The thesis addresses the question of human consciousness in its oscillation between conditioning and transcendence: the impact of cultural worldviews on the individual's lifeworld and their gradual transcendence as a form of spiritual practice. At the centre of attention is a group of individuals and their unfolding life-stories as they move through a journey of transformation, seeking to explore and understand the complexity of their own consciousness. The emphasis is on the embodiment of belief systems and the individuals' inherent existential power to transcend cultural precepts. Methodologically, the study is based in phenomenological anthropology. It thus employs the first-person perspective and includes subjective personal experience as primary data.
  • ISBN10 3653030927
  • ISBN13 9783653030921
  • Publish Date 4 November 2013 (first published 26 August 2013)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country DE
  • Imprint Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
  • Edition 150th ed.
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 179
  • Language English