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John Raisor's avatar

Thanks for writing this. Working on a book that is very relevant.

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Jason's avatar

This is both refreshing and deeply concerning. On one hand, it’s long overdue that the field of psychology begins to acknowledge the value of religion and spirituality in people’s lives. But what worries me is the underlying implication: that the mental health system still wants to explain the unexplainable, to measure and categorize what is, by its very nature, beyond the reach of instruments and peer-reviewed paradigms.

God, Source, Spirit—whatever language you use—is not a symptom to be managed or a variable to be controlled. The very attempt to do so feels like yet another move toward control, not understanding. The risk is that we reduce the sacred to a ‘protective factor’ and the soul to a set of behavioural outcomes. And in doing so, we rob people of the mystery, depth, and reverence that true healing requires.

Psychology needs to humble itself. Its roots in materialism, control, and pathology cannot hold the full weight of the human soul. If we truly want to help people heal, we must make space for what cannot be named, measured, or neatly fit into a diagnostic framework. The soul does not live on a chart. And the divine does not follow DSM criteria.

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