perception Archives - Self-Transcendence

What Are Defensive Responses?

This article introduces defensive responses, focussing on fight, flight and freeze, as well as the underpinning psychological thinking.

By Barra, 2 days17 August 2026 ago

Archetypal Psychology

Glossary of Hillmanian Thought: World, Underworld, Myth and Calling

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.

By Barra, 2 weeks ago

Analytical Psychology

Glossary of Hillmanian Thought: The First Ten Principles

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

By Barra, 2 weeks ago

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Human Thinking

What does Objectivity Mean?

Objectivity, in this landscape, usually means not a “view from nowhere,” but “as independent of any one person’s quirks as we can practically make it.”

By Barra, 7 months ago

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Human Senses

What is Perception Filtering?

Perception filtering is the mind’s way of sorting and reducing the huge amount of information coming in through the senses so a person is not overloaded.

By Barra, 8 months ago