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An Exploration of the Psyche-Cosmos Interconnection by Correlating Jungian Archetypes with Universal Phenomena
Full text linkThis paper systematically explores the correlations between Jungian archetypes and observable phenomena in the universe, aiming to deepen the understanding of the interconnectedness between human consciousness and the cosmos. I identify the core Jungian archetypes—including the Self, the Shadow, the Anima and Animus, the Hero, and others—and establish direct correlations with specific universal phenomena such as the cosmological singularity, dark matter and dark energy, matter-antimatter symmetry, supernovae, and universal physical laws. These correlations suggest that the fundamental structures of the human psyche mirror those of the universe, supporting philosophical concepts like the microcosm-macrocosm analogy and ontological monism. The proposed correlation are based on the observation of the phenomenology in our universe and how they may connect with psychology. To facilitate further interdisciplinary discourse, I propose a framework that connects psychology and cosmology, incorporating transdisciplinary approaches, theoretical foundations, and methodological strategies
Process-Oriented: A Creative Approach to Transformative Learning
Full text linkIn this intrinsic case study, the author explores the value of creative expression as a process-oriented approach to transformative learning through her experience of designing and facilitating a graduate art-therapy studio workshop. The author grounds her teaching in a humanistic view of creativity and transpersonal, transformative learning theories pertaining to expressive ways of knowing. Excerpts from one group of students’ responses to the course in terms of its impact on their personal-professional identity were grouped under four major themes: Purposeful Encounter; Authenticity; Expressive Mediums for Self-Care; and Shared Discovery. Conclusions from this case may be relevant to other educational settings in which transformative learning aims to strengthen students’ preparedness for their upcoming caregiving careers
Childhood Trauma and the Emergence of Precognitive Abilities: A Correlational Study
Full text linkThis study addresses the scientific tendency to misattribute the higher levels of belief in extrasensoryperception (ESP) of adult survivors of childhood trauma to cognitive errors whenthey may be a result of actual experience with ESP. Dissociative tendencies may contribute to precognition, which would be an adaptive skill for children living in unpredictable and traumatic environments. This study investigated the correlation between self-reported childhood abuse and neglect and precognitive abilities in 227 adults. The participants completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, comprising subscales measuring emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, and physical and emotional neglect, and completed four online tasks measuring extra-sensory perception (ESP) developed by the Institute of Noetic Science’s IONS Discovery Lab. The ESP scores of participants who experienced severe childhood abuse/neglect were compared to those of participants who experienced little to no childhood abuse/neglect. The severely abused/neglected group performed significantly better on one precognitive task using a protocol for remote viewing (p \u3c .05), but other tasks showed little efficacy or correlation with trauma severity. Post-hoc analysis indicated that ESP skill was related more closely to higher childhood neglect than abuse, but because the two types of abuse are often present concurrently, the difference in level of association was not significant
Book Review Early Israel: Cultic Praxis, God, and the Sôd Hypothesis, by Alex Shalom Kohav
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Wildfire and Asylum: A Terrapsychological Approach to Backyard Pilgrimage
Full text linkThis paper offers a conceptual framework and embodied practice of finding ones’ psychological roots through mythological re-emplacement. The author utilizes the lenses of depth psychology, terrapsychology, ritual and pilgrimage. The method also focuses on experiences of awe in nature as a catalyst for transpersonal experience. This deeply personal account offers a model for the reader’s own symbolic engagement with the physical, natural and historically rich world around them
Metaphysical Foundationalist versus Existentialist Ontologies: Applications for Research on Psychological Energy
Full text linkTheories of psychological energy have a rich history going back to the beginning of the field of psychology, employing concepts such as libido, psychic energy, orgone energy, bioenergetics, psycho-energetics, life energy, organizing field, and living-matrix. There has been a recent effort to find neural correlates with these concepts, but these data may not capture the fullness of the phenomenon. Because psychological energy is an elusive concept with many interpretations, research into this phenomenon faces the most basic questions regarding where and how to start. To address these questions, this paper explores several theories of ontology that could apply to psychological energy in the ways that major theorists have described it: the metaphysical foundationalist ontologies of Alfred North Whitehead, Ken Wilber, and Roy Bhaskar; the existentialist ontologies of Martin Heidegger and Maurice Merleau- Ponty; and extensions of existentialist ontology from Eugene Gendlin and Jorge N. Ferrer. It is argued that epistemological approaches based on existentialist ontology offer a more fruitful starting point for developing research methods in the study of psychological energy than methods grounded in metaphysical foundationalist ontologies. Grounds for ontological and epistemological dialog between these perspectives are explored
Colic as Trauma Release? A Comparative Exploration of Play Therapy in Children With and Without a History of Colic
Full text linkColic, characterized by excessive, inconsolable crying in early infancy, has long puzzled researchers and clinicians. Traditional approaches have predominantly relied on medical models, yet they have failed to provide satisfactory explanations or effective treatments. This blinded comparative qualitative study took a novel approach by asking: What are the womb and birth experiences of colicky babies in relation to the prenatal relational trauma between mother and fetus or within the fetal environment? The sample comprised 23 mother-child dyads, 10 children with a history of colic and 13 without, whose histories and interactions unfolded through 10 videotaped sessions of Experiential Play Therapy. Children with a colic history engaged in far less traumatic reenactment than those without, and those born vaginally in both groups re-enacted less trauma than those born via caesarian section. These findings suggest that colic may be the natural release of accumulated pre- and peri-natal trauma rather than an illness or condition requiring treatment resulting in a healthier child than non colicky children whose trauma impacts have not been expressed or released.