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Freud's paper, "Obsessive Actions and Religious Practices"(1907) he noted being struck by the resemblance between what are called obsessive actions in sufferers from nervous afflictions and the observances by means of which believers give expression to their piety. He hoped to gain insight into the origin of "neurotic ceremonial" and the psychological processes of religious life. Freud went on to say that, just as many patients were unaware of the unconscious reasons for carrying out their obsessional actions, many religious people were unaware of the motives that impelled them to religious practices. He drew a further parallel in saying that, "both obsessional neurotics and the pious are motivated by an unconscious sense of guilt, and this sense of guilt has its source in certain early mental events …." "The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God" (2014) by Peter Watson Ray: obsessive-compulsive ritual as a base attempt to restore order.
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