Catharsis –
Katharsis – from the Greeks, “ a cleansing from guilt
or defilement, purification, purgation, to purge, cleanse.
An emotional release: an experience or feeling of spiritual
release brought about by an intense emotional experience.
By means of the aesthetic experience, the elimination,
sublimation or transformation of one’s emotions, especially the destructive
emotions.
He called this relaxation of the soul or person, catharsis,
a purification of the soul by relieving or healing of its intense passions.
According to Aristotle in the theater through Greek tragedy,
emotional purging is brought about in the audience through the evocation
of intense fear and pity. Through sympathy with the characters, the audience
obtains relief from fear and grief and the playgoer’s soul is liberated
from its tumultuous emotions and regains its tranquility.
In Psychiatry: the purging of complexes; the process
of bringing to the surface repressed emotions, complexes and feelings
in an effort to identify and relieve them, or the result of this process.
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