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- An insightful examination of the different traits of the human soul
- Explores a variety of human experiences such as anger, pain, anxiety and shame
- This updated edition includes previously unpublished lectures by Karl Konig on psychology and the human soul
- Volume 24 in the Karl Konig Archive
A new edition of the classic study of the characteristics of the human soul, which outlines four distinct stages of consciousness. This compelling exploration into the psyche includes never-before published lectures. Part of the Karl Konig Archive.
Description
In this fascinating work, Karl Konig offers a detailed study of the human soul's different characteristics. He looks at a range of human experiences, including pain, anxiety, fear, shame and anger, and he distinguishes four stages of consciousness: normal day-consciousness, dreaming, sleeping and deep sleep.
Although much has changed in the field of psychology since The Human Soul was written in the middle of the twentieth century, this book nevertheless remains a meaningful exploration into the mysteries and complexities of the human psyche.
This new Karl Konig Archive edition of the classic text has been updated with never-before published lectures by Konig on psychology and the human soul, including notes from the two talks that originally inspired this book.
Table of Contents
The Human Soul in Karl Konig's Biography: An Introduction by Richard Steel
I. THE HUMAN SOUL
1. The Mind and the Unconscious
-- Modern psychology and the human soul
-- On mind and soul
-- Approaching the land of the soul
-- The mind, the soul and the unconscious
-- Laughing and weeping
-- Summary
2. Eros and Psyche
-- The three regions of the soul
-- The intentional faculty of the soul
-- The transcendent nature of the soul
-- Desire and discrimination
-- Summary
3. Pain and Anxiety
-- The landscape of the human soul
-- The problem of pain
-- The enigma of anxiety
-- Summary
4. Fear, Shame and Anger
-- The language of the emotions
-- The meaning of anger
-- The phenomena of fear and shame
-- Three companions: fear, shame and anger
-- Summary
5. Mood and Temperament
-- The human moods
-- Emotion, temparement and mood
-- The mechanism of different moods
-- The four temperaments
-- Mood and temperament in humans and animals
-- Summary
6. The Twelve Senses
-- The twelve senses of the human being
-- Sound, music and the intentional faculty
-- Light and the transcendent nature of the soul
-- Summary
7. Consciousness
-- The problem of consciousness
-- The different forms of consciousness
-- 'Awakeness' and the dimensions of consciousness
-- The evolution of consciousness and the unconscious
-- The nature of object consciousness and the soul
-- Summary
8. Dreams
-- The land of dreams
-- The interpretation of dreams
-- The content of dreams
-- The dimensions of dreams
-- Various types of dreams
-- The nature of dreams
-- Summary
II. LECTURES
The Development of Psychology During the Last One Hundred Years
The Evolution of the Soul
Three Levels of the Soul
-- The sentient soul
-- The intellectual soul
-- The consciousness soul
Appendix
1. The divine in the human soul
2. An excerpt from Karl Konig's notebook
3. Introduction to the first German edition (1989)
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Author
Karl Konig (1902-66) was well-known as a physician, author and lecturer. He began his work at the Institute of Embryology at the University of Vienna. In 1940 he founded the Camphill Movement, in Scotland, based on the educational ideas of Rudolf Steiner.
