Perinbanayagam R S
Psychiatry. 1981 Feb;44(1):69-79. doi: 10.1080/00332747.1981.11024093.
HARRY STACK SULLIVAN'S argument that anxiety as a fundamental human experience is alleviated by the use of various procedures that he called "security operations" is used in this paper to examine the meaning of astrology in Sri Lanka. Astrology and the doctrine of karma provide the relevant framework in which various forms of misfortune are understood and handled. An examination of cases in Sri Lanka reveals that astrology and the doctrine of karma enable a person of that culture to create a number of structures which have a therapeutic effect.
哈里·斯塔克·沙利文认为，焦虑作为一种基本的人类体验，可以通过他所谓的“安全操作”的各种程序来缓解。本文运用这一观点来审视占星术在斯里兰卡的意义。占星术和因果报应学说提供了一个相关框架，人们在其中理解和应对各种形式的不幸。对斯里兰卡案例的研究表明，占星术和因果报应学说使该文化背景下的人能够构建一些具有治疗作用的结构。
