Blog: http://psychreviews.org/the-presocratics-thales/ Richard D. McKirahan delves into the problem of Thales, and how to discover the original contributions of the greek philosopher from the legend. Intro: 0:00 Belief in myths, power, control, and jealousy: 1:15 Why Miletus?: 4:00 Second-hand sources: 5:33 Thales: 6:32 Geometry: 8:22 Astronomer: 9:38 Water: 12:48 All things are full of Gods: 14:14 Legacy: 17:07 Photos, videos, and music from Storyblocks and Wikipedia. Theogony - Hesiod: Kindle: https://amzn.to/37hvyu3 Paperback: https://amzn.to/2Jn4ocM The Milesians: Thales - Georg Wöhrle, Richard Mckirahan, Gotthard Strohmaier, Ahmed Alwishah: https://amzn.to/3gIN25E Philosophy Before Socrates - McKirahan, Richard D.: Kindle: https://amzn.to/3o72KLC Paperback: https://amzn.to/36g9jW0 Histories - Herodotus: Kindle: https://amzn.to/39mlti5 Paperback: https://amzn.to/3qcNY7S Photos: Location of Miletus at the Maeander River's mouth By Eric Gaba, Wikimedia Commons user Sting, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7187209 A 640 BCE one-third stater coin from Lydia, shown larger By Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=547604 Measuring Pieces - by Fred the Oyster, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35157931 Olive trees on Thassos, Greece By Petr Pakandl - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1176962 This darkness reached shortly before its end (evening) Asia Minor Von Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak and Jean Meeus (NASA's GSFC) - NASA, siehe [1], Catalog Number 03379, Attribution, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40074537 Magnetite By Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10172826 Amber By uploaded with permission from User Lanzi by Ra'ike on de.wikipedia - own work from User Lanzi on de.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1075751 Seven Sages of Greece By Clemens Schmillen - Derived from this file:, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68429623 Thales (Electricity), sculpture from "The Progress of Railroading" (1908), main facade of Union Station (Washington, DC) By Danvera at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6617203 Hera and Athena handshaking, late 5th century BC, Acropolis Museum, Athens By Marsyas, 07.04.2007, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1930787 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HJswRzqM2Y

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/totem-taboo-sigmund-freud-envy-part-2/ After Freud’s initial success, he was ready to start taking his early theories and advance them into other areas outside of Psychoanalysis and to look deeply at the human condition. One of his most famous and influential books was Totem and Taboo which focused on comparing the mental life of primitive societies, their superstitions, their scapegoating to that of modern individuals under his label of neurosis. With research from then current anthropologists and Darwinism, Freud was able to connect his Oedipus theory to a psychoanalytic original sin, and began fleshing out early understandings of Narcissism which he later delved into. The book itself provides one of the best understandings of envy and human conflict in all literature. Intro: 0:00 Survival: 1:53 Self vs. Other 2:41 Entitlement 4:11 Temporary solidarity 5:39 Oedipus Complex 6:13 Mental representations 7:26 Projection and Introjection 8:52 How it starts 10:24 Leadership 12:39 Worshiping who gets our needs met 14:16 Petty conspiracies 15:33 Outro: 17:00 Totem and Taboo - Sigmund Freud: Paperback: https://amzn.to/2VdpQnf Herrnstein, R.J. (1961) Superstition: A corollary of the principle of operant conditioning. Stock photos and video from Storyblocks, Getty Open Content & Wikipedia Intro Music: Fast Gallop - Logue Ihn, BMI, 40, Dustin S Pearson, BMI, 30, William Pearson, BMI, 30 Music: Gustav Mahler - Symphony no. 5 - I. Trauermarsch Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Photo credits: Saharan rock art By Gruban - File:Algerien 5 0049.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23326304 Batammariba, Togo, rituel initiatique des jeunes filles, casque des initiées By Vansinor (Dominique Sewane) - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45055293 Finely crafted Pan Balance or scales with boxed set of standardized gram masses. By Mauro Cateb - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16502828 Contraction/Desiccation cracks in dry earth (Sonoran desert, Mexico). By Tomas Castelazo - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3193235 A Mongolian gazelle dead due to drought. By Mark Heard from Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Victim of Drought - Mongolian Gazelle - Gobi Desert Mongolia, 2001, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12231011 A farmer works on his field threshing with yolks in old age By Jayaseerlourdhuraj - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17402571 Bog Bodies – Celt sacrifices of kings to the gods. https://www.irishcentral.com/news/bog-bodies-are-kings-sacrificed-by-celts-says-expert-129289548-237410131 The presiding magistrate at the p ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYsiu4v9N6Y

