1st Edition

Working with Mystical Experiences in Psychoanalysis Opening to the Numinous

By Leslie Stein Copyright 2019
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

A mystical experience, no matter what else, is a subjective occurrence in the psyche. However, when it appears in the psychoanalytic consulting room, its origin, content, and meaning are unknowable. Yet it is there in the room, and it must be addressed. It is not a minor illusion but rather one that requires attention as its occurrence may lead to a profound alteration of consciousness and, as... Read more
 

List of figures

Preface

1 The mystical experience

2 The numinous experience

3 Working with the experience

4 The nature of receptivity

5 The capacity for receptivity

6 The father archetype and orthodoxy

7 The mother archetype and the abyss

8 Sri Aurobindo, Jung, and the interviewed mystics

9 Clinical exposition

Conclusion

References

Index

Biography

Leslie Stein is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Sydney, Australia. He is a graduate of the C.G. Jung Institute of New York and a member of the New York Association for Analytical Psychology, the Australia and New Zealand Society of Jungian Analysts, and the International Association for Analytical Psychology. His books on mysticism include Becoming Whole: Jung’s Equation for Realizing God (New York: Helios, 2012, 2018) and The Journey of Adam Kadmon: A Novel (New York: Arcade, 2001, 2012).