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