| Editorial |
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| The Enneagram’s Science of the Soul |
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| 1 Introduction |
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| 2 Gurdjieff and the Introduction of the Enneagram to the Modern West |
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| 3 Oscar Ichazo, Claudio Naranjo, and the Enneagram of Personality Types |
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| 4 Claudio Naranjo, the ‘Breach of Secrecy’, and the Enneagram for Mass Consumption |
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| 5 Oscar Ichazo, Claudio Naranjo, and the Fourth Way teaching |
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| 6 Origins of the Enneagram and Islamic Spirituality |
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| 7 Psychologizing the Enneagram |
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| 8 The Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions of Personality |
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| 9 Zero as the Supreme Identity |
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| 10 The Enneagram and Spiritual Practice |
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| 11 Conclusion |
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| Notes |
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| References |
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| In Search of the Authentic: Contributions of Jewish Mysticism to a Conceptualization and Experience of the Self |
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| 1 Introduction |
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| 2 Background: The Self as a Static Individual Conceptualization |
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| 2.1 Behavioral Theory |
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| 2.2 Psychoanalytic Theory |
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| 2.3 Neuroradiology |
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| 2.4 Jewish Mysticism and the Map of the Self |
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| 3 An Expanding Understanding: The Self in Relation |
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| 3.1 Psychoanalytic Relational Paradigm |
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| 3.2 Family Systems |
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| 3.3 Relationality in Jewish Philosophy and Mysticism |
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| 4 Language and the Self |
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| 5 Experience of the Self |
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| 5.1 Psychedelics and Subjectivity |
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| 5.2 Subjective Experience through Mystical Judaism |
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| 6 Fracturing of the Self |
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| 6.1 Psychoanalytic Perspectives |
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| 7 Integrating the Full Self: Running and Returning |
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| 8 Conclusion |
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| References |
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| Ancient and Modern Understanding of the Functions of Kōśas |
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| 1 Introduction |
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| 2 Definitions of Kōśas and Tattvas |
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| 3 Kōśas in the Upanisads |
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| 4 The Function of Kōśas and Their Relation to Ahamkāra and a Human Perceptual Model |
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| 5 Conclusion |
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| Notes |
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| References |
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| Kundalinī and the First Two Dimensions of Perception: Matter and Emotion |
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| 1 Introduction |
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| 2 The Material Dimension of Perception |
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| 2.1 Kundalinī Manifestation in Material Dimension |
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| 3 The Emotional Dimension of Perception |
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| 3.1 Discussing Other Views |
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| 4 Kundalinī and the First Two Points of Transcendence |
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| 4.1 Kundalinī and the First Chakra |
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| 4.2 Kundalinī and the Second Chakra |
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| 5 Conclusions |
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| References |
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| Bullying in the Context of Adolescents’ Experience of Spirituality and Loneliness |
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| 1 Introduction |
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| 2 Methods |
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| 2.1 Sample and Procedure |
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| 2.2 Measures |
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| 3 Results |
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| 3.1 Descriptive Analysis |
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| 3.2 Correlation Analysis |
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| 3.3 Testing Differences |
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| 3.3.1 Role of Victim |
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| 3.3.2 Role of Aggressor |
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| 3.3.3 Role of Defender |
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| 3.4 Regression Analysis |
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| 4 Discussion and Conclusions |
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| Acknowledgement |
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| References |
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| From Atheist to Seeker: A Path to Becoming a Skeptical Believer |
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| 1 Where It All Began |
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| 2 My Belief System |
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| 3 How the Transformation Began |
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| 4 The Process |
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| 5 That Which I Do Not Understand |
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| 6 The Bas Mitzvah |
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| 7 The Aftermath |
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| Mission |
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