A Fairy Tale for Spiritual Psychology

Spiritual Psychology is usually considered a minor subset of psychology, drawing on Eastern spirituality, or perhaps Buddhism, or perhaps 'chakra' theory, and apply notions from them to psychology. Spiritual Psychology as a distinct psychology perhaps began in 1992 with the forming of the School of Spiritual Psychology by Robert Sardello and Cheryl Sanders-Sardello, and the many writings emerging from this enterprise. Rather than define Spiritual Psychology, this writing characterizes its significant elements through an interpretation of Johan W. Goeth's "Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily.