ABSTRACT
What is a spiritual psyche, and what does it mean to be or have one? What distinguishes a living psyche from a relatively dead one? The author considers key characteristics of psyche’s nature and dynamics, contrasting our physical material world with the experiential worlds of psyche and spirit. Four touchstones are explored: rhythm, no beginning or end, reversal, and mystery. Parallels, overlaps, and distinctions between psyche and soma are considered, along with psyche’s capacities for intuition, imagination, and creativity that elude even the most sophisticated computers.
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Robin Bagai
ROBIN BAGAI, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist in Portland, Oregon, who has been practicing psychoanalytic psychotherapy for over thirty-five years. His forthcoming book, Commentaries on the Work of Michael Eigen—Oblivion and Wisdom, Madness and Music will be published by Routledge. Dr. Bagai has been leading in-person and international seminars on more than a dozen of Michael Eigen’s books since 2014. Correspondence: [email protected].