Archetypes in Religion and Beyond - A Practical Theory of Human Integration and Inspiration - Robert M. Ellis
a. The Middle Way and the Integration Process
Archetypes in Religion and Beyond - A Practical Theory of Human Integration and Inspiration - Robert M. Ellis
Robert M. Ellis [+]
Middle Way Society
Robert M. Ellis is author of a range of interdisciplinary books on Middle Way Philosophy, both within and beyond Buddhism. These have included The Buddha’s Middle Way: Experiential Judgement in His Life and Teaching (Equinox Publishing, 2019) and Archetypes in Religion and Beyond: A Practical Theory of Human Integration and Inspiration (Equinox Publishing, 2022). He is also founder of the Middle Way Society and of Tirylan House Retreat Centre in Wales.
Description
Integration reduces projection, not by reaching ‘reality’, but by dialectically reducing the social and psychological conflict that results from projective repression of alternatives. Conflicts are resolved by reframing the assumptions that create them – an integrative process that applies the Middle Way, avoiding opposing absolutes with scepticism, provisionality, incrementality and agnosticism.