RT Article
T1 Psychotherapy and the Spiritual Journey
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 37
IS 4
SP 333
OP 344
A1 McNeill, John J. 1925-2015
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 1998
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1669042251
AB This article distinguishes between the "ego" of Freudian analysis and the "ego" of spiritual tradition. Using his own personal psychic and spiritual development, the writer demonstrates how the Freudian ego must grow and transform, bringing into consciousness and healing all psychic wounds. Secular depth psychology must open into a spiritual dimension when it encounters the drive in the human psyche toward the "necessary and impossible." Finally, the writer shows how our spiritual life may mature into a contemplative life in union with the divine.
K1 Human Psyche
K1 Spiritual Development
K1 Spiritual Dimension
K1 Spiritual Life
K1 Spiritual Tradition
DO 10.1023/A:1022983824613