
Receptivity to the Numinous
Leslie Stein(Author)
Aeon Books Ltd (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 28. February 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
220 pages
978-1-78220-481-7 (ISBN)
Description
Carl Jung considered that numinous experiences such as visions, mystical experiences, and religious conversions are not uncommon. He emphasized that these experiences are the "real therapy" because they offer a patient an opportunity to become aware of the presence of something beyond the ego. Yet in clinical practice, they may be ignored or discounted, denying their power and potential. This book examines the importance of numinous experiences in the psychoanalytic process and focuses on an exploration of what might be the characteristics of those who are receptive to these experiences. This inquiry is particularly useful in diagnosing unusual experiences to determine if they are pathological or to surmise the cadence of the individuation process and, in Jungian terms, the ego-self axis. The characteristics have been discerned from a study of the developmental themes observed in 10 western mystics interviewed in India and New York, by the historical lives of mystics, as well as case studies. The work is singular in trying to decipher the developmental complexes that may yield sufficient longing to break through into the unknown.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 147 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78220-481-7 (9781782204817)
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Martin Sexton is a writer and artist who has exhibited widely including a solo exhibition at the 2015 Venice Biennale at the Gervasuti Foundation curated by James Putnam (author of Curating the Museum) as well as Tate Britain, The Wolfsonian, The Poetry Library, Benaki Museum Athens and the Hydra Museum. In 2015 he was awarded the Tithe Grant by The Blake Society, judged by Sir Alan Parker. He is an artist renowned for his investigations into the esoteric and the outer limits of consciousness, creating sculptural works from ice or billions of years old chunks of meteorite or making ?UFO? films or crop circles. His practice can defy clear description; yet he refers to all of his work in whatever medium as writing and his practice has been referred to by critics as ?physical literature.?