A Comparative Study on the Concept of "Happiness" between Dr. Martin Seligman's Positive Psychology and Jewish Mysticism

The psychology of Jewish mysticism represents some old wisdom that was studied and experienced throughout history by the Kabbalists. The Kabbalists were ancient and medieval Hebrew scholars who developed a map of the human psyche many centuries before the emergence of our modern discipline. In this study, I presented the basic objectives and assumptions of positive psychology and a critical vision over this new school of thought. The psychology of Jewish mysticism provides the movement of humanistic psychology with a fundamental epistemological framework to structure a scientific analysis of the human psyche. Criticism of positive psychology from this perspective is a key element for a more thorough study on human psyche. The idea of this project is to develop a comparative study by showing similarities and differences within the concept of "happiness".