The Atman Project: A Transpersonal View of Human Development

FOREWORD TO THE NEW EDITION......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 10
1 Prologue......Page 13
The Outward and Inward Arc......Page 14
The Approach......Page 16
The Pleromatic Self......Page 17
The Alimentary Uroboros......Page 18
The Axial-Body and Pranic-Body......Page 21
The Image-Body......Page 23
The Nature of the Typhon: A Summary......Page 26
4 The Membership Self
......Page 28
The Verbal Mind: Summary......Page 32
5 Mental-Egoic Realms......Page 34
The Egoic Realms: Summary......Page 37
The Ascent of Consciousness......Page 39
Transformation and Translation......Page 41
Translation, Transformation, and Psychopathology......Page 43
A Higher-Order Unity......Page 45
Autonomy, Self-Actualization, and Intentionality......Page 46
The Primary Process: Preverbal......Page 49
Vision-Image: Transverbal......Page 51
Preconsensus and Transconsensus......Page 52
The Immediate Present......Page 54
Summary: the Centaur......Page 55
The Nirmanakaya: the Gross Realms......Page 58
The Sambhogakaya: the Subtle Realm......Page 60
The High-Subtle......Page 61
The Subtle Realms: Summary......Page 63
The Dharmakaya: the Causal Realms......Page 65
The High-Causal......Page 66
Svabhavikakaya: the Final Transformation......Page 67
Eternity: God or Id?......Page 68
10 The Form of Development......Page 71
Ground-Unconscious......Page 73
Archaic-Unconscious......Page 74
Submergent-Unconscious......Page 75
Embedded-Unconscious......Page 77
Emergent-Unconscious......Page 78
12 Meditation and the Unconscious......Page 80
13 The Atman Project......Page 85
Variations on the Atman Project......Page 86
Life and Death......Page 87
The Form of Death and Remembrance......Page 90
Uroboric Incest and Castration......Page 93
The Atman Project in the Typhonic Realms......Page 94
The Anal/Membership Phase of the Atman Project......Page 97
15 Evolution Through the Egoic Levels......Page 103
Fusion, Differentiation, and Dissociation......Page 106
Maternal Incest/Castration......Page 107
Parental Incest/Castration......Page 109
The Egoic Atman Project: Ego Ideal and Conscience......Page 110
The Surrender of Parental Incest/Castration......Page 112
The Centaur......Page 114
Subtle and Causal Evolution......Page 118
17 Schizophrenia and Mysticism......Page 120
18 Involution......Page 126
The Tibetan Book of the Dead......Page 127
Stage One: the Chikhai......Page 128
Stage Two: the Chonyid......Page 130
Stage Three: the Sidpa......Page 134
Amnesia and the In Between......Page 135
Reference Tables......Page 138
Bibliography......Page 146