Sonus Anton or Pavenoor Brace Rose. Riser London Mes. Tsing, has, evidently read purpose upon het reading" Bat fRore rambling and ieitting book, lacking. plan and often mast care: lessly wren, this reviewer "has one can dls-Jeover her precise intention, it is to Gemonstrate. that religion (with preference for Christianity)" isa Blologleal necessity, and that recent Daychological investigations prove this beyond alt peradventure: though my peychclogeal and Physiological condition contin religionist" could "understand that Payehology Is Christianity.
This statement, however, that psychology is Christianity requires [considerable qualifteation:
"Paychology cannot be Christianity any more than it can be Mohammecannot be universally at these or a other religions can teach. 'The pry-bolagist naturally' has to eater including the that. of the Diyeholony: to. ex one re acento and a earn {sto Insularize. psychology.
The reader will be wondering which psychological school or prophet Mrs. Rosling is endowing with Jsuch universal catering capacity; for the divergences amongst our psych agists on of altogether unimportant matters, such as "free }wit!" and the relative importance to be ascribed to our instincts, if any, are notorious. Courageously facing this problem, Mrs. Rosling devotes three chapters to an attempted reconciliation of Freud and Jung, who <.., should both feel great happiness and? watistaction since. they have 0 adequately fuiftiod their" "urge 40. Justiteation "of consciousness" by fulgning "their evolutionary powers According to. capacity.
JOne can almost hear them replying "Thank you kindly, madam, for those Frankly, it is not possible to take this book' with any "real degree of seriousness. Even when it is not arguing for any thesis but is con Gning itself to elementary psycho: logical material, Mrs, Rosling' writes with a naivety' that' is amusing. Tt is, impossible to conceive any' paychotherapist, remotely deserving the ame, "behaving tu the "way", the author suggests many do" behave because they have failed to grasp the synthesis for which she laboriously An analyst ho upon hearing such Sant children, the. sight seme ae "Oh none dasnt skibein Or Gh ey the dees Hot yant'a baby: it she' hears one er 1 simply "drives "her crazy: can Understand ind. inerpref thet such People fare suffering' from longing fave lan f their ens and ae Perhaps bitterly. disappointed. at not faving" them. ae" cam_ realise that they're saying tu effect! for: goods fete' sake' take' all semninders: Ehllnesenest away" from me and de pot torture me with a situation which F'eannot endure. Yet such a one te table to" Undersland "or "interpret arrectly' when women come for help Siying of taels forter-childveny a eilldyen, or other charges, such things "One of these days, she. wil fall {nto "the pend." Or! "it wouldn't surprise me if whom he was behaving Ike that, he didnt get" hima run over 'To such reineres the analy twho has only hoff accepted the newer Understanding through the 'Freudian Eoneept, will witha?avr lis sympathy, Sitferwor"recali" a "it has' been Geseribed., tu doing so he eases to e's peychologit, ceases to be acting {for the patient: he ceases even to Be 8 dlagnestcian: "he has become elective who hae detected would:
murder ese contemplating ' crime becomes aman of" scion something must be done about it, The. family" must be warned! warman Is not ft Truly, this picture reveals a more deplorable state "of affairs in the consulting rooms of psycho-analysts than one had ever suspected. It 1s f]u great relict to know that this volume is now available to. teach them the AB C of their job!
One would not wish, however, to imply that "Some Aspects of Paychology" is a worthless book. It has many moments of lucidity and sound judgment. The chapter on Freud would help to a better appreciation of his service to psychology and to humanity than many, who have only read him at second-hand, are prepared to allow. Moreover, Mrs. Rosling's plea for a. psychological approach to the religious consclousness is unquestionably wise—albelt, searcely novel. But it is all higgleely-piggleely, with the basle fallacy Uwroughout of confusing a apartment of "human knowledge, namely, psychology, with the reac tons of the whole man to his environment which we call Religion, that it cannot be recommended 'a8 a worth-while investment either of time or money—m.c%,
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