"How close is spirituality to psychosis? Covering the interrelation of psychosis and spirituality from a number of angles, Insanity and Divinity will generate dialogue and discussion, aid critical reflection and stimulate creative approaches to clinical work for those interested in the connections between religious studies, psychoanalysis, anthropology and hagiography. Bringing together an international range of contributors and covering many different types of religious experience, this book presents its theme in three parts: Psychoanalysis, belief and mysticism Anthropology, history and hagiography Psychology, psychosis and religious experience. Each section includes discussion of the hinterland between madness and religious experience from the perspective of a number of religions, autobiographical accounts of those who have experienced a psychosis in which spirituality played a key part and a comprehensive review of the position of psychology research into the meaning and function of spirituality in relation to the psychoses. Insightful, enlightening and wide-ranging, Insanity and Divinity is ideal for clinicians, academics and chaplains working in clinical settings"-- Provided by publisher.

Part 1. Psychoanalysis, belief and mysticism --Introduction to Part 1 : fragments of madness and delusion / -- ch. 1. From beyond speech to non-inscription : spirit and psyche in the philosophy of psychoanalysis / -- ch. 2. Freud, madness and the delusion of religious belief / -- ch. 3. Jung's divine madness / -- Part 2. Anthropology, history and hagiography -- Introduction to Part 2. conversion and the fragmented body / -- ch. 4. Divine madness : tantric ascetics on the cremation ground in Tarapith, Birbhum District, West Bengal / -- ch. 5. Models of wisdom and sanctity : the conversion of St Francis of Assisi / -- ch. 6. Spiritual conversion in The Bhagavad Gita : a psychoanalytic study / -- ch. 7. Did Augustine foreshadow psychoanalysis? / -- ch. 8. Mystical theology, mysticism and madness / -- Part 3. Psychology, psychosis and religious experience -- Introduction to Part 3. religion, spirituality and the experience of psychosis / -- ch. 9. Spirituality and the psychotic subject in the thought of Lacan / -- ch. 10. Autobiographical accounts of a religious psychosis / -- ch. 11. Dimensions of religious/spiritual wellbeing and the psychotic experience : empirical results and perspectives / Human-Friedrich Unterrainer. •Part I. Psychoanalysis, belief and mysticism \•Introduction to Part I : fragments of madness and delusion /John Gale \•ch. 1. From beyond speech to non-inscription : spirit and psyche in the philosophy of psychoanalysis /John Gale \•ch. 2. Freud madness and the delusion of religious belief /Jose Mannu \•ch. 3. Jung's divine madness /Christopher MacKenna \•Part II. Anthropology, history and hagiography \•Introduction to Part II. conversion and the fragmented body /John Gale \•ch. 4. Divine madness : tantric ascetics on the cremation ground in Tarapith, Birbhum District, West Bengal /Audrey Cantile \•ch. 5. Models of wisdom and sanctity : the conversion of St. Francis of Assisi /Michael Robson \•ch. 6. Spiritual conversion in The Bhagavad Gita : a psychoanalytic study /Satish Reddy \•ch. 7. Did Augustine foreshadow psychoanalysis? /John Gale \•ch. 8. Mystical theology, mysticism and madness /Rodney Bomford \•Part III. Psychology, psychosis and religious experience \•Introduction to Part III. religion, spirituality and the experience of psychosis /John Gale \•ch. 9. Spirituality and the psychotic subject in the though of Lacan /Georgia Rapsomatioti \•ch. 10. Autobiographical accounts of a religious psychosis /Anonymous \•ch. 11. Dimensions of religious/spiritual wellbeing and the psychotic experience : empirical results and perspectives /Human-Friedrich Unterrainer.