Psycho-practices in Mistical Traditions From the Antiquity by Safronov A.

By Safronov A.

Within the publication a posh, retrospective examine of a phenomenon of psycho-practices is made: their reasons, tools, philosophical substantiations, evolution, and interplay with other kinds of non secular lifestyles. For the 1st time differences in non secular, occult and esoteric psycho-practices are thought of during this paintings.
it's proven that psycho-practices are the necessary cultural phenomenon inherent in mankind in any respect phases of its improvement. The precise awareness is given to the psycho-practices provided within the sleek global. In paintings such query, as a spot of the replaced stipulations of cognizance in tradition and faith, a faith function in formation and social kind upkeep, cultural worth of the esoteric psycho-practices are thought of.
Philosophical and spiritual roots of contemporary psychotherapy, and in addition spiritual methods continuing in it are published. The ebook should be fascinating as for theorists-- experts-culturologists, theologians, psychologists, and for the specialists in corresponding sphere, and in addition for all who's drawn to esoteric and nonconventional psychology.

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By Safronov A.

Within the publication a posh, retrospective examine of a phenomenon of psycho-practices is made: their reasons, tools, philosophical substantiations, evolution, and interplay with other kinds of non secular lifestyles. For the 1st time differences in non secular, occult and esoteric psycho-practices are thought of during this paintings.
it's proven that psycho-practices are the necessary cultural phenomenon inherent in mankind in any respect phases of its improvement. The precise awareness is given to the psycho-practices provided within the sleek global. In paintings such query, as a spot of the replaced stipulations of cognizance in tradition and faith, a faith function in formation and social kind upkeep, cultural worth of the esoteric psycho-practices are thought of.
Philosophical and spiritual roots of contemporary psychotherapy, and in addition spiritual methods continuing in it are published. The ebook should be fascinating as for theorists-- experts-culturologists, theologians, psychologists, and for the specialists in corresponding sphere, and in addition for all who's drawn to esoteric and nonconventional psychology.

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It is this very group that in major wayreveals their features as those of psychopractices, and thus it shall be subjected to more thorough scrutiny. In addition to aforementioned groups of rituals which are common for all religions, each religion has its specific, solely proper rituals. A ritual is a comprehensive element of all known forms of religion. Yet, notwithstanding the manifold factual material available, the core subject-matter of religious ritual still remains insufficiently comprehended and studied.

The most bright analogy is the similarity between the defense mechanism of suppression that reveals through one’s “forgetting” the factors that bother him, and the magic ritual of deliverance from PSYCHOLOGICAL PRACTICES IN MYSTIC TRADITIONS: FROM ARCHAIC TO OUR DAYS. Andrey G. Safronov 41 troubles by means of getting rid of (burying, burning, drowning) an item that symbolizes them. Another sample is the analogy between the transference– the mechanism of defense that transfers emotional tension from one object onto another one, usually the one that is closer — and various rituals of religious cult items’ consecration through their contact with other, already consecrated items [235].

They often happen to individuals without any serious emotional problems who can be treated as completely “normal” in all other aspects. Moreover these emotions, being experienced in favourable environment and well adopted, can produce very useful results: improve one’s vital activity, facilitate creative skills and “self-actualization” [159]. The first investigators of altered states of consciousness evoked by meditative and yoga practices assumed all ASC to be more or less equivalent. Later on it became clear that this was an absolutely untrue assumption.

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