6 papers in the library · publishing 2002-2023
Routledge eBooks October 19, 2023 Lionel Corbett
This chapter discusses Jung’s rejection of the accusation that his work is metaphysical, describes what he meant by the term “metaphysical,” and discusses the use of this word in the larger literature. The chapter shows that Jung had a range of implicit philosophical attitudes and claims. The chapter discusses various authors who are critical of the philosophical and scientific foundations of...
March 29, 2022 Lionel Corbett
The author describes the importance of numinous experience for Jung, and presents a range of ways in which such experiences might appear. The examples include numinous dreams, visions, experiences in the natural world, through the body, and by means of entheogens. The paper makes the point that whether these experiences are taken at face value or interpreted reductively depends on the...
January 4, 2002 Lionel Corbett
The approach of this book has been to deal with numinous experiences in a purely psychological manner-that is, by trying to stay as much as possible within the psyche, however much one is tempted to stray into realms of experience-distant, doctrinal assertions. Ideally, when dealing with problems of meaning and suffering, the technical principle which is applied is to try to discern the...
January 4, 2002 Lionel Corbett
We have been so conditioned by our western religious heritage to expect the divine to appear in prescribed ways, such as the Judaeo-Christian forms, that we may not recognize novel or highly personal appearances. Within the traditional heritage, the tendency has been to receive the sacred by means of a prescribed text, sacrament or ritual. But in fact the numinosum may take forms that are not...
January 4, 2002 Lionel Corbett
My intention in this book is to advocate an approach to the psyche which will lead to the development of an individual, intensely personal spirituality. I wish to illustrate the ways in which depth psychology can address those questions and experiences which have traditionally been the exclusive province of established religions. A perspective on divinity that is rooted within the psyche allows...
Routledge eBooks January 4, 2002 Lionel Corbett
The religious literature recognizes that spiritual experience may occur in at least two ways. It may be acquired by human effort, or an experience of the divine may be directly instilled into the soul passively, without human effort, as an act of grace. The hard work of everyday attention to, and amplification of, intrapsychic material belongs to the former category, while sudden, unforeseen...