Centers of Power: The Convergence of Psychoanalysis and KabbalahJason Aronson, 2008 - 261 pagina's Kabbalah and psychoanalysis are conceptions about the nature of reality. The former is over two thousand years old. The latter has been formalized less than a hundred years ago. Nonetheless they are parallel journeys of discovery that have forever altered not only what we see, but the very nature of seeing itself. The domain of Kabbalah is the spiritual and material macrocosm. In contrast the concern of psychoanalysis is the microcosm, the innermost recesses of the human mind. However, both are convergent and complementary theories. Kabbalah asserts 'as above so below, ' meaning, the Godhead, the source of everything, is reflected in the smallest details of existence. Similarly, psychoanalysis traces the evolution from 'inner objects' to family feuds and social fields. More than theories, however, Kabbalah and psychoanalysis test the limits of direct experience. They are contemplative, meditative and introspective methods for restoring shattered worlds and fragmented lives. These are material as well as spiritual entities which have been separated from their source, on one hand 'the Godhead' and on the other, 'personal praxis.' The purpose of this study is to explore how Kabbalah and psychoanalysis converge and diverge, complement and conflict with each other, in order to amplify their impact and enable mankind to gain a greater understanding of reality. |
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Reality Worlds and Universes | 11 |
The Self and the Soul | 27 |
Will Free Will Determinism and Motivation | 53 |
The Way of the Great Dragon Good and Evil Life and Death | 69 |
The Container and the Contained | 87 |
Intimate Relations From Infant to Adult | 107 |
Faces Guises and Roles The Partzufim | 127 |
The Language of Creation | 145 |
States of Mind | 163 |
Opposites | 185 |
Nothingness and Narcissism | 201 |
Repairing Worlds Reparation and Tikkun | 217 |
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Centers of Power: The Convergence of Psychoanalysis and Kabbalah Stanley R. Schneider Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2008 |
Centers of Power: The Convergence of Psychoanalysis and Kabbalah Joseph H. Berke,Stanley Schneider Fragmentweergave - 2008 |
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