Across the centuries, the study of human experience and behaviour has been a defining quest of civilisation, pursued by poets, philosophers, historians, and political thinkers seeking to understand what it means to be human. From the dialogues of Plato, and the ethics of Confucius, to the political insights of Machiavelli and Hegel, each age has cast its light on the inner workings of the mind and the forces that drive societies. Writers like Shakespeare and Dostoevsky explored the soul with unparalleled depth, while Enlightenment thinkers laid the groundwork for empirical inquiry. This long, rich tradition culminated in a new era with Wilhelm Wundt’s laboratory in Leipzig in 1879, which marked the birth of modern psychology, the moment when the study of the human mind took its place as a science. Yet even in the lab,
the ancient questions remained: What do we feel? Why do we act? Who are we becoming? The journey continues, a tapestry woven from both reason and imagination, forever reaching toward understanding. All through this journey one perspective has remained, a transcendent perspective, the light of which has long illumined human hearts and minds: the revelation of God. From the beginning, the Spirit of God has opened the eyes of all who come to Him, representing a psychology that is personal, experiential, spiritual, and mystical. Unless and until the light of this psychology illuminates scientific psychology there can be neither a clear and comprehensive understanding of the human condition, nor a certain hope for life beyond this world.