Jeremy Griffith’s FREEDOM: The End of the Human Condition attempts something much larger than an ordinary theory of personality or psychological disorder. Griffith proposes a biological explanation for what he regards as the central contradiction of human existence.
The first ten entries established the foundations of archetypal psychology. Those concepts describe how psyche presents itself and how psychological attention may respond. Part Two follows the consequences.
This glossary is not arranged alphabetically. It unfolds conceptually. The sequence begins with soul, the perspective from which Hillman believes psychology should proceed. Part I of II
James Hillman’s archetypal psychology presents the psyche as fundamentally plural, or or of multiple minds. Human beings do not possess only one psychological voice, value system or centre of intelligence.
The absolute democracy of the psyche is a constitutional arrangement in which every psychological part possesses equal sovereignty, every part governs its own proper domain, and no system-wide action can be authorised unless every participating authority consents.
The Four Noble Truths are the foundation of Buddhist teachings, offering a framework for understanding suffering and the path to liberation.
Within parts working, there is the concept of the inner-critic. This is the source of internal self-criticism, and often seen as a source of depression and a pessimistic outlook. In this article, we suggest that this inner critic, was once an inner-supporter, that became rejected and dissociated into take on that oppositional role.
The Bloch sphere emerged from quantum mechanics of spin-1/2 particles (two-level systems like qubits or nuclear spins) in magnetic fields, generalizing classical spin precession to quantum superpositions.
This article is a personal reflection about a voice that I hear, which claims to be Brian Blessed. Here I offer and explanation as to how that might work.
Jung’s use of the terms “unconscious projections” and “exteriorisations” aligned with his developing theory of autonomous complexes, he said that these were psychological contents that can manifest with apparent independence from conscious control.