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<blockquote class="definition">'''Ego Inflation''' is the over-inflation of the [[Bodily Ego]] that occurs when a damaged [[Bodily Ego]] with unmet love and self-esteem needs make a strong [[connection]]. Ego inflation is | <blockquote class="definition">'''Ego Inflation''' is the over-inflation of the [[Bodily Ego]] that occurs when a damaged [[Bodily Ego]] with unmet love and self-esteem needs make a strong [[connection]]. An individual who experiences ego inflation comes to believe they are "special" or "chosen" in a way that elevates them to special status. Ego inflation is represented by unwarranted beliefs in one's intellectual, emotional, evolutionary, or spiritual superiority. | ||
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"The opening psychic often falls prey to ego when it is assumed that only he/she can 'see' or 'heal,'..."<ref>Stevens, Petey. Opening up to Your Psychic Self. Nevertheless Press, 1983. p. ix.</ref> | "The opening psychic often falls prey to ego when it is assumed that only he/she can 'see' or 'heal,'..."<ref>Stevens, Petey. Opening up to Your Psychic Self. Nevertheless Press, 1983. p. ix.</ref> | ||
When speaking about the significance and reality of mental influence over a distance, one researcher, Jule Eisenbud, U.S. psychiatrist, noted that his success at the experiments has "triggered infantile desires for power, for omnipotence, for control over others..." <ref>Vasiliev, L.L. Experiments in Mental Suggestion. Vol. 22. Hampton Roads: Charlottesville, 1963. p. x.</ref> | |||
Ego inflation contributes to and exacerbates already existing narcissism, sometimes to the point of psychosis. | Ego inflation contributes to and exacerbates already existing narcissism, sometimes to the point of psychosis. | ||
Ego inflation exacerbates the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect Dunning-Kruger effect]. | Ego inflation exacerbates the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect Dunning-Kruger effect]. | ||
Aleister Crowley is a classic example of ego inflation, which moved him from reasonable interpretations of spirituality, connection, one's [[Highest Self]], and so on, to claims made later in life that was a new Messiah spreading a new religion in a new Aeon.<ref>For some discussion of this see Pasi, Marco. “Varieties of Magical Experience: Aleister Crowley’s Views on Occult Practice.” In Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism, edited by Henrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr, 53–88. Oxford University Press, 2012.</ref> | |||
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Ego Inflation
Ego Inflation is the over-inflation of the Bodily Ego that occurs when a damaged Bodily Ego with unmet love and self-esteem needs make a strong connection. An individual who experiences ego inflation comes to believe they are "special" or "chosen" in a way that elevates them to special status. Ego inflation is represented by unwarranted beliefs in one's intellectual, emotional, evolutionary, or spiritual superiority.
Connection Pathologies
Connection Pathology > Communication Error, Connection Psychosis, Constricted Connection, Ego Inflation, Egoic Collapse, Egoic Explosion, Flooding, Gurutitus, Majdhub, Spiritual Emergency
Syncretic Terms
Related LP Terms
Non-LP Related Terms
Notes
"The opening psychic often falls prey to ego when it is assumed that only he/she can 'see' or 'heal,'..."[1]
When speaking about the significance and reality of mental influence over a distance, one researcher, Jule Eisenbud, U.S. psychiatrist, noted that his success at the experiments has "triggered infantile desires for power, for omnipotence, for control over others..." [2]
Ego inflation contributes to and exacerbates already existing narcissism, sometimes to the point of psychosis.
Ego inflation exacerbates the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Aleister Crowley is a classic example of ego inflation, which moved him from reasonable interpretations of spirituality, connection, one's Highest Self, and so on, to claims made later in life that was a new Messiah spreading a new religion in a new Aeon.[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Stevens, Petey. Opening up to Your Psychic Self. Nevertheless Press, 1983. p. ix.
- ↑ Vasiliev, L.L. Experiments in Mental Suggestion. Vol. 22. Hampton Roads: Charlottesville, 1963. p. x.
- ↑ For some discussion of this see Pasi, Marco. “Varieties of Magical Experience: Aleister Crowley’s Views on Occult Practice.” In Aleister Crowley and Western Esotericism, edited by Henrik Bogdan and Martin P. Starr, 53–88. Oxford University Press, 2012.