Transpersonal Psychology in Psychoanalytic

In this book, Michael Washburn provides a psychoanalytic foundation for transpersonal psychology. Using psychoanalytic theory, Washburn explains how ego development both prepares for and creates obstacles to ego transcendence.

Preface

xi

Acknowledgments

xv

Introudction

1

(18)

The Sources of Experience in Infancy

19

(25)

The Nonegoic Core of the Psyche

20

(10)

The Traditional View of the Infant's Experience

30

(5)

The Nonegoic Core as a Source of the Infant's Experience

35

(3)

The Nonegoic Core and the Preoedipal ``Object''

38

(4)

Conclusion

42

(2)

Ego Formation and the Origins of Dualism in Early Chilhdhood

44

(32)

The Early Preoedipal Period

45

(6)

Rapprochement, Ambivalence, and the Splitting of the Great Mother

51

(3)

The Repressive Underpinnings of Object Constancy

54

(13)

The Oedipus Complex and the Consolidation of Ego Dominance

67

(6)

Conclusion

73

(3)

Ego and Gender

76

(20)

Gender Asymmetries in Preoedipal Development and Consequent Gender Disparities in Later Life

76

(5)

Gender Variations in the Oedipus Complex

81

(3)

Gender Differences and Superego Formation

84

(2)

Narrow versus Wide Gender Differences

86

(6)

Gender Differences in the Contex of Patriarchal Dualism

92

(2)

Conclusion

94

(2)

Ego Development and Dualism in Latency

96

(27)

Psychodynamics

98

(7)

Object Relations

105

(4)

Ego Development

109

(10)

Existential Orientation: Playful Exploration of the World

119

(2)

Conclusion

121

(2)

Ego Development and Dualism in Adolescence

123

(33)

Psychodynamics

124

(6)

Object Relations

130

(12)

Ego Development

142

(9)

Existential Concerns: Identity Testing and Identity Anxiety

151

(3)

Conclusion

154

(2)

Ego Development and Dualism in Early Adulthood

156

(27)

Psychodynamics

158

(3)

Object Relations

161

(3)

Ego Development

164

(10)

Existential Project: Earning Being and Value---The Identity Project

174

(7)

Conclusion

181

(2)

Midlife Transvaluation and Pathologies of The Self

183

(34)

The Disillusionment of the Mental Ego

185

(4)

Pathologies of the Self

189

(27)

Depression

191

(2)

Narcissism

193

(2)

Existential Syndrome

195

(9)

The Divided Self

204

(2)

The Borderline Condition

206

(10)

Conclusion

216

(1)

The First Stage of Transcendence: The Dark Night of the Senses

217

(20)

Pride Goeth Before a Fall

218

(2)

The Inverse Law of Spiritual Development

220

(1)

Passive Purgation

221

(2)

Aridity

223

(2)

Weakness of Will

225

(3)

The Bitter Pill of Self-Knowledge

228

(2)

On the Edge: Transition to the Dark Night of Spirit

230

(3)

Emergence of the Mystery of Faith

233

(2)

Conclusion

235

(2)

The Spiral Path of Transcendence: Awakening, Regression, Regeneration

237

(32)

Awakening: Rupture of Planes and Encounter with the Numinous

240

(2)

Regression in the Service of Transcendence

242

(12)

Redemptive versus Pathological Regression: On Distinguishing the Dark Night of Spirit from Psychosis

254

(2)

Regeneration in Spirit

256

(11)

Conclusion

267

(2)

Gender and Transcendence

269

(24)

Empowerment versus Withdrawal

271

(5)

Jung's Conception of the Anima and Animus: A Critique

276

(6)

Jung's Conception of the Anima and Animus: A Reconstruction

282

(4)

God the Father and the Great Goddess

286

(6)

Conclusion

292

(1)

The Goal of Transcendence: Intergration

293

(26)

Features of Integrated Life

294

(17)

The Marriage of the Ego and the Dynamic Ground

311

(4)

Integration as Goal and New Beginning

315

(2)

Conclusion

317

(2)

Notes

319

(16)

References

335

(24)

Index

359

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Transpersonal Psychology in Psychoanalytic Perspective

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