Psyche and Eros: Baha'i Studies in a Spiritual Psychology

"The first book of its kind, Diessner has managed to lay a dialectical Bahá í-scientific foundation for the psychological study of the spiritual lives of people. Lucid in its prose, inching forth theory from keen insight, Bahá í scripture and scientific literature, Professor Diessner s debut book is a must read." Timothy Richel, Masters in Cognition & Education, University of Washington.


Contents:
The Image of the Manifestation as the Ontological Basis for a Bahá í Psychology: Oneness as Absolute Oneness and Oneness as Unity-in-Diversity; Action Research; Developmental Psychology Made New: Glimmerings from Spiritual Psychology; Western and Middle Eastern Developmental Stage Theories; Selflessness: Congruencies between the Cognitive-Developmental Research Programme and the Bahá í Writings; Differentiating Spiritual Principles from Kohlbergian Moral Principles: A Bahá í Interpretation; Beauty and Moral Education (with a Chinese Flavour); The Psychology of Beauty as a Foundation for Moral Education; Differentiating Physical, Social and Spiritual Aspects of Emotions; The Psychology of Materialism and Moral Development: Overcoming the Root Cause of Racism and Nationalism; The Myth of Psyche and Eros: An Interpretation Based on Correlates in the Bahá í Writings