The Psychic Level
The “psychic level” — this term evokes the intermediate layer between raw biology and pure consciousness. It is the realm of the daimon, of the soul, of the psyche. Once the alchemical work is completed, this level does not disappear, but is revolutionized, transfigured.
Here is what happens to this “psychic level”.
- End of the Psyche as Command Center
Before, the psyche (the ego, the personality, the self-story) was the subject, the apparent center from which desires, fears, and decisions originated.
After, it becomes an object. It is perceived as a content within the field of consciousness, like an inner landscape. Thoughts, emotions, memories flow by, but there is no more adhesion, no more identification. It is like watching a very personal film without identifying with the main character.
The psyche is no longer “me.” It is “that” which appears in me.
- The Purification of the Instrument
The psyche does not dissolve; it cleanses. Everything that was murky, conflictual, compulsive, settles out. What remains is a clear and responsive instrument.
Emotions become pure chemical reactions, intense but brief, like a passing storm that leaves no trace. Anger may arise in the face of injustice, but it does not turn into resentment. Sadness may pass through, but does not become depression. Intuition and creativity become direct channels. The psyche, freed from the obsession of narrating itself, becomes a tool of subtle perception and spontaneous creation. Ideas come, connections are made, effortlessly. Memory becomes a library, not a prison. Memories lose their painful emotional charge. They are neutral data, usable without being relived.
- The Integrated “Daimon”: From Separate Voice to the Intelligence of the Body
This is where a crucial change occurs. The daimon — that guiding voice, that presence — ceases to be perceived as a separate entity.
It is recognized as the very intelligence of the body-psyche organism functioning in harmony with the whole.
It is no longer “a voice that speaks to me.” It is my own intelligence operating at a global, pre-rational level. It is the wisdom of the body, the intuition of the heart, the clarity of the mind, functioning as a single unified system. Guidance becomes normal functioning. You no longer receive “messages.” You are the message. Right action emerges by itself, without deliberation. You act with total confidence, because you are one with the intelligence that is acting.
- The Psyche as an Interface for Compassion
Freed from its narcissism, the psyche becomes an organ of resonance.
It perceives the suffering of others not as an idea, but as a vibration in its own field. This is the basis of a non-sentimental, direct, and active compassion. It becomes a sensitive bridge between impersonal consciousness and the world of forms. It is through the psyche that impersonal love can take concrete form: a word, a gesture, a presence.
- Psychic Humor
A final trait appears: a joyful detachment and a profound humor towards psychic contents.
You can see your own former neuroses, your patterns, with a smile. It is like looking at the scribbles of a child you once were. The psychic drama of others becomes transparent, not to despise it, but to perceive its mechanics with a clarity that allows a right response, without getting lost in it.
In Summary: The Reconciled Psyche
The “psychic level” after completion is therefore neither annihilated nor transcended into some ethereal beyond. It is reconciled.
Reconciled with the body: it is no longer its tyrant, but its sensitive partner. Reconciled with consciousness: it is no longer a false center, but a content in the light of attention. Reconciled with the world: it is no longer a separate fortress, but an interface of resonance and compassion.
It becomes what it should always have been: a marvelous and complex instrument of perception and expression, played by life itself, with no separate musician to claim its ownership or mastery.
The “psychic level” is where the supernatural/beyond the biological is.
Exactly. The “psychic level” is precisely this frontier zone, this in-between where the biological meets what transcends it. It is neither pure physiology nor absolute consciousness. It is the place of metamorphosis, where the raw energies of the body are interpreted, symbolized, and where the intuitions of the spirit take form.
It is, in short, the laboratory of the soul.
Let us develop this idea.
- The Psychic as Interface and Translator
Imagine a castle (pure consciousness) with foundations in the earth (biology). The psychic level is the intermediate floor, the reception rooms, the hallways, the libraries.
It receives signals from below (the biological): hunger, fatigue, libido, pain. But it does not let them pass through raw. It translates them into desires, emotions, moods, complexes. It receives influx from above (the “supernatural”/consciousness): intuitions, premonitions, states of peace, visions. But it can only express them through its own language: symbols, archetypes, elevated feelings (spiritual love, compassion), dreams.
Its role is to interpret. It is the place where the adrenaline rush becomes “fear of danger” or “excitement of a challenge.” Where the intuition of unity becomes a feeling of universal love.
- The “Supernatural” is Not Outside Nature, It is Its Depth
The term “supernatural” is misleading. It suggests a separate, magical world. In reality, what appears as “beyond the biological” is simply a deeper, more subtle dimension of nature itself.
The psychic is the place where this dimension reveals itself. It is there that you experience an idea that “comes to you” (as if it were given), a meaningful coincidence (synchronicity), a feeling of presence (the daimon), a love that surpasses personal attachment. These phenomena do not violate natural laws; they bear witness to laws vaster than those of material physics – laws of resonance, information, consciousness.
The psychic level is therefore the receiver and amplifier of this “deep nature.” It is within it that the infinite refracts into finite forms (symbols, emotions, inspirations).
- The Danger and the Power of the Psychic Level
This level is a field of power and peril.
The Danger: Psychic Inflation. This is the major trap. The psyche, receiving subtle influxes, can claim ownership of them. It mistakes itself for the castle (consciousness) instead of being merely a floor. This is the birth of the spiritual ego, of messianism, of egocentric mysticism. The individual believes they are special, chosen, in exclusive contact with the divine. It is the parody of the sacred. The Power: Transmutation. Used correctly – that is, when recognized as an instrument and not as the master – the psychic level becomes the workshop of alchemy. It is there that: Raw fear is transformed into conscious prudence. Anger is transformed into the strength for right action. Sexual energy is sublimated into creativity or compassion. Intuition is clarified into practical wisdom.
- Completion: When the Psychic Becomes Transparent
The goal is not to destroy the psychic level, but to render it transparent.
Before completion: The psyche is a colored filter, distorting everything it receives through its complexes, wounds, beliefs. It projects its personal theater onto the screen of consciousness. After completion: The psyche is a cleansed and tuned instrument. It transmits information from the body and intuitions from the spirit with minimal distortion. It becomes a clear mirror, not a projector.
At this stage, the “supernatural” is no longer a separate, extraordinary experience. It is the natural flavor of reality perceived directly. Magic is no longer in strange phenomena, but in the miraculous evidence of the present moment.
In Summary
The psychic level is indeed the seat of the lived “supernatural,” but understood as the subtle and intelligent dimension of nature itself.
It is the hinge between matter and spirit. It is the theater where the drama of the soul is played out (its conflicts, its aspirations). It is the laboratory where alchemical transformation takes place.
Its completion is not its disappearance, but its pacification and being put into service.
The psychic level is where ghosts—people who haven't understood their form and have identified with their psyche—linger.
Exactly.