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Is it Psychosis or a Spiritual Emergency?

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Emma Bragdon 2 Comments

Spiritual Emergency vis a vis Psychosis A “spiritual emergency” is often confused with a psychotic episode. Both are intense. Both can have dramatic ups and downs. One minute a person feels elated and inspired. The next minute they feel triggered and distressed. It can be scary and disorienting. Is it a Binary? People think, “It’s

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Understanding Psychosis: Sign of Mental Illness or Spiritual Emergency?

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Emma Bragdon 2 Comments

There is a heated argument around understanding psychosis and psychotic episodes. The dictionary of psychiatry considers it an illness, like a symptom of a broken brain. Increasing numbers believe it does not exist as a mental illness or a symptom of mental illness. Instead, it is a natural expression of being emotionally and psychically overwhelmed.

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The Questionnaire Measurement of Spiritual Emergency

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Emma Bragdon 1 Comment

Measuring Spiritual Emergency Measuring Spiritual Emergency has not been very well defined by numerous authors. Monika Goretski, PhD., has written one of the most informative and well-respected articles published on this theme. She reviews the questionnaire she developed and used in the following article published in 2009. Monika was specifically interested in the difference between

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Our Fear of Psychic Phenomena

Posted on October 6, 2016 by admin 1 Comment

Spiritist Medical Congress I just returned from a fantastic conference: the 2nd International Spiritist Medical Congress, “The Dawn of a New Era in Medicine”, October 1-2, 2016, at George Washington University in Washington, DC. The roster of speakers was world class–almost all of them were MDs and PhDs with superb presentations. The event hall was modern,

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Mysticism and Psychosis

Posted on January 1, 2016 by admin 4 Comments

The following article is about mysticism, spiritual experiences, spiritual emergence and extreme states of consciousness, aka psychotic process. It was originally published in Seeds of Unfolding, Vol. VI, No. 4, Fall 1989. It is one of a number of papers written by Dr. Tomás Agosin, a psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College

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