Pastoral Psychology

, Volume 37, Issue 3, pp 172–191 | Cite as

Four stages of Spiritual Experience: A comparison of the Ignatian Exercises and Jungian Psychotherapy

  • Mary Jo Meadow
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Abstract

The Four Weeks of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola are compared with four stages of Psychotherapy described by Carl Jung: confession, explanation, education, and transformation. The dynamics, goals, and outcomes of each of the Weeks are successively discussed and considered pairwise with the corresponding Jungian stage.

Keywords

Cross Cultural Psychology Spiritual Experience Spiritual Exercise 
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© Human Sciences Press 1989

Authors and Affiliations

  • Mary Jo Meadow
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    • 2
  1. 1.Mankato State UniversityUSA
  2. 2.Resources for Ecumenical SpiritualityUSA

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