The Upward and Downward Paths of the SpiritAbstract: Psychology has a focus on the integration of the
unconscious--the process is regarded essential to the individuation,
development, and emancipation of personality. The article argues that
this view is one-sided. In order to achieve a balanced view of the Self
it is necessary to restore the traditional view of spiritual
development, representing the path "upwards" toward divine union
(
henosis). Projections of the unconscious archetype do not only serve
the purpose of psychological integration--in terms of Neoplatonism they
may also serve as vehicles for spiritual ascent.
Keywords: projection, Neoplatonism, Trinity, archetype, individuation,
Dionysus, Cusanus, Iamblichus, coincidentia oppositorum, C.G. Jung.
Read the article here:
http://www.two-paths.com/projection.htm(
http://mlwi.magix.net/projection.htm)
Mats Winther