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Induction, trance, and ritual in family mythologizing

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The authors put forward a theory of family mythologizing as a process of induction, trance, and ritual. These phenomena, in the context of expressive language, comprise myths. Mythologizing is assumed to be part of normative development. All individuals and families employ myths as schemata for organizing highly complex yet cognitively inexplicable relationships. The authors propose a systemic explanation for the operations of mythologizing and present case illustrations.

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  1. School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin

    Morton S. Perlmutter Ph.D. (Associate Professor and Director of the Family Therapy Project) & James M. Sauer M.S.S.W (Clinical Coordinator of the Family Therapy Project)

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Perlmutter, M.S., Sauer, J.M. Induction, trance, and ritual in family mythologizing. Contemp Fam Ther 8, 33–49 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00891832

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