Tag Archives: Ekstasis

Plato’s Doctrine of Recollection

Posted on June 13, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Plato’s doctrine of recollection, however, addresses such criticism by saying that souls are born with the concepts of the forms, and just have to be reminded of those concepts from back before birth, when the souls were in close contact … Continue reading →

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Ekstasis and Jung

Posted on June 12, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Ekstasis and Jung (The Reopening) Jung quietly reopens the door. He reframes ekstasis as encounter with the unconscious—archetypal, symbolic, meaningful. He refuses to call it pathology unless integration fails. Active imagination, dreamwork, and symbolic confrontation are disciplined forms of ekstasis. … Continue reading →

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A Dialogue on Ethics, Death, Responsibility, and Neuroscience

Posted on January 31, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Socrates: If the mind or soul precedes the body, Platohagel, then our first question must be this: How ought one to live under such an arrangement? For ethics always follows ontology. I. Ethics Reconsidered Socrates: If the soul is primary … Continue reading →

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A Dialogue on Ek-sesthai — Standing Outside Oneself

Posted on January 31, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Socrates: When you invoke ek-sesthai, Platohagel, what do you take it to mean? Platohagel: To stand outside oneself—to be displaced from the ordinary center of identity. Socrates: Good. And note carefully: this “outside” is not madness by necessity. It is … Continue reading →

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Eskesthai(Ek-sesthai) to Ekstasis

Posted on January 31, 2026 by PlatoHagel

The Ethical Risk of Ek-sesthai Socrates: But now we must be careful. Not all standing-outside is truthful. There is: ek-sesthai toward meaning, and ek-sesthai toward dissolution. Jung warned of this sharply. When the ego abdicates without integration, archetypes possess rather than … Continue reading →

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Trace Ekstasis from Plato → Plotinus → Jung

Posted on January 31, 2026 by PlatoHagel

Very well. Let us proceed in the order you propose: first, the error; then, the lineage. I. How Modern Psychology Mislabels Ekstasis Socrates: Modern psychology begins from an assumption: that the ego is the proper center of mind. From this, a … Continue reading →

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Recognizing Authentic Ekstasis — Beginning with the Image

Posted on January 30, 2026 by PlatoHagel

“You left the old center. Here is the deeper one.” Continue reading →

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