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Texas A&M professor bases psychological research on Elvis Presley’s life
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W omen loved him.
Teenagers swooned over
him. He has been labeled
“The King of Rock and Roll.” And
now Elvis Presley is the subject of
psychological research.
Dr. David Rosen, a professor of
psychology at Texas A&M, is cur
rently researching Elvis Presley and
his connection to ancient figures
such as kings or whether he repre
sents a new archetype in society.
“Instead of dealing with their
own inner sense of authority and
links to the divine, people project
this onto him,” Rosen said.
He first mentioned Elvis in his
1993 book Transforming Depres
sion: Healing the Soul Through Cre
ativity. In his book, he discussed
how people avoid suicide by com
mitting “egocide.”
He coined the term “egocide” af
ter he interviewed ten people who
jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge
and survived.
“A part of their ego was troubled
and self-destructive,” Rosen said.
“When they jumped, this part of
themselves died. They had general
ized those several parts of their
whole being. They all had a spiritu
al experience — they confused the
divine with the unknown. In other
words, they were reborn and found
a purpose to live.”
Rosen has developed a way of
working with depressed and suici
dal people. He uses an innovative
theory called “egocide” and trans
forms them. The suffering person
goes through a symbolic death of
the negative and destructive parts
of themselves and then experiences
new life.
“It’s like a heart attack, except it’s
a soul attack,” Rosen said. “A part of
the psyche dies, and like with the re
covering heart attack victim, there
is regeneration and healing.”
In his book, Rosen explains Elvis’
tragedy and how he was unable to
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let go of part of his destructive side.
“Elvis identified with this nega
tive part of himself that pulled him
down,” Rosen said. “He wasn’t able
to realize a new sense of self.”
Now, Rosen is researching what
can be learned from Elvis’ death
and his rebirth as a mythic figure in
our society.
“It is the veiy same thing with
Princess Diana,” Rosen said. "We
as long as Elvis, she probably would
have had continuing emotional
problems too.”
Fans of Elvis span all genera
tions and the attraction comes
from various facets of his person
ality and career.
Bethany Robinson, a junior ele
mentary education major, likes to
collect Elvis paraphernalia.
“He’s good-looking,” Robinson
project onto these celebrities things
we aren’t dealing with in ourselves.
We want them to represent some
thing we lack or are not in touch with.
We make them larger than life.”
Rosen said he wonders why peo
ple want to make Elvis into a king. He
said it is like the postage stamp. Peo
ple voted for the young, good-look
ing, talented Elvis over the stamp of
the old, fat, drug addict Elvis.
“The same thing is happening
with Princess Diana,” Rosen said.
“Already there have been reported
sightings of her. If Diana had lived
said. “It’s not so much his music,
rather it is that he’s a leader. He still
influences the people of today.”
Robinson said she thinks he led
a fascinating life, taking initiative
and doing things others did not
deem appropriate.
Rosen wants to find out why
people make him into a deity like
Marilyn Monroe.
Michael Zertuche, a junior ac
counting major, is a fan of Elvis. He
mainly listens to the music.
“I have a couple of posters and an
Elvis telephone that plays ‘Jailhouse
Rock’ and moves when it rings,"Ze;
tuche said. “I want to go to Grace
land, but I’m not an Elvis freak.”
Rosen is currently doing re
search on Elvis’ death. Hehastalkec
to Elvis’ dentist, who wasthelasi
health professional Elvissawbefoi
he died.
“I thought Elvis may have cor.
mitted suicide,” Rosen said. 1
dentist said he wasn't distraugii!
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going to California and visitingthe;
daughters. He didn’t seem to hair
death on his mind.”
Rosen said he now believes:
was not suicide, since therewasw
suicide note. Rosen said Elvisd
take too many drugs, but he has
done that before. He said perhapr
Elvis was groggy and did not hart
known what he was doing.
“Elvis was addicted to
hence he was involved inselfde
structive behavior,” Rosen said.
Rosen is also working on r
Graceland has become sucharcH
gious shrine.
“There is something more
why would 50,000 people
ipate in a candle light vigil onih
twentieth anniversary of his dead!
just over a month ago?” Rosensaid |
He wants to know why
people live their lives throughtej
people. He said he thinks peo|
need to look at themselvesand
they participate in the deaths
these people.
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our projection off of these celebrj
ties, however it may be too
Rosen said. “For example, there
already four churches establish
in his name. Why do so many
tify with Elvis? Why is Elvis such
popular archetypal mythicfii
Perhaps it issome wayforpeopkl
redeem themselves.”
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tion to Elvis and his memory,sort
people find it difficult to acceptE
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