Open AccessTranspersonal dimensions in Islamic spirituality.
Author(s) -
Nikos Yiangou
Publication year - 2022
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.24972/ijts.2019.38.2.53
Subject(s) - transpersonal , transpersonal psychology , spirituality , islam , phenomenology (philosophy) , epistemology , spiritual practice , ontology , sociology , religious experience , psychology , philosophy , theology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
The Sufi tradition that arose within Islam describes a compelling and varied map of the self and its transformations. Over the span of a millennium of practice and discourse, Sufis have explored and detailed the stages of the journey of self-transformation towards their ultimate aim of union with the One. Their models of the spiritual journey and of the emergent transpersonal self, extensively contextualized in phenomenology, epistemology, theology and ontology, offer singular insights into a richly detailed holistic psychology of self-realization and the making of the complete human.