Spiritual Development: Han F. De Wit's and Stanislav Grof's Differing Approaches

Reich, K. Helmut

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“…The concept of spirituality defined by the panel overall agrees with current understanding of the construct, not only in the Spanish context but, also in Europe [ 7 , 13 , 22 , 28 ]. “Spirituality, which does not identify with a single unique divinity, is the expression of the essence of a person from where everything is governed and finds value” (EXP05).…”

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Spirituality in Patients at the End of Life—Is It Necessary? A Qualitative Approach to the Protagonists

García-Navarro

Medina-Ortega

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2021

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Spirituality is the most unknown aspect of palliative care despite being the need that is most altered in the last moments of life. Objective. To identify on the one hand the spiritual needs of patients who are at the end of life and on the other hand, the way in which nursing professionals can work to provide effective accompaniment in this process. Method. A qualitative study was conducted which applied different data collection techniques. This was done to describe the phenomenon from a holistic perspective in relation to experts’ perceptions of the competencies required by health professionals and palliative patients’ spiritual needs. Semi-structured interviews were conducted within both populations. In order to analyze the qualitative data collected through interviews, discourse was analyzed according to the Taylor–Bodgan model and processed using Atlas.ti software. Results. Three well-differentiated lines of argument are extracted from the discourse in each of the groups, on the one hand in the group of patients they define the concept of spirituality, system of values and beliefs, and the Factors that influence the spirituality of patients at the end of life (differentiating palliative care areas/other areas) and on the other, the professionals agree with the patients in the line of argument of concept of spirituality although they define more metaphysical categories and the other two lines of argument that result are the spiritual attention in this process and the need for formation in spirituality. Conclusions. The provision of spiritual care gives meaning to the actions of nursing professionals when it comes to providing end-of-life care, achieving holistic care, humanizing death, and promoting a dignified end.

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“…In the words of Stanislav Grof: “Spiritual development is an evolutionary capacity that is innate to all human beings” . It describes an impulse towards totality and the discovery of one’s true potential [ 7 ]. It is as common and natural as birth, physical growth, and death, being an integral part of our existence.…”

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Spirituality in Patients at the End of Life—Is It Necessary? A Qualitative Approach to the Protagonists

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Medina-Ortega

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2021

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“…As to his stage 7, Fowler postulates syntheticlunitive thinking. This is consonant with RCR level V (assuming an everyday awake state of consciousness and not an enlarged, altered state of consciousness - Reich, 2001b).…”

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Oser/Gmünder's Developmental Theory of Religious Judgement: Status and Outlook

Schenker¹,

Reich²

2003

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The first publication of “Stages of Religious Judgement” (RJ) dates back two decades (Oser, 1980). This, then, is an appropriate time to review major milestones reached since, and to attempt a look into the future. The reception of Oser's writings on psychology of religion and religious education in the English, French, and German literature was reported previously (Bucher & Reich, 1999). We assume here that RJ theory is familiar (Oser & Gmünder, [1984], 1991; updated summary in Oser & Reich, 1996). The present three parts are: A. Empirical studies, B. Cognitive development and religious stages, and C. Conclusions.

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Psychology of Religion and Neurobiology: Which Relationship?

Reich

2004

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Given that (a) psychologists of religion as a scientific community so far have shown little interest in neurobiology, and (b) neurobiology may become important for our field in the not too distant future, an attempt is made to present and discuss neurobiology and its conceivable interactions with psychology of religion. The long-standing debate about the philosophical grounding of the mind-body problem is recalled, as well as the scope of neurobiology and its research methods. Psychology of religion may assist neurobiology by providing research data that could serve as material for constructing testable neurobiological hypotheses, data resulting, for instance, from studying an individual's perception of God and the numinous, the psychological characteristics of meditation, deep prayer, contemplation, etc. Psychology of religion could benefit from neurobiology, (a) for assessing differing theoretical concepts regarding, for instance, religious experiences, and (b) for constructing dynamic models of religious development. Possible roadblocks on the way to connecting psychology of religion and neurobiology are pointed out and literature for further reading is provided. * An earlier version was presented at the session "Religion, cognitive science and neuroscience" of the Glasgow Conference for the Psychology of Religion, August 28-31, 2003. I thank Max Velmans, the session participants, especially Nina P. Azari, and the anonymous reviewers for helpful comments thereon.

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Spiritual Development: Han F. De Wit's and Stanislav Grof's Differing Approaches

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

Spirituality in Patients at the End of Life—Is It Necessary? A Qualitative Approach to the Protagonists

Spirituality in Patients at the End of Life—Is It Necessary? A Qualitative Approach to the Protagonists

Oser/Gmünder's Developmental Theory of Religious Judgement: Status and Outlook

Psychology of Religion and Neurobiology: Which Relationship?

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