Abstract:This chapter elucidates the physiology of birth and the pathology of human mind in accordance with Massimo Fagioli's theory of human birth (1972). Human life and psychic activity begin at birth, with the reaction of the biological matter to light, an inanimate reality which is absent in the fetal condition. Thus a capability to imagine arises and will develop throughout life. The 'first human thinking' begins as an image and non-conscious mental activity. This dynamic is common to all human beings, without sex… Show more
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