A Comparative Study of Perfect Man in Psychology and Mysticism

One of the fundamentals of mysticism is the theory of perfect man who in Islamic mysticism has achieved perfection and deals with anthropocentricism and man’s originality more than materialistic viewpoints. Perfection psychology in contemporary era has come closer to mystical beliefs and there are some theories that are in line with mysticism in many cases. This paper addresses perfect man in psychological viewpoints of William James, Eric Fromm, Carl Rogers, and Abraham Maslow, and then the theory of perfect man in mysticism in the eyes of Ibn Arabi, Abdolkarim Gilani, Aziz Nasfi, and Rumi will be examined, not to mention that there is a comparative studies between psychological findings and mysticism.