Cathexis
In our understanding, when used to define narcissism, the term cathexis refers to the fact that one experiences one's self-concept as inseparable from one's self. It highlights the intimate integration of this self-concept. It becomes easier to understand if we think of it in relation to the integration of the sense of identity. Cathexis, then, means the integration of one's identity. We term this integration, in our work, self-realization. In other words, the cathexis of the self is a psychoanalytic concept that approximates our concept of the realization of the self.
The Point of Existence, p. 478 • discuss »
The Point of Existence, p. 478 • discuss »
Narcissism is the cathexis (libidinal investment) of the self.
The Point of Existence, p. 478 • discuss »
The Point of Existence, p. 478 • discuss »
Libidinal cathexis shifts substantially into the service of the rapidly growing autonomous ego and its functions, and the child seems intoxicated with his own faculties and with the greatness of his own world.
Pearl Beyond Price, p. 478 • discuss »
Pearl Beyond Price, p. 478 • discuss »
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- Castration
- Cathedral
- Cathexis
- Central Narcissism
- Cessation
- Chakras
- Change
- Child
- Child Identity
- Christian Virtues
- Citadel
- Clarification
- Clear Essence
- Clear Light
- Cognition
- Cognitive Process
- Commanding Self
- Commitment
- Compassion
- Completeness
- Compulsion
- Concepts
- Conceptualizing
- Conditioning
- Consciousness
- Contact
- Contentment
- Contraction
- Conventional Self
- Cosmic Consciousness
- Cosmic Hole
- Creation
- Creativity
- Creator of Form
- Curiosity
- Central Object Relation
- Crystal Dimension
- Courage
