IBN SINA (AVICENNA) AS A PSYCHOANALYST: A CASE REPORT FROM RUMI'S MASNAVI

Ibn Sina - Avicenna (980-1037), was a great Rumi interpreted this case as a metaphor Usually, the spiritual essence of the heart is
physician, philosopher, poet, and a spiritual representing the state of each and every human veiled by the awareness focused on the self
scholar. He authored the renowned being. The Emperor symbolizes a disoriented (self-preoccupation); manifesting as either
encyclopedic work known as al-Qānūn fī al- individual of great intellectual and spiritual potential thought or emotion based on an individual's
Ṭibb, - The Canon of Medicine, which served who plunges into a serious psychological crisis aspirations and personality traits. This
as the primary medical reference in while attempting to derive satisfaction and absorbs the heart into its own center, which
universities across the East and West for happiness from fleeting worldly pleasures (the girl). will be either thoughts or feelings in line with
nearly six centuries. Notably, Ibn Sina delved Being unable to find in it a solution to his problems, the inclinations of a specific being. If these
into the fields of psychiatry and in a state of complete helplessness he turns to Understanding and interpretation of these terms inner contents sublimate and aspirations
psychotherapy, showcasing his profound prayer, seeking divine guidance to extricate himself within Tasawwuf (Sufism) somewhat aligns with move (displacement) toward the noble
skills as an in-depth psychoanalyst through from his predicament. Subsequently, through an the psychodynamic comprehension of the human spiritual virtues embodied in the divine ideal
several documented cases. encounter with a mysterious physician, he psyche. In this framework, these terms may (somewhat hinted at by the psychodynamic
discovers divine love, experiences a spiritual occasionally converge in meaning, depending on ideal-ego), the spiritual essence of the heart
While he may not have explicitly stated it, the metamorphosis and finds meaning and purpose to which characteristics dominate the human spirit. is reached—the genuine self, the divine
procedure and methodology employed by Ibn his existence. When the spirit is predominantly driven by bodily within man, constituting the very core of
Sina for diagnosing and treating the case of desires and instincts, it is referred to as the selfish one's individuality. Through genuine
love melancholy, influenced Jalaluddin Rumi The approach employed by the divine physician (Ibn soul, serving as the locus of passion, sexuality, awareness of God the soul reunites with the
(1207-1273), forming the foundation of the Sina) is a path of self-discovery and improvement anger, and aggression. This greatly corresponds to Spirit, finding inner peace and serenity—the
first tale in his famous poem, "Masnavi". In through self-discipline and the cultivation of moral the psychoanalytic Id, operating on the pleasure peaceful soul. This marks the convergence of
Rumi's narrative, Ibn Sina emerges as a divine virtues that serve as the foundation upon which one principle at the primary process level. Conversely, mental and spiritual, where man transcends
healer, the last hope to cure the beloved of an ought to organize their emotions, thoughts, when the spirit conquers these instincts and subjects himself and strives toward the divine.
emperor, following the failure of prior behavior, and way of life. This comprehensive, them to rational control, in the boundaries of reality,
treatments. Ibn Sina requests solitude with the holistic approach encompasses elements that align it becomes known as the mind, intellect, or reason. The soul reconnected with its source (the
afflicted girl and conducts a meticulous with contemporary psychotherapy paradigms, This can be likened to the self-critical soul, with the word "religion" originating from the Latin
psychotherapeutic interview, closely drawing from spiritual, psychoanalytic, closest psychodynamic counterpart being the Ego, "religare," meaning "to re-establish a
monitoring her pulse and bodily responses. existentialist, cognitive-behavioral, and gestalt functioning according to the reality principle at the connection with God") enters the spiritual
His inquiry reveals the root cause of her approaches within the field of psychotherapy. To secondary process level. When the spirit is inspired realm, where it can further evolve and ascend
ailment—a concealed, unfortunate love affair grasp this method, one must first understand the by belief, it becomes dominated by religious and to various degrees, which is described in
with a goldsmith. He prescribes a treatment concepts of spirit, soul, and heart, along with their moral feelings (the inspired soul), and is then called detail in the mystical teachings of different
plan to the emperor, and after six months of mutual relationship in the psychodynamics of the heart (the closest psychodynamic term is religious and spiritual traditions.
dedicated care, the girl experiences a spiritual improvement. Superego).
complete recovery.
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1Faculty of Medicine, University of Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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2Department of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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