America has become a "psychological society" in which psychologists are allowed, even expected, to interpret what people say, feel and do, and to explain their words, moods and actions. It has come to be accepted that what happens to people on the "outside" has an effect on the "inside" and that it is what happens on the "inside" that determines their lives. This psychological concept holds remarkable similarity to the astrological idea that what happens in the sky determines what happens in people's lives. Both rely on the assumed ability of trained, gifted or selected people who can see either what is written in the sky or what is hidden in the unconscious. The practitioners of both speak and act as if they are members of a secret society in which they have been taught to see and hear at a deeper level. They translate external events into their own esoteric language and attribute profound influences to them. And in doing so, they cause themselves to be held in awe and their services to be in demand.
Dr. Tana Dineen, Manufacturing Victims: What the Psychology Industry is Doing to People, pp.43-44
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