Pregledni rad
Glossolalia
Elvira Koić
Pavo Filaković
Sanea Nađ
Ivan Ćelić
Sažetak
In this article the authors present through theory and case reports on the phenomenon of glossolalia, the unusual vocal utterances that sound language-like. Sense, meaning and function of glossolalia are closely connected with social and cultural context, and therefore glossolalia is experienced as a normal and expected behavior in religious prayer
groups, while in mental disorders it is considered a psychopathological symptom. Historic theological debates explain the pure spiritual etiology of glossolalia, while the current studies present the phenomenon of glossolalia as a result of learned behavior and training. Glossolalia occurs as an individual or a group phenomenon after which the speaker and the persons around him feel good, what is explained psychodynamically as a regression upon early developmental levels. In this temporary regression there is an explanation of positive, almost psychoterapeutic effect of glossolalia.
Ključne riječi
glossolalia; xenolalia; cataphasia; »speaking in tongues«; borderline personality
Hrčak ID:
5205
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.6.2005.
Posjeta: 3.677 *