TY - BOOK AU - Carroll,Michael P. TI - The Cult of the Virgin Mary: Psychological Origins SN - 9780691222974 AV - BT645 .C34 1986 U1 - 232.91 19 PY - 2021///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - RELIGION / History KW - bisacsh KW - Agdistus KW - Albigensians KW - Anglicanism KW - Annunciation KW - Anubis KW - Aquero KW - Arnobius KW - Asheroth KW - Beauraing KW - Catherine of Raconigi KW - Children of Mary KW - Collyridians KW - Communism KW - Cova da Iria KW - Decius Mundus KW - Demeter KW - Diana KW - Edict of Nantes KW - Epiphanius KW - Eusebius KW - Gaia KW - Hannibal KW - Holy Family KW - Hussites KW - Jesus Christ KW - Josephus KW - Jupiter KW - Latapie, Elise KW - Lollards KW - Lutherans KW - Magnificat KW - Marian Congresses KW - Marian Year KW - Muslims KW - Napoleon KW - Orthodox Churches KW - Ovid KW - Panarion KW - The Golden Bough KW - alimentary institution KW - castration anxiety KW - castration KW - celibacy KW - dies sanquinis KW - dreamwork KW - ecumenism KW - fertility goddesses KW - folklore KW - hypostatic union KW - identification KW - imitation KW - matriarchies KW - matrilocal residence KW - mysterious lights KW - octave, defined KW - paleolithic religion N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables --; Preface --; Part I. Origins Of The Mary Cult --; Part II. Marian Apparitions --; Appendix. The Sample of Fifty Apparitions Used in Chapter Six --; References --; Index; restricted access N2 - Tracing devotion to Mary to psychological and historical processes that began in the fifth century, Michael Carroll answers intriguing questions: What explains the many reports of Marian apparitions over the centuries? Why is Mary both "Virgin" and "Mother" simultaneously? Why has the Marian cult always been stronger in certain geographical areas than in others? The first half of the book presents a psychoanalytic explanation for the most salient facts about the Marian cult and the second addresses the question of Marian apparitions UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691222974?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691222974 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691222974/original ER -