A guided imagery meditation program that combines generative AI with Seon Master Daehaeng's Hanmaum Ogong philosophy helped six middle-aged women experiencing existential anxiety and relational disconnection. Over eight sessions, participants showed that AI helped visualize and objectify unconscious content, their self-perception shifted toward autonomy reflecting the values of Gongsaeng and Gongche, and their relational patterns were reconfigured through intersubjective receptivity based on Gongsim and Gongyong. The circulation of life energy, rooted in existential connectivity and practical will, pointed toward holistic subjectivity by internalizing Gongche and Gongsik. The work suggests that blending traditional philosophy with AI offers a modern counseling and meditation framework.
After a long pause since the 1970 Controlled Substances Act, research on psychedelic compounds for therapy has revived. Two traditional psychological approaches have emerged: psycholytic therapy, using low to moderate doses with psychoanalytic talk therapy to release emotional content, and psychedelic therapy, using high doses for an overwhelming experience followed by integration sessions. It remains unclear which is better, and they are often mixed as psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. To provide anchor points and warn of limitations, the authors draw on anthropological observations of cultures with long-standing psychedelic use, where administration occurs in a tight community with shared cosmology (set) and ritual context (setting)—conditions difficult to replicate in Western traditions.