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VOLUME 10 ISSUE 2 FALL 2024

Editorial 1
The Enneagram’s Science of the Soul 2
1 Introduction 4
2 Gurdjieff and the Introduction of the Enneagram to the Modern West 6
3 Oscar Ichazo, Claudio Naranjo, and the Enneagram of Personality Types 6
4 Claudio Naranjo, the ‘Breach of Secrecy’, and the Enneagram for Mass Consumption 7
5 Oscar Ichazo, Claudio Naranjo, and the Fourth Way teaching 8
6 Origins of the Enneagram and Islamic Spirituality 11
7 Psychologizing the Enneagram 12
8 The Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions of Personality 14
9 Zero as the Supreme Identity 15
10 The Enneagram and Spiritual Practice 16
11 Conclusion 17
Notes 18
References 19
In Search of the Authentic: Contributions of Jewish Mysticism to a Conceptualization and Experience of the Self 23
1 Introduction 24
2 Background: The Self as a Static Individual Conceptualization 25
2.1 Behavioral Theory 25
2.2 Psychoanalytic Theory 25
2.3 Neuroradiology 27
2.4 Jewish Mysticism and the Map of the Self 28
3 An Expanding Understanding: The Self in Relation 29
3.1 Psychoanalytic Relational Paradigm 29
3.2 Family Systems 29
3.3 Relationality in Jewish Philosophy and Mysticism 30
4 Language and the Self 31
5 Experience of the Self 33
5.1 Psychedelics and Subjectivity 33
5.2 Subjective Experience through Mystical Judaism 34
6 Fracturing of the Self 35
6.1 Psychoanalytic Perspectives 35
7 Integrating the Full Self: Running and Returning 38
8 Conclusion 38
References 40
Ancient and Modern Understanding of the Functions of Kōśas 43
1 Introduction 44
2 Definitions of Kōśas and Tattvas 44
3 Kōśas in the Upanisads 48
4 The Function of Kōśas and Their Relation to Ahamkāra and a Human Perceptual Model 48
5 Conclusion 53
Notes 54
References 55
Kundalinī and the First Two Dimensions of Perception: Matter and Emotion 57
1 Introduction 58
2 The Material Dimension of Perception 58
2.1 Kundalinī Manifestation in Material Dimension 59
3 The Emotional Dimension of Perception 60
3.1 Discussing Other Views 61
4 Kundalinī and the First Two Points of Transcendence 63
4.1 Kundalinī and the First Chakra 63
4.2 Kundalinī and the Second Chakra 64
5 Conclusions 64
References 65
Bullying in the Context of Adolescents’ Experience of Spirituality and Loneliness 66
1 Introduction 68
2 Methods 69
2.1 Sample and Procedure 69
2.2 Measures 69
3 Results 70
3.1 Descriptive Analysis 70
3.2 Correlation Analysis 70
3.3 Testing Differences 71
3.3.1 Role of Victim 71
3.3.2 Role of Aggressor 72
3.3.3 Role of Defender 73
3.4 Regression Analysis 75
4 Discussion and Conclusions 76
Acknowledgement 77
References 78
From Atheist to Seeker: A Path to Becoming a Skeptical Believer 81
1 Where It All Began 82
2 My Belief System 83
3 How the Transformation Began 84
4 The Process 84
5 That Which I Do Not Understand 85
6 The Bas Mitzvah 85
7 The Aftermath 86
Mission 87

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