History of psychology
August 1, 2018
Erika Dyck, Patrick Farrell
21 citations
In the 1950s, as psychiatry turned toward psychopharmacology, Canadian researchers in an isolated prairie mental hospital pioneered a unique blend of psychotherapy and psychedelic substances like mescaline and LSD. The correspondence between psychiatrist Humphry Osmond and writer Aldous Huxley reveals how they developed their psychedelic approach to therapy, combining interests in psychoactive substances, perception, and empathy. Working far from major research centers, Osmond sought collaborators outside psychiatry, fostering an innovative regional approach that blended traditions.
History of psychology
February 1, 2011
Liliana Albertazzi
12 citations
Renata Calabresi conducted laboratory research in the 1920s and 1930s on the nature, extensity, and quality of the psychic present, drawing on the Central European tradition of descriptive psychology. Her work, largely unrecognized due to the decline of that paradigm and historical events, demonstrated that perceptual events in subjective time are at least partially independent from those in objective time. Subjective and objective time do not flow in unison, and the continuum of perceptive sequences has different modalities of existence from physical sequences.
History of psychology
February 1, 2020
Walter Melo, Pedro Henrique Costa de Resende
6 citations
William James influenced Carl Jung's theoretical development, particularly through James's book 'The Varieties of Religious Experience'. Jung's emphasis on fundamental subjective experience in his own work 'Psychology and Religion' drew on James's ideas. The article examines how James's dynamic psychology shaped Jung's later writings, including 'On the Nature of the Psyche'. Jung's acquaintance with James led him to move away from psychoanalysis and shaped his views on religious experience and the concept of the unconscious.
History of psychology
August 1, 2024
John R Snarey, Joel Mclendon
1 citation
William James's 1901 and 1902 Gifford Lectures, later published as The Varieties of Religious Experience, are examined as separate performances. Comparing newspaper reports from The Scotsman with James's own correspondence shows that both sources strongly agree: the 1901 lectures were better received than those in 1902. The accounts also reveal a complex interplay between James and his audience, shaped by competing expectations and worldviews. Viewing the lectures as performance events within their personal and historical contexts deepens understanding of James, each lecture, and the resulting book.