About me
Sanford L. Drob, Ph.D.
Sanford L. Drob is Professor Emeritus in the Clinical Psychology doctorate program of Fielding Graduate University (www.fielding.edu). He holds doctorate degrees in Philosophy from Boston University and in Clinical Psychology from Long Island University. His books, including Symbols of the Kabbalah, Kabbalistic Metaphors, Kabbalah and Postmodernism, Kabbalistic Visions: C. G. Jung and Jewish Mysticism, examine Jewish mystical symbols through the lens of contemporary philosophy and psychology and develop a comprehensive philosophy/theology that he terms “The New Kabbalah.” His Archetype of the Absolute: the Union of Opposites in Mysticism, Philosophy and Psychology, explores the notion of coincidentia oppositorum as it appears in the kabbalah and other disciplines with the goal of resolving a range of traditional philosophical, theological and meta-psychological problems.
Dr. Drob’s most recent work explores the the psychological significance of the “Eden complex”, C. G. Jung’s views on the meaning of life, the threat of artificial intelligence, and the value of an interrogative approach to the ultimate question of why the world exists. The last of these, Why Existence: The Question is the Answer, explores the significance of the kabbalistic dictum: “Concerning everything that cannot be grasped its question is its answer.”
In addition to his work on the New Kabbalah, Dr. Drob has numerous publications in clinical and forensic psychology. A substantially revised edition of his book, Reading The Red Book: A Guide to C. G. Jung’s Liber Novus was published by Routledge in 2022.
Dr Drob is currently working on a Kabbalah inspired study of the ontological status of values and their priority in philosophy, psychology and mysticism, and completing a novel about the insanity defense, Jewish identity, and mystical theology.
Sanford Drob is also a narrative painter who has endeavored to re-signify Jewish, mystical, and archetypal themes in contemporary terms. His paintings