A D I SS E RTAT I O N S U B M I T T E D BY
J A L A L E D I N E B R A H I M
TOWARDS
AN INTEGRAL PSYCHOLOGY OF ISLAM:
FROM AL-FATIHA, THE OPENING,
TO THE GARDENS OF PARADISE
9/11: THE SHADOW OF ISLAM
THE PROPHET’S ASCENSION
FOUR RIVERS IN THE GARDENS OF PARADISE
WILBER’S FOUR QUADRANT MODEL OF INTEGRAL PSYCHOLOGY
River of Wine
River of Milk
River
of H
oney
River
of W
ater
Adab
Umm
a & Shari’a
Fitra
& N
afs M
a’rifa
Transpersonal Psychology
Self Psychology
CulturalPsychology
Social & PoliticalPsychology
FemininePsychology
Salsabil
An eco-archetypal image of the Gardens of Paradise
Towards an Integral Psychology of Islam
River of Wine
River of Milk
River
of H
oney
River
of W
ater
Adab
Umm
a & Shari’a
Fitra
& N
afs M
a’rifa
Transpersonal Psychology
Self Psychology
CulturalPsychology
Social & PoliticalPsychology
FemininePsychology
Salsabil
An eco-archetypal image of the Gardens of Paradise
Towards an Integral Psychology of Islam
Imaginal Self
Imaginal Umma
Imaginal Field
Imaginal Realms
1. Fitra (our essential self)
2. Lower nafs (our instincts, drives, complexes and sub-personalities)
3. Taqlid (emulation of the Prophets, Imams, saints and other role models)
4. Khalifa (personal responsibility and social conscience)
5. Niyya (intention)
6. Iradah (personal will and the capacity to contemplate, if not make, choices)
7. Khayal (the imagination of the mind)
8. Himma (the imagination of the heart)
9. ‘Aql (the intellect)
10. Nur (light)
TEN KEY CONCEPTS OF SELF PSYCHOLOGY IN ISLAM
The Imaginal Self
SOCIAL & POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
THE CALIPHATE/IMAMATE THE ULEMAUMMA & SHARI’AUMMA = GLOBAL INTENTONAL COMMUNITY OF ISLAMTHE JURISTS – LEGAL HERMENEUTICS OF THE QUR’AN & EXAMPLE OF THE PROPHETSHARI’A = FORM OF WORSHIP + LAWS OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND ORGANIZATIONTHE WORD FREEDOM DOES NOT EXIST IN SHARI’AINDIVIDUAL HUMAN & CIVIL RIGHTS ARE LIMITEDZULM = SIN: VIOLATION OF SHARI’AAPOSTASY LAW IS A KILLERKEY PRINCIPLE: DETERRENCE FOR MASLAHAMASLAHA = FOR PUBLIC INTERESTDEMOCRACY??? The Imaginal
Umma
SPIRAL DYNAMICS
Beige: archaic, automatic/instinctive thinking, clan organization, survivalist process.
Purple: magical, animistic thinking, tribal organization and circular process.
Red: mythic, egocentric thinking, feudal organization and exploitative, dominating process.
Blue: conformist, legal, absolutistic thinking, pyramidal organization and authoritarian process.
Orange: rational, scientific, multiplistic thinking, delegative organization and strategic process.
Green: sensitive, empathic, relativistic thinking, egalitarian organization and consensual process.
Yellow: interdependence, systemic thinking, interactive organization and integrative process.
Turquoise: centauric, integral, holistic thinking, fluid organization, inclusive process which honors all the above levels of pre-modern, modern and post-
modern consciousness.
The Imaginal Field
AL-MI’RAJ: THE LADDER OF CONSCIOUSNESSTRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY
• NAFS AL-KAMILA: PURE STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS• NAFS AL-MARDHIYYA: PLEASING, DEVOTED STATES OF
CONSCIOUSNESS• NAFS AR-RADHIYYA: PLEASED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS• NAFS AL-MUTMA’INNAH: SERENE STATES OF
CONSCIOUSNESS• NAFS AL- AMINA: INSPIRED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS -
AWAKENINGSELF PSYCHOLOGY
• NAFS AL-LAWWAMA: REGRETFUL COMPLEXES – EMERGENCE OF CONSCIENCE
• NAFS AL-AMMARA: TYRANNICAL DRIVES, INSTINCTS, COMPLEXES, SUB-PERSONALITIES, DEFENSE-MECHANISMS, NEUROSIS The Imaginal
Realms
FEMININE PSYCHOLOGY
SALSABIL: THE CENTRAL FOUNTAIN THE FEMININE IN CREATION
THE SURA OF MARYTHE MARY WITHIN USTHE QUEEN OF SHEBA
THE ARCHETYPAL FEMININETHE ETERNAL SOPHIA
KUAN-YIN & WHITE TARAMOTHER ARCHETYPE & FEAR OF THE FEMININETHE BLACK MADONNA – THE DARK GODDESS
MOTHER COMPLEXANIMA MUNDI : THE SOUL OF THE WORLD
RABI‘ATHE HIJAB: THE VEILTHE IMAGINAL EVE The Imaginal
Eve
River of Wine
River of Milk
River
of H
oney
River
of W
ater
Adab
Umm
a & Shari’a
Fitra
& N
afs M
a’rifa
Transpersonal Psychology
Self Psychology
CulturalPsychology
Social & PoliticalPsychology
FemininePsychology
Salsabil
An eco-archetypal image of the Gardens of Paradise
Towards an Integral Psychology of Islam
Imaginal Self
Imaginal Umma
Imaginal Field
Imaginal Realms
ARCHETYPES & COMPLEXES IN AL-FATIHA
• AL-FATIHA• IMAGO DEI• FITRA: ESSENTIAL SELF• ALHAMDULILLAH: PSYCHOLOGY
OF GRATITUDE• ALHAMDULILLAH: SPIRITUAL
BYPASS• SUSTAINER OF ALL THE WORLDS• SOVEREIGN OF THE DAY OF
RESURRECTION: • PSYCHOLOGY OF ULTIMATE
CONCERNS• THE STRAIGHT PATH OF SELF-
CULTIVATION• THE GARDENS OF PARADISE• THE PATH OF BLESSINGS, FAVORS
& GRACE
• THE WRATH OF GOD: SACRED CHAOS
• INDIVIDUATION & FAMILY• HONOR & SHAME• THE UMMA: GLOBAL
COMMUNITY OF ISLAM• ORPHAN• EXILE• FANTASY OF THE GOLDEN AGE• MOURNING THE LOSS• FATHER & MOTHER COMPLEX• PUER & PUELLA• SUPERIORITY & INFERIORITY
COMPLEX• CULTURAL COMPLEX• MARTYR COMPLEX
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