A Box of Darkness: Transforming the experience of existential loss
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.65828/s2tfdz76Keywords:
Trauma, existential crisis, meaning vacuum, Buddhism, apocalypse, lifeworld, transformationAbstract
In the form of an episodic narrative case study, this article explores the transformation of an existential crisis into a form of awakening to a new lifeworld. Circling around a mysterious 'box of darkness', we navigate between modern poetry, early Buddhist texts and contemporary philosophy.
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