We: Understanding the Psychology of Romantic Love
by Robert A. Johnson
Tristan and Iseult read as the Western cult of romantic love and its confusion of human love with the divine. Illuminating about why relationships disappoint.
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you want to understand why romance and love feel different.
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you want practical relationship tools.
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Three things you will actually use
- Romance projects the divine onto a person.
- Human love is ordinary and durable.
- Stir the oatmeal.
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Read the final chapters on human love.
Our verdict
Romance versus love.
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