faber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive, psychological, and naturalistic analysis of prayer offers an alternative to William James's model of prayer, represented in his work \u003ci\u003eThe Varieties of Religious Experience\u003c\/i\u003e, which links supplication to the divine or supernatural realm. Through his examination of prayer, and its connection to faith, Faber also analyzes religious faith psychologically and anthropologically, concluding that subjective prayer is finally an instance of homeopathic magical conduct. It ritualistically conjures up, according to the author, a version of the first, primal, biological situation, in which the dependent little one cries out to a parental big one for physical and emotional nourishment. Eventually, religion...and its expression of faith through prayer, provides us with a magical protective presence that is natural in its return to the primal, rather than supernatural, as James argues, in its presence and existence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe very instructional details of individual prayer, Faber argues, are unconsciously designed to recreate the magical alliance through which our existence on the planet commences and goes forward. Over and over again, dozens of times each day, thousands of times each year, the little one asks and the big one sees to it that the little one receives. Such asking and receiving is the central feature of a child's existence. As we internalize this reality and seek to re-create it in our adult lives, religious conviction and faith--as it comes through prayer--helps us to achieve a sense of security and a psychic return to the parental alliance. Faber's compelling arguments will challenge readers to consider prayer and faith as a magical circle of religious belief and to examine afresh the underlying nature of supplication.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eM. D. FABER is Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, and a psychoanalytic commentator on religion, philosophy, literature, and art. He has recently published a trilogy on modern religion including the titles \u003ci\u003eModern Witchcraft and Psychoanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), \u003ci\u003eNew Age Thinking: A Psychoanalytic Critique\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), and \u003ci\u003eSynchronicity: C. G. Jung, Psychoanalysis, and Religion\u003c\/i\u003e (Praeger, 1998).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.54 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45865967091909,"sku":"9780275973858","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/phVo47lfh69780275973858_0ad8ce3b-0c44-4a4a-8496-92baafbd7adc.webp?v=1771605726","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-magic-of-prayer-an-introduction-to-the-psychology-of-faith-hardcover-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}