higher consciousness

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the notion of historical progress in the evolution of the human mind
a concept of mystical transcendence of human consciousness, especially in Hinduism-inspired New Age philosophy, Yoga and psychedelic drugs subculture
a supposed mode of cognition beyond human self-awareness
higher consciousness

    Silbentrennung

    higher con·scious·ness

    Türkische aussprache

    hayır känşısnıs

    Aussprache

    /ˈhīər ˈkänsʜəsnəs/ /ˈhaɪɜr ˈkɑːnʃəsnəs/

    Etymologie

    () higher + consciousness. In 19th century philosophy, used by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (d. 1831, höheres Bewußtsein), Petr Yakovlevich Chaadayev (d. 1856, высшее сознание; literally, "highest consciousness"). The New Age sense appears in ca. 1970 in the publications of Sri Aurobindo and others (The psychology of the unfoldment of higher consciousness (title), Swami Omkarananda, Divine Light Zentrum, 1970).
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