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40 Spirituality Studies 10-2 Fall 2024 ways of spirituality and more traditional psychology. The process of considering these ideas also affords practitioners the opportunity to integrate contemporary psychological ideas with ancient wisdom to deepen ideas about the human experience and potential pathways toward personal growth. Finally, as implied by the story of the Velveteen Rabbit, the experience of authenticity and feeling “real” requires a number of influences. This development generally transpires through the wisdom of aging and the influence of multiple relationships. It is deepened through contact with something beyond our ordinary experience – the touch of the Garden Fairy – which may come through the experience of psychedelics, the process of being truly and deeply understood by another, or moments of meaning coming to us through stories told again and again over the centuries often brought to us through sacred texts. References Agin-Liebes, Gabriel, Elisabeth M. Nielson, Michael Zingman et al. 2024. “Reports of Self-Compassion and Affect Regulation in Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis.” Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 38 (1): 101–113. doi.org. Azari, Nina P., Janpeter Nickel, Gilbert Wunderlich et al. 2001. “Neural Correlates of Religious Experience.” European Journal of Neuroscience 13 (8): 1649–52. doi.org. Baker, Howard S., and Margaret N. Baker. 1987. “Heinz Kohut’s Self Psychology: An Overview.” American Journal of Psychiatry 144 (1): 1–9. doi.org. Berachot 27b. In Talmud. Translated by Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz). Steinsaltz Center. Accessed July 20, 2024. chabad.org. Bogenschutz, Michael P., Alyssa A. Forcehimes, Jessica A. Pommy et al. 2015. “Psilocybin-Assisted Treatment for Alcohol Dependence: A Proof-of-Concept Study.” Journal of Psychopharmacology 29 (3): 289–99. doi.org. Buber, Martin. 2013. Tales of the Hasidim: The Later Masters. Tel Aviv, IL: Schocken. Buber, Martin. I and Thou. 1958. Translated by Martin Kaufman. New York, NY: Free Press. Bütz, Michael R. 1992. “The Fractal Nature of the Development of the Self.” Psychological Reports 71 (3): 1043–63. doi.org. Campbell, Joseph. 2001. Thou Art That: Transforming Religious Metaphor. Novato, CA: New World Library. Cordovero, Moshe. 1584. Pardes Rimonin. Salnika. Ehrlich, Milton P. 1970. “The Role of Body Experience in Therapy.” Psychoanalytic Review 57 (2): 181–95. Elimelekh of Lizhensk. (1788) 1978. Noam Elimelekh. Edited by Gedalyahu Nigal. Jerusalem, IL: Mossad Harav Kook. Eskritt, Michaelle, Juanita Whalen, and Kang Lee. 2008. “Preschoolers Can Recognize Violations of the Gricean Maxims.” British Journal of Developmental Psychology 26 (3): 435–43. doi.org. Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds. 1952. “The Repression and the Return of Bad Objects (With Special Reference to War Neurosis).” In Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality. London, UK: Routledge.

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