@article{article_127922, title={Collective Conscious: A New Consideration Between Culture, Psyche, and Religion}, journal={Milel ve Nihal}, volume={3}, pages={119–135}, year={2006}, author={Atalay, Mehmet}, keywords={culture, psyche, religion, collective conscious}, abstract={This essay endeavors to come up with a new consideration regarding the relationship between culture, psyche, and religion. Since previous experiences are crucial to both conscious and unconscious human mind, psyche, which corresponds to collective conscious, not only appears to be the latent content of culture, it also appears to be the source of religion as well. In short, especially leaning upon the perspectives of Clifford Geertz and Talcott Parsons, both eminent scholars in social scientific studies of religion, the essay comes to the conclusion that collective conscious is the most important of all.}, number={1-2}, publisher={Milel ve Nihal: Eğitim, Kültür ve Düşünce Platformu Derneği}