Morton Kelsey quotes

The neurotic, it has been said, worries about castles in the air, while the psychotic lives in them. ...The hysterical person can copy reliably nearly any disease syndrome. ...Destructive emotional causes or influences may play a part in any disease, whatever the class or immediate cause. (Morton Kelsey)
The success of a ministry depends more upon one's capacity to relate and to care, than [on] one's theological background. View quote
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The unconscious reveals its meaning imaginatively, through symbols and images, and it speaks... a basically mythological language. View quote
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Man cannot remain well psychologically, let alone socially, if he loses contact with the unconscious and its symbolic and mythological life. View quote
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Even the church, which in ages past was custodian of man's myths, has turned its back upon myth, has forgotten its meaning, and has lost the ability to interpret and use it. View quote
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Myth and ritual act as transformers in bringing people the value of spiritual reality, just as an electrical transformer... The dream also provides the same kind of stepped-down encounter. View quote
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In the early years of Christianity the Church was known to be a place to bring those who were sick, either mentally or physically... A vital Christianity still has this power. View quote
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The greater the man, the more subject he is to the ravaging effects of the negative side of this reality. View quote
Morton Kelsey

Morton Kelsey

Born: 1917
Died: 2001
Quotes count: 8
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