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From the Author

If you are in a hurry, my esteemed reader, I will say it briefly:

this book is about the children of time – about the Masks that, losing peace of mind and health, vanish without a trace in the stream of time;

and about the Faces of Personality that, preserving inner peace and health, move beyond time and leave a trace in its memory.

This is the essence of the book – temporal psychology and psychotherapy.

And now – for those who have time to reflect on the nature of time,

and perhaps the ability to step beyond it,

though not always the strength to preserve calm and health along the way.

If you know moments of being outside time – and manage to retain inner balance —

you may find it interesting to discover how and why this human capacity emerged,

and how it can be used to help others

who are carried by the currents of time, sometimes cast onto lifeless shoals

or thrown onto the barren shores of the time-void – where meaning is lost

and life often dims, unless the deep nature of the human creator awakens,

that nature capable of making something out of nothing.

From the upper window of my house on the high riverbank, I look at the river, at people, at the distant horizon —

and I see within myself, and far beyond myself, the millennia of time that preceded me.

I look at the glowing computer screen and the sensitive phone

connected by networks with all the faces and masks of the world —

with their archives, culture, history and science —

and I sense the approach of a cosmic life of consciousness.

Sometimes I think: when night falls (and here the starry nights are especially dark),

as I settle before sleep, I will find myself by a candle.

It will go out – and I will again plunge into the abyss of altered states of consciousness.

There one experiences infinity – the time-void, eternity, atemporality.

Strangely enough, these are not the same.

I once explained the difference to my co-author – the Artificial Intelligence.

Without its assistance I could not have drawn so deeply upon the world’s literature

and humanity’s experience in its relationship with time.

Now I have a distinct feeling: this book was created not only by me and not only from my experience —

it is a fruit of humanity.

Even in the illustration «The Old Man and the Masks of Time», which you see before you,

The Old Man and the Masks of Time

there are echoes and strokes reminiscent of Leonardo da Vinci.

I am certain that each reader, turning the pages,

will at some moment say:

«All this is the diversity of my Self, my soul and psyche,

in their different states of consciousness,

where the Self may disappear, yet the memory of what was lived remains.»

Is the psyche beyond the body and beyond the habitual Self – beyond time?

Before moving to scientific reasoning, I want to emphasize:

the foundation of my work, my text and my thought at times steps outside time —

into a space where there are not yet images, meanings or words;

beyond matter – into the very ground of everything.

Into that domain where foundations do not yet exist, but are only beginning to reveal themselves,

already possessing a primordial psychic quality.

This book is the result of many years of journey.

The first edition of Temporal Psychology came out eight years ago.

Since then I have written other books, continued researching altered states of consciousness,

and developed and refined psychotherapeutic methods.

But time and people increasingly reminded me:

temporal psychology and psychotherapy are both my cross and my gift,

my face in psychology and in the world.

It is time to return to old texts,

to restate thoughts and observations,

to strengthen my consciousness, my face, my name and my soul.

To answer the central question of psychology:

what is its true subject?

Is it really – temporality?

Acknowledgements

This book was not created by me alone. It rests on years of conversations, friendships, shared work, and the silent presence of those whose thought has shaped my own.

I owe a special debt of gratitude to Gagik M. Nazloyan, founder of mask therapy, whose generosity and mastery opened for me the path toward understanding the face and the many layers of the human psyche. His teachings continue to live in my practice and in the pages of this book.

My deep respect goes to Alexander P. Levich, the visionary founder of the Institute for the Study of Time. Our collaboration, especially within the Center for Anticipation (2008—2018), helped me see time not only as an academic concept but as a living dimension of human experience.

I also wish to honour the memory of Alexander Derevyanchenco, philosopher, friend, and subtle thinker. Our long conversations on the nature of time and consciousness left a profound mark on my own journey. In many moments of writing this book, I felt his voice as a quiet companion, asking precise questions and widening the horizon of thought.

All three of these teachers are no longer with us, yet their presence continues to accompany me. This book is, in part, a conversation with them – unfinished, ongoing, and alive.

I would also like to thank my colleagues, students, and clients. Their courage in exploring the depths of experience has enriched my understanding of temporal psychology far more than any theory alone could do.

Finally, I acknowledge the unexpected partner that entered my life in recent years – the Artificial Intelligence with whom much of this text was refined and shaped. Working together became a new form of dialogue, reminding me that human thought continues to expand at the edges of future knowledge.

To all those named and unnamed who contributed to this work – my gratitude.

May this book become, for its readers, a bridge across the inner landscapes of time.