The Amputation of Intuition

Living Without a Compass

Dados Bibliográficos

ID20177563
AutoresBev Gibbons (Private Practice, autor correspondente)
Ano2026
Volume56
Fascículo2
Páginas128-143
Data de publicação2026-04-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTransactional Analysis Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0362-1537 • E-ISSN: 2329-5244
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03621537.2026.2638108
OpenAlexW7147070075
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas17

The author proposes that we account more fully for the capacity of intuition, its vital importance for us as human beings, and the profound loss when it is not available. Intuition is described as a compass, intrinsic to being human, which informs sensing in ways that are not yet fully understood. A metaperspective is offered that draws on ideas from differing philosophical paradigms to illuminate intuition as a concept and its relationship with the bodymind. The bodymind is conceptualized as the system that provides humans with the means to make use of the raw data gathered through their full sensory experience. The author suggests that intuition provides an arterial network that facilitates the bodymind and offers the idea that in certain circumstances, intuitive function is deliberately amputated in the service of survival. This results in the bodymind becoming split into a separate body and mind. The author explores the impact of this loss

Amputation · Artificial limbs · Compass · Limb amputation · Resection · Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Theology and Philosophy of Evil