Ignatius of Loyola: the psychology of a saint / W.W. Meissner
1992, 1st Edition. New Haven: Yale University Press. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #337928
ISBN: 0300060793
Physical description: xxix, 480 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Contents: Psychohistory, psychobiography and psychoanalysis -- [Pt.] 1. Inigo De Loyola. Origins; Satin and sword; Pamplona; Conflict and conversion -- [Pt.] 2. The pilgrim years. Manresa; The spiritual exercises; The pilgrim -- [Pt.] 3. The student years. Barcelona, Alcala, and Salamanca; Paris; Azpeitia -- [Pt.] 4. The general. The band of brothers; The general; The constitutions; Women; Death -- [Pt.] 5. Mystical and spiritual life. The mystic; The ascetic; Mysticism psychopathology; Mysticism: psychoanalytic view; Divine and/or psychic causality? -- [Pt.] 6. A psychoanalytic portrait. Development and conversion; The personality of Ignatius; The spiritual ascent -- Appendix A: letter from Ignatius to Archbishop Gian Pietro Carafa (1536) -- Appendix B: writings of Ignatius concerning holy obedience -- Appendix C: letter from Ignatius to Sister Teresa Rejadella (18 June 1536) -- Appendix D: on sources and versions of the Spiritual Exercises. Subjects: Ignatius of Loyola, Saint 1491-1556 Psychology. Ignatius of Loyola, Saint 1491-1556. Psychoanalysis and religion. Religion and Psychology. Christianity Saints. Genre: Illustrated.
Price: €18.00