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==Origin==

==Origin==

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Medieval Latin ''sublimatus'', past participle of ''sublimare''

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Medieval Latin ''sublimatus'', past participle of ''sublimare''

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]

The first thinker to use the word in a [[psychological]] sense was the German philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche]. (Kaufmann, Nietzsche, chapter 7, section II). In the opening section of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human,_All_Too_Human Human, All Too Human]'' entitled ‘Of first and last things’, Nietzsche wrote:

The first thinker to use the word in a [[psychological]] sense was the German philosopher [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche]. (Kaufmann, Nietzsche, chapter 7, section II). In the opening section of ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human,_All_Too_Human Human, All Too Human]'' entitled ‘Of first and last things’, Nietzsche wrote:

<blockquote>there is, strictly speaking, neither [[unselfish]] conduct, nor a wholly disinterested point of view. Both are simply ''sublimations'' in which the basic element seems almost [[evaporated]] and betrays its [[presence]] only to the keenest [[observation]]. All that we need and that could possibly be given us in the present state of development of [[the sciences]], is a chemistry of the [[moral]], [[religious]], [[aesthetic]] conceptions and [[feeling]], as well as of those [[emotions]] which we experience in the affairs, great and small, of [[society]] and civilization, and which we are sensible of even in [[solitude]]. But what if this chemistry established the [[fact]] that, even in its [[domain]], the most magnificent results were [[attained]] with the basest and most despised ingredients? Would many feel disposed to continue such [[investigations]]? Mankind loves to put by the [[questions]] of its [[origin]] and beginning: must one not be almost inhuman in order to follow the opposite course?</blockquote>

<blockquote>there is, strictly speaking, neither [[unselfish]] conduct, nor a wholly disinterested point of view. Both are simply ''sublimations'' in which the basic element seems almost [[evaporated]] and betrays its [[presence]] only to the keenest [[observation]]. All that we need and that could possibly be given us in the present state of development of [[the sciences]], is a chemistry of the [[moral]], [[religious]], [[aesthetic]] conceptions and [[feeling]], as well as of those [[emotions]] which we experience in the affairs, great and small, of [[society]] and civilization, and which we are sensible of even in [[solitude]]. But what if this chemistry established the [[fact]] that, even in its [[domain]], the most magnificent results were [[attained]] with the basest and most despised ingredients? Would many feel disposed to continue such [[investigations]]? Mankind loves to put by the [[questions]] of its [[origin]] and beginning: must one not be almost inhuman in order to follow the opposite course?</blockquote>

''Sublimation'' is the [[process]] of [[transforming]] [[libido]] into "socially useful" achievements, including [[artistic]], cultural and [[intellectual]] pursuits. Freud considered this psychical operation to be fairly salutary [[compared]] to the others that he identified, such as repression, displacement, [[denial]], reaction formation, intellectualisation and [[projection]]. In the ''The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence'' (1936), his daughter, [[Anna Freud|Anna]], classes sublimation as one of the major 'defence mechanisms' of the [[psyche]].

''Sublimation'' is the [[process]] of [[transforming]] [[libido]] into "socially useful" achievements, including [[artistic]], cultural and [[intellectual]] pursuits. Freud considered this psychical operation to be fairly salutary [[compared]] to the others that he identified, such as repression, displacement, [[denial]], reaction formation, intellectualisation and [[projection]]. In the ''The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence'' (1936), his daughter, [[Anna Freud|Anna]], classes sublimation as one of the major 'defence mechanisms' of the [[psyche]].

Freud got the idea of sublimation whilst reading ''The Harz Journey'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Heine Heinrich Heine]. The story is about Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach who cut off the tails of dogs he encountered in [[childhood]] and later became a [[surgeon]]. Freud concluded that sublimation could be observed in an [[action]] performed many times throughout one's life, which firstly appears [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadism_and_masochism_as_medical_terms sadistic], though is ultimately refined into an activity which is of benefit to [[mankind]].

Freud got the idea of sublimation whilst reading ''The Harz Journey'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Heine Heinrich Heine]. The story is about Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach who cut off the tails of dogs he encountered in [[childhood]] and later became a [[surgeon]]. Freud concluded that sublimation could be observed in an [[action]] performed many times throughout one's life, which firstly appears [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadism_and_masochism_as_medical_terms sadistic], though is ultimately refined into an activity which is of benefit to [[mankind]].

''Sexual sublimation'', also known as sexual [[transmutation]], is the attempt, especially among some [[religious]] [[traditions]], to transform [[sexual]] impulses or "sexual energy" into [[creative]] energy. In this context, sublimation is the transference of sexual energy, or [[libido]], into a physical act or a different [[emotion]] in order to avoid [[confrontation]] with the sexual urge, which is itself contrary to the individual's [[belief]] or ascribed religious belief. It is based on the idea that "sexual energy" can be used to create a spiritual nature which in turn can create more sensual works, instead of one's [[sexuality]] being unleashed "raw." The classical example in Western religions is clerical [[celibacy]].

''Sexual sublimation'', also known as sexual [[transmutation]], is the attempt, especially among some [[religious]] [[traditions]], to transform [[sexual]] impulses or "sexual energy" into [[creative]] energy. In this context, sublimation is the transference of sexual energy, or [[libido]], into a physical act or a different [[emotion]] in order to avoid [[confrontation]] with the sexual urge, which is itself contrary to the individual's [[belief]] or ascribed religious belief. It is based on the idea that "sexual energy" can be used to create a spiritual nature which in turn can create more sensual works, instead of one's [[sexuality]] being unleashed "raw." The classical example in Western religions is clerical [[celibacy]].

As espoused in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya Tanya], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasidic Hasidic] Jewish mysticism views sublimation of the [[animal]] [[soul]] as an essential task in life, wherein the goal is to transform animalistic and earthy cravings for physical [[pleasure]] into holy [[desires]] to [[connect]] with God.

As espoused in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanya Tanya], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasidic Hasidic] Jewish mysticism views sublimation of the [[animal]] [[soul]] as an essential task in life, wherein the goal is to transform animalistic and earthy cravings for physical [[pleasure]] into holy [[desires]] to [[connect]] with God.

Different schools of thought describe general sexual urges as carriers of spiritual [[essence]], and have the varied names of [[vital]] [[energy]], vital winds ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prana prana]), spiritual energy. It is also believed that undergoing sexual sublimation can facilitate a [[mystical]] [[awakening]] in an individual.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublimation_%28psychology%29]

Different schools of thought describe general sexual urges as carriers of spiritual [[essence]], and have the varied names of [[vital]] [[energy]], vital winds ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prana prana]), spiritual energy. It is also believed that undergoing sexual sublimation can facilitate a [[mystical]] [[awakening]] in an individual.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublimation_%28psychology%29]

[[Category: Psychology]]

[[Category: Psychology]]