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In The Myth of Desire: Sexuality, Love, and the Self, Carlos Domínguez-Morano draws on psychoanalysis to explore the broad and complex reality of the affective-sexual realm encompassed by the term desire, a concept that propels individual aspirations, pursuits, and life endeavors. Domínguez-Morano takes a global perspective in order to introduce a methodology, examine the present sociocultural determinations affecting desire, review the main stages in the evolution of desire, and reflect on affective maturity. Domínguez-Morano further explores the five basic expressions of desire: falling in love and being a couple, homosexuality, narcissism and self-esteem, friendship, and the derivative of desire by way of sublimation. Scholars of psychology, philosophy, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.

Belief after Freud confronts the psychoanalytic experience and the experience of faith. A purified vision of faith, so many times disfigured by infantile or neurotic dynamics, can emerge through the crucible of psychoanalysis. The work contributes to the dialogue between psychoanalysis and faith, based on the respective lived experiences, rather than from theoretical positions only. The book is divided into three parts: Part I centres on Freud’s position on religion. After an introductory chapter assessing Freud’s present validity, the following chapters critically examine Freud’s position and interpretation of religion. Part II examines how people of faith experience psychoanalysis, including the role played by unconscious feelings of guilt, and the ideas of sin and salvation. Part III explores ideas of sexuality, power, and obedience, including the unconscious and pathological roots of the relation with money, and the sense of evangelical poverty. Now in its fifth edition in Spain, Belief after Freud has also been published in Argentina and Brazil. Many readers say the book has opened a new form of belief for them. The book has also been of great interest to non-believing psychologists.

In Psychodynamics of the Ignatian Exercises, Carlos Domínguez-Morano, S.J., presents an innovative exploration of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius through the lens of modern psychological theory. This work bridges the gap between Ignatian spirituality and the field of psychodynamics, offering a nuanced understanding of how these exercises address core elements of human psychology, including guilt, desire, ambivalence, and the quest for transcendence. With a unique approach that integrates the teachings of Ignatius with insights from psychoanalysis, Domínguez-Morano illuminates the deeply transformative power of the Exercises for both spiritual growth and psychological development. This volume is an essential resource for spiritual directors, counselors, scholars of religion, and anyone interested in the intersection of spirituality and psychology. Written by a Jesuit and clinical psychologist, it provides a profound and practical guide to understanding the complex interplay of faith, psyche, and personal transformation.

Belief after Freud confronts the psychoanalytic experience and the experience of faith. A purified vision of faith, so many times disfigured by infantile or neurotic dynamics, can emerge through the crucible of psychoanalysis. The work contributes to the dialogue between psychoanalysis and faith, based on the respective lived experiences, rather than from theoretical positions only. The book is divided into three parts: Part I centres on Freud’s position on religion. After an introductory chapter assessing Freud’s present validity, the following chapters critically examine Freud’s position and interpretation of religion. Part II examines how people of faith experience psychoanalysis, including the role played by unconscious feelings of guilt, and the ideas of sin and salvation. Part III explores ideas of sexuality, power, and obedience, including the unconscious and pathological roots of the relation with money, and the sense of evangelical poverty. Now in its fifth edition in Spain, Belief after Freud has also been published in Argentina and Brazil. Many readers say the book has opened a new form of belief for them. The book has also been of great interest to non-believing psychologists.

Sigmund Freud and Oskar Pfister on Religion examines the dialogue between psychoanalysis and religion through the encounters of two men: the "unfaithful Jew" who founded psychoanalysis, and a pastor of profound religious faith and proven psychoanalytic conviction. Carlos Domínguez-Morano analyses the original encounters between Freud and Pfister and their respective positions, noting the incidences, impasses and progress of their discussions. The complex interactions between psychoanalysis and religion over time are considered, and Domínguez-Morano assesses the fundamental parameters of each perspective, with reference to Catholicism. The book explores the relationship between psychoanalysis and religion as a rich, ongoing, and unending dialogue and sheds new light on the origins of psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud and Oskar Pfister on Religion will be of great interest to academics and scholars of psychoanalytic studies, religion, the history of psychology, and the history of ideas.

In The Myth of Desire: Sexuality, Love, and the Self, Carlos Domínguez-Morano draws on psychoanalysis to explore the broad and complex reality of the affective-sexual realm encompassed by the term desire, a concept that propels individual aspirations, pursuits, and life endeavors. Domínguez-Morano takes a global perspective in order to introduce a methodology, examine the present sociocultural determinations affecting desire, review the main stages in the evolution of desire, and reflect on affective maturity. Domínguez-Morano further explores the five basic expressions of desire: falling in love and being a couple, homosexuality, narcissism and self-esteem, friendship, and the derivative of desire by way of sublimation. Scholars of psychology, philosophy, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.

El tema del XXII Foro sobre el Hecho Religioso (Majadahonda, 25 a 27 de septiembre de 1998) fue: Repensar la mística. De él se publicaron en un cuaderno anterior dos ponencias bajo el título común de Mística oriental y mística cristiana. Completamos ahora el conjunto de las ponencias habidas en dicho Foro con el presente cuaderno sobre Experiencia mística y Psicoanálisis.Ha sido larga y polémica la relación entre la psiquiatría o el psicoanálisis y la experiencia narrada por los grandes místicos cristianos. Las sorprendentes y chocantes analogías existentes entre lo que estos grandes místicos describieron de sus vivencias y lo que los psicopatólogos encontraron como síntomas de graves afecciones psicóticas o neuróticas invitaron una y otra vez a reducir la experiencia de los primeros a manifestaciones más o menos enfermizas de diverso carácter y consideración. En la experiencia mística nos encontraríamos con la irrupción de mensajes inconscientes desconocidos para el mismo sujeto y que le hacen expresarse en unos estados alterados de conciencia. Un glorioso desatino, una celestial locura..., por usar los términos de santa Teresa. Se trata, pues, de revisar desde la óptica psicoanalítica la significación de tales tipos de experiencias, evitando tanto la tentación reductiva que fue predominante durante largo tiempo, como la de carácter más defensivo, que no quisiera ver en ellas sino la manifestación de una acción sobrenatural, ajena a la historia y la psicodinámica particular del sujeto que las tiene.CARLOS DOMÍNGUEZ MORANO es psicoterapeuta y profesor de Psicología de la Religión en la Facultad de Teología de Granada. Ha enseñado como profesor invitado en la Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) de El Salvador y en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Es Delegado Nacional de la AIEMPR (Asociación Internacional de Estudios Médico-Psicólogos y Religiosos) y miembro de la Sociedad Española de Ciencia de las Religiones. Entre sus publicaciones, cabe destacar El psicoanálisis freudiano de la religión (1991), Creer después de Freud (1992) y el cuaderno Orar después de Freud dentro de nuestra colección.