f. God and Religious Experience
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
The archetypal God function arises from the integration of the other three functions, and inspires through association with the open potential of what is often called religious experience. It can be symbolized in a wide variety of ways, some impersonal and largely conceptual (Nature, or Truth), but is overwhelmingly vulnerable to constant projection.