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Pollock attempts to show that religious rituals and ceremonials regarding death facilitate the intrapsychic work of separation in time and space from the lost love object. Study of Jewish mourning ritual indicates that the first stage of grief involves some identification with the deceased, while later states involve other intrapsychic mechanisms, and different ritual behavior is prescribed.