The religious function of the psyche

Introduction: The new psychological dispensation. 1. The religious attitude in psychotherapy. 2. Personal spirituality based on the contact with the numinosum. 3. The transpersonal self. 4. The archetype as synthetic principle. 5. Mythical symbolism and imaginal aspects of the psyche's religious function. 6. A psychological view of some traditional religious ideas. 7. A depth psychological approach to the problem of suffering. 8. Suffering: the search for meaning. 9. Sin and evil. 10. Psychotherapy and spiritual practice. 11. The rationale for a contemplative psychology

Personal experience of the divine often has nothing to do with the concepts of traditional religious systems. Corbett, relying heavily on Jung's writings and religious approach to the psyche, talks about the religious experience that emerges from psychotherapy.

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