The Marriage between Ego and Id

Cognitive Integration and its Relation to Mystical Experience

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ID13824688
AuthorsAntoon Geels (University of Religions and Denominations, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume28
Issue1
Pages219-252
Publication date2006-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchive for the Psychology of Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0084-6724 • E-ISSN: 1573-6121
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1163/008467206777832625
OpenAlexW1987421905
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited28

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 called “Interacting Cognitive Subsystems” (ICS), presented by John D. Teasdale and Philip J. Barnard. These two complementary theoretical perspectives are applied to the analysis of both historical and contemporary examples of mystical experience, understood as a result of a dialectical interplay between these different coding systems, or the marriage between Ego and Id

Cognition · Cognitive science · Dialectic · Epistemology · Id, ego and super-ego · Interpretation (philosophy · Mysticism · Psychoanalysis · Psychology of religion · Relation (database · Theology · Computer Science · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

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