Glossary
Glossary of cosmos psychology, archetypal cosmology, and transpersonal psychology terms.
19 defined terms.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Archetype | Universal psychic pattern in Jung's collective unconscious. |
| Archetypal cosmology | Study of planetary cycles as mirrors of archetypal dynamics (Tarnas). |
| Astropsychology | Psychological astrology; depth psychology applied to chart symbolism. |
| AQAL | All Quadrants, All Levels — Wilber's integral map. |
| Collective unconscious | Shared psychic layer beneath personal unconscious (Jung). |
| Depth psychology | Psychology of unconscious, symbol, and meaning. |
| Disenchantment | Loss of cosmic meaning in modern mechanistic worldview. |
| Holotropic | Moving toward wholeness; Grof's term for expanded states. |
| Individuation | Jungian process of integrating psyche toward the Self. |
| Integral theory | Wilber's framework for mapping knowledge and experience. |
| Participatory epistemology | Knower and known co-participate in reality (Tarnas). |
| Perinatal matrix | Grof's birth-related psychic templates. |
| Planetary archetype | Symbolic principle associated with a planet. |
| Pre/trans fallacy | Confusing pre-rational with trans-rational stages (Wilber). |
| Shadow | Repressed or denied aspects of personality (Jung). |
| Spiritual emergency | Intense spiritual crisis potentially growth-oriented (Grof). |
| Synchronicity | Meaningful acausal coincidence (Jung). |
| Transpersonal psychology | Psychology integrating spiritual/transcendent experience. |
| Universe story | Narrative of cosmic evolution as meaning-framework. |