The Muslim Psyche: A Journey from Wholeness to Holiness
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Abdelmalek Yamani
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Deslauriers, Daniel
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
California Institute of Integral Studies
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2017
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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222
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Committee members: Bulkeley, Kelly; Whitfield, Carol
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-82202-1
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Psy.D.
Discipline of degree
East-West Psychology
Body granting the degree
California Institute of Integral Studies
Text preceding or following the note
2017
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This dissertation focuses on the topic of the Islamic psyche ( nafs) and its transcending path or sabeel through a process of sulook or control of one's behaviors and attitudes. The entire experience is a sacred voyage from the realm of the mundane to the embodiment of the divine or from wholeness to holiness. The Muslim psyche (or nafs) is defined here as the intermediary between the rooh (soul), which is a world of purity, beauty, and perfection or the divine (al 'alam ar-Rabbani), and al 'alam al-ardi or the mundane. Here, the nafs is indeed the encapsulation of the heart (qalb), the mind (aql), and the body (jassad). The interactions between these elements take place within a psychic system. This dissertation is also an attempt to explore the psyche from an Islamic perspective. The idea, in fact, is to study the field of souls ('alam al-arwah) in their multiple manifestations, as a new area of study in the field of East-West psychology.