Antoon Geels
Biographic Data
| ID | 4689362 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Antoon Geels |
| GIVEN NAMES | Antoon |
| FAMILY NAME | Geels |
| SIGNATURE | GEELS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Religions and Denominations |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Glocal spirituality for a brave new world
Spirituality, as it is presented in this article, can serve as an antidote to an all too disrespectful attitude towards our fellow human beings, towards life in general. Spirituality might unite a greater part of the world in the battle for survival. Our world, Gaia, is threatened, as we all know. Apart from the usual disasters as seemingly never-ending wars and conflicts we now also have to confront global threats such as climate changes, global…
Psychologie En Het Raadsel Van De Religie. Beschouwingen Bij Een Eeuw Godsdienstpsychologie in Nederland – By Jacob A. Belzen
Religie, Melancholie En Zelf. Een Historische En Psychologische Studie over Een Psychatrisch Ego-document Uit De Negentiende Eeuw
[Religion, Melancholia and Self. A Historical and Psychological Study of a Psychiatric Ego-Document from the 20th Century.] By J. A. van Belzen. Kampen: Kok, 2004. 498 pp., $52.00 paper. While sear
The Marriage between Ego and Id
The author suggests a new model for interpretation of mystical experience, based on a fruitful combination of cognitive psychology and depth psychology. Offering a rather wide definition of mystical experience, the author then turns to two basic assumptions—a general systems approach and an organismic-holistic view of development. Hans Loewald's analysis of primary process cognition is combined with a multi-dimensional model of cognitive activity…
Mysticism
Response to the Commentary of Levenson and Khilwati
This response focuses on a distinction between emic and etic statements, that is, descriptions from within a certain tradition and the outside scientific analysis. Although carefully listening to informants and gathering otherrelevant information, the scholar searches for universal, nonculture bound, psychological categories. Levenson and Khilwati appear to mix up this fundamental distinction
A Note on the Psychology of Dhikr
Prayer has often been regarded as the most central aspect of religious life, the very soul and essence of religion (James, 1902, p. 365). Within world religions, the role of prayer is particularly important inIslam. Ritual prayer (salat), performed five times a day, belongs to the fundamental obligations of all Muslims. In addition, there is another type of prayer associated with mystical orders in all Islamic countries. It is a type of repetitiv…
A Note on the Psychology of Dhikr. The Halveti-Jerrahi Order of Dervishes in Istanbul
Ritual prayer (salat), performed five times a day, belongs to the fundamental obligations of all Muslims. In addition to this fact, there is another type of prayer, associated with mystical orders in all Islamic countries. Repetitive prayer (dhikr) in mystical Islam (Sufism) belongs to the most central activities of the orders. Despite the geographic spread of the Sufi orders (turuq), accounts of the dhikr in the literature are rare. Psychologica…
Mystical experience and the emergence of creativity
Since the turn of the century, mystic researchers have pointed to the similarities between mystics on the one hand, and artists, poets, mathematicians, musicians, in short, all those who are involved in creative activity. One common denominator, using the terminology of the day, is a state of inspiration, a sort of creative ecstasy, an immediate insight of some form. However, the question of what psychological processes can activate "inspiration"…
A Note on the Psychology of Dhikr
Prayer has often been regarded as the most central aspect of religious life, the very soul and essence of religion (James, 1902, p. 365). Within world religions, the role of prayer is particularly important inIslam. Ritual prayer (salat), performed five times a day, belongs to the fundamental obligations of all Muslims. In addition, there is another type of prayer associated with mystical orders in all Islamic countries. It is a type of repetitiv…
Mystical experience and the emergence of creativity
Since the turn of the century, mystic researchers have pointed to the similarities between mystics on the one hand, and artists, poets, mathematicians, musicians, in short, all those who are involved in creative activity. One common denominator, using the terminology of the day, is a state of inspiration, a sort of creative ecstasy, an immediate insight of some form. However, the question of what psychological processes can activate "inspiration"…
A Note on the Psychology of Dhikr. The Halveti-Jerrahi Order of Dervishes in Istanbul
Ritual prayer (salat), performed five times a day, belongs to the fundamental obligations of all Muslims. In addition to this fact, there is another type of prayer, associated with mystical orders in all Islamic countries. Repetitive prayer (dhikr) in mystical Islam (Sufism) belongs to the most central activities of the orders. Despite the geographic spread of the Sufi orders (turuq), accounts of the dhikr in the literature are rare. Psychologica…
A Note on the Psychology of Dhikr
Prayer has often been regarded as the most central aspect of religious life, the very soul and essence of religion (James, 1902, p. 365). Within world religions, the role of prayer is particularly important inIslam. Ritual prayer (salat), performed five times a day, belongs to the fundamental obligations of all Muslims. In addition, there is another type of prayer associated with mystical orders in all Islamic countries. It is a type of repetitiv…
Response to the Commentary of Levenson and Khilwati
This response focuses on a distinction between emic and etic statements, that is, descriptions from within a certain tradition and the outside scientific analysis. Although carefully listening to informants and gathering otherrelevant information, the scholar searches for universal, nonculture bound, psychological categories. Levenson and Khilwati appear to mix up this fundamental distinction
Mysticism
The Marriage between Ego and Id
The author suggests a new model for interpretation of mystical experience, based on a fruitful combination of cognitive psychology and depth psychology. Offering a rather wide definition of mystical experience, the author then turns to two basic assumptions—a general systems approach and an organismic-holistic view of development. Hans Loewald's analysis of primary process cognition is combined with a multi-dimensional model of cognitive activity…
Religie, Melancholie En Zelf. Een Historische En Psychologische Studie over Een Psychatrisch Ego-document Uit De Negentiende Eeuw
[Religion, Melancholia and Self. A Historical and Psychological Study of a Psychiatric Ego-Document from the 20th Century.] By J. A. van Belzen. Kampen: Kok, 2004. 498 pp., $52.00 paper. While sear
Psychologie En Het Raadsel Van De Religie. Beschouwingen Bij Een Eeuw Godsdienstpsychologie in Nederland – By Jacob A. Belzen
Glocal spirituality for a brave new world
Spirituality, as it is presented in this article, can serve as an antidote to an all too disrespectful attitude towards our fellow human beings, towards life in general. Spirituality might unite a greater part of the world in the battle for survival. Our world, Gaia, is threatened, as we all know. Apart from the usual disasters as seemingly never-ending wars and conflicts we now also have to confront global threats such as climate changes, global…
Philosophy (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Mysticism (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs (3 works) · Psychoanalysis (3 works) · Psychology of religion (3 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (3 works)