MORENO AND THE GOD CONTROVERSY

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  • JOSEPH P. POWER Author

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https://doi.org/10.12926/t01fpc95

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CONTROVERSY

Abstract

The presentation of himself as God-the-Father is the most controversial and unsettled aspect of Moreno's life. At conferences and seminars in Beacon, New York, students would ask him if he actually and literally believed himself to be God-the-Father. Moreno would characteristically reply, "But, of course, why should any of us settle for less?"

References

Bronowski, C. F ., The Ascent of Man, Little, Brown & Co., Boston/Toronto, 1973.

Moreno, J. L., The Words of the Father, Beacon House, Inc., Beacon, New York, 1970. ., Psychodrama, Vol. I., Beacon House, Inc., Beacon, New York, 1970. ., Psychodrama, Vol. III., Beacon House, Inc., Beacon, New York, 1969. - - - . , Theatre of Spontaneity, Beacon House, Inc., Beacon, New York, 1947.

Walsh, Denis, Power, J . P . , " J . L . Moreno and Human Psychodrama," unpublished manuscript, 1974.

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2025-01-14

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Vol. 28 (1975): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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