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/the-art-of-seeing-csikszentmihalyi-robinson/ In the ambitious study "The Art of Seeing: An Interpretation of the Aesthetic Encounter", Csikszentmihalyi and his associates analyze how a person experiences and appreciates art. Through the use of questionnaires of art experts, both the reason why we like art, and what we can do to enjoy it more, are explored. Intro: 0:00 What is good art? 1:21 Artist as Neurotic 1:51 The Head and the Heart 4:39 Different people, different experiences 6:10 Art and Flow 7:22 The Art of Seeing (How to appreciate art) 8:35 Outro: 20:54 The Art of Seeing: An Interpretation of the Aesthetic Encounter ~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Rick E. Robinson: Paperback: https://amzn.to/2Jbn8fM 1001 Paintings you must see before you die: https://amzn.to/325vZ9F Credits: Stock photos, paintings and footage from Storyblocks and Wikipedia Music: Beethoven - Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109 - III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo - Ivan Ilic Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition - Chiara Bertoglio Schubert - Fantasy in C Major Op.15 D.760 'Wanderer' - II. Adagio - Daniel Blanch Paintings in order of appearance: Jean Germain Drouais - Marius at Minturnae Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin - Still-Life with Jar of Olives Antonio Canova - Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss Pablo Picasso - Melancholy Woman Edvard Munch - Melancholy Vincent Van Gogh - Wheatfield with Crows Vincent Van Gogh - The Sower at sunset Vincent Van Gogh - The Sower Ferdinand Hodler - Rhythmic landscape on Lake Geneva Joaquín Sorolla - Walk on the beach Ferdinand Hodler - Lake Geneva from Chexbres Vincent Van Gogh - Sunflowers (F458), repetition of the 4th version (yellow background) Johannes Vermeer - The Music Lesson Vincent Van Gogh - The Langlois Bridge at Arles (F570) JMW Turner - Snow Storm - Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth Juan Gris - Portrait of Picasso Vincent Van Gogh - Café Table with Absinthe Diego Velázquez - Las Meninas Katsushika Hokusai - Red Fuji southern wind clear morning John Singer Sargeant - Madame X Peder Severin Krøyer - Hip, Hip, Hurrah! Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec - Equestrienne (at the cirque fernando) Julius Exner - Gondola excursion Édouard Vuillard - Garden at Vaucresson Jackson Pollack - Number One (Lavender Mist) Kazimir Malevich - Black Suprematic Square Kazimir Malevich and Nikolai Suetin - Black Circle Max Liebermann - In the field Johannes Vermeer - Girl with a pearl earring Rembrandt - Self-portrait Jan Willem Pieneman - The Battle of Waterloo H. A. Brendekilde - Young girls picking anemones in a spring forest H. A. Brendekilde - A wooded path in autumn John Atkinson Grimshaw - Evening glow Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun - Self Portrait in a Straw Hat Edward Hopper - Nighthawks Giorgione - The t ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c3b-T81iBo

Blog: http://psychreviews.org/world-narcissistic-abuse-awareness-day-june-1st/ World Narcissistic Abuse Awareness day is June 1st , and I would like to do a small review on some of the precursors to Narcissistic Personality Disorder. As much as we hate the damage caused by these abusers, narcissists are still people and they came from families that weren’t dissimilar to ours. Some of the causes are related to inheritance but there are many other early family experiences that contribute to this disorder. Intro: 0:00 Emotional Control and Self-Esteem: 1:31 The comparison problem 2:28 Mentalizing 3:28 Impaired empathy 4:06 Fear 5:17 Inheritance 6:20 Temperament 6:47 Psychological Trauma 7:22 Age inappropriate roles 9:00 Limited individuation and no support for separation 10:02 Splitting 12:13 Controlling siblings 13:11 Controlling school 13:47 Controlling the world 14:34 Duping delight 16:39 Gaslighting 17:36 Other risks 18:28 Outro 20:29 Music and stock photos by Storyblocks World Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day Summit, June 1st http://www.wnaad.com/survivor-empowerment-telesummit-2018/ Disorders of Narcissism edited by Elsa Ronningstam (excerpts and paraphrases from Paulina F. Kernberg): Hardcover: https://amzn.to/36hK31x Paperback: https://amzn.to/3o3gqak Psychopathy and the Law by Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm, and Jan-Olof Nyholm: Kindle: https://amzn.to/3o9SmlZ Paperback: https://amzn.to/2KHwKiw Robert I. Simon (2009) Distinguishing Trauma-Associated Narcissistic Symptoms from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Diagnostic Challenge, Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 10:1, 28-36, DOI: 10.1080/10673220216206 Ronningstam, Elsa. (2017) Intersect between self-esteem and emotion regulation in narcissistic personality disorder – implications for alliance building and treatment Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 2017, Volume 4. Ronningstam, Elsa. (2016). Pathological Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Recent Research and Clinical Implications. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports. 3. 10.1007/s40473-016-0060-y. Svenn Torgersen, John Myers, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Espen Røysamb, Thomas S. Kubarych, and Kenneth S. Kendler (2012). The Heritability of Cluster B Personality Disorders Assessed Both by Personal Interview and Questionnaire. Journal of Personality Disorders: Vol. 26, No. 6, pp. 848-866. https://doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2012.26.6.848 Tritt, Shona M. et al., Pathological narcissism and the depressive temperament. Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 122, Issue 3, 280 – 284 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_C-P28w058