Blind Man Sees

<p>The papers in this book have been written over a period of fifteen years and focus in the similarity between psychoanalysis and religion. The author argues that psychoanalysis can be seen as a scientific religion with Freud as the leader of the movement. He examines the various stages of the journey made by a religious leader from blindness to founding an institution and finds counterparts in the development of psychoanalysis while drawing examples from Buddhism Christianity and Islam. He invites the reader on a journey with him - to examine the human mind our society the process of psychoanalysis science and philosophy. He successfully uses examples from the consulting room to illuminate his arguments. The author's honest accounts of the search for answers relevant to all of us encourage the reader to think further and deeper than he or she had intended. 'The psychoanalyst examines scientifically the emotional pattern in himself and the other. </p>