The Functions of Ritual
Pathways with Joseph Campbell
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The Imprintings of Puberty
The neurotic essentially is an individual who has not gone altogether over that threshold. Such a person tends to blame his own troubles on either his parents or the parent substitute namely the society in which he lives. No adult in a home would blame the condition of the home on his grandparents who are not in there. The adult is the one who assumes responsibility for the situation and himself represents it rather than someone else.
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