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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Sources of Experience in Infancy | |
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| The Nonegoic Core of the Psyche | |
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| The Traditional View of the Infant's Experience | |
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| The Nonegoic Core as a Source of the Infant's Experience | |
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| The Nonegoic Core and the Preoedipal "Object" | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Ego Formation and the Origins of Dualism in Early Childhood | |
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| The Early Preoedipal Period | |
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| Rapprochement, Ambivalence, and the Splitting of the Great Mother | |
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| The Repressive Underpinnings of Object Constancy | |
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| The Oedipus Complex and the Consolidation of Ego Dominance | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Ego and Gender | |
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| Gender Asymmetries in Preoedipal Development and Consequent Gender Disparities in Later Life | |
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| Gender Variations in the Oedipus Complex | |
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| Gender Differences and Superego Formation | |
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| Narrow versus Wide Gender Differences | |
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| Gender Differences in the Context of Patriarchal Dualism | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Ego Development and Dualism in Latency | |
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| Psychodynamics | |
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| Object Relations | |
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| Ego Development | |
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| Existential Orientation: Playful Exploration of the World | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Ego Development and Dualism in Adolescence | |
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| Psychodynamics | |
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| Object Relations | |
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| Ego Development | |
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| Existential Concerns: Identity Testing and Identity Anxiety | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Ego Development and Dualism in Early Adulthood | |
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| Psychodynamics | |
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| Object Relations | |
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| Ego Development | |
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| Existential Project: Earning Being and Value-The Identity Project | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Midlife Transvaluation and Pathologies of the Self | |
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| The Disillusionment of the Mental Ego | |
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| Pathologies of the Self | |
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| Depression | |
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| Narcissism | |
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| Existential Syndrome | |
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| The Divided Self | |
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| The Borderline Condition | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The First Stage of Transcendence: The Dark Night of the Senses | |
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| Pride Goeth Before a Fall | |
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| The Inverse Law of Spiritual Development | |
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| Passive Purgation | |
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| Aridity | |
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| Weakness of Will | |
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| The Bitter Pill of Self-Knowledge | |
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| On the Edge: Transition to the Dark Night of Spirit | |
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| Emergence of the Mystery of Faith | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Spiral Path of Transcendence: Awakening, Regression, Regeneration | |
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| Awakening: Rupture of Planes and Encounter with the Numinous | |
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| Regression in the Service of Transcendence | |
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| Redemptive versus Pathological Regression: On Distinguishing the Dark Night of Spirit from Psychosis | |
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| Regeneration in Spirit | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Gender and Transcendence | |
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| Empowerment versus Withdrawal | |
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| Jung's Conception of the Anima and Animus: A Critique | |
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| Jung's Conception of the Anima and Animus: A Reconstruction | |
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| God the Father and the Great Goddess | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Goal of Transcendence: Integration | |
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| Features of Integrated Life | |
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| The Marriage of the Ego and the Dynamic Ground | |
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| Integration as Goal and New Beginning | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |