![]() ![]() Ahsen was in defining the consciousness, which is the fundamental subject matter of psychotherapy. In other words, they become the building blocks of our consciousness. Moreover, these experiential eidetic images form our understanding and awareness around our existence and the world around. This eidetic image carries all the intricate and intimate details of the experience they belonged to. All the experiences whether they come from individual, social or historical source, they appear in the form of an eidetic image. This experiential image can be vivid or invivid (a term coined by him) and it can come from individual’ s own experience, from collective experience s or something whic h the human race has experienced over the centuries of existence on this planet. One can hear sounds related to that very event, re-experience the tactile sensations and smell or taste. One can recall a positive or negative experience and feel a movie like visual image running in the mind. In his theory, all the emotionally significant experiences are stored in brain (not mind) in the form of (predominantly) visual images. Ahsen’s major contribution was the redefinition of eidetic imagery, description of its multi-layered existence, and dissecting its component separately so that it can become a subject of scientific inquiry. ![]() To demarcate his central concept he first adopted the term eidetic imagery and then declared it a universal phenomenon instead of an exclusive one for the gifted children. The most important aspect to understand entire his work is to know that imagery is his central emphasis. As his student of psychotherapy, I can see how he took advantage of various domains of knowledge to expand his understanding of human consciousness and to conceive an entirely a new model of psychotherapy, i.e., Eidetic Psychotherapy. Simply because, in his work spanned over more than 50 years he blended different domains so well that it is difficult decipher them separately. In his case both the statements are accurate and appropriate. I know, he would have disagreed and added literature, philosophy and mythology as the central areas of his curiosities. ![]() However, his primary field of expertise was psychology. Akhter Ahsen ( 1933-2018) was a polymath he made manifold contribution to different domains of knowledge. ![]()
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