is a small step from the spiritual realm of needing the possession and security of God to the psychological realm of needing the possession and security of some stabilizing figure—an object experienced as a protective parent. Many have pointed out the parallels between Freudian analytic thought and the subsequent object relations thought and our need for an ultimate source of power, protection and purpose. While the association between the two is useful, it is inaccurate to say that they are the
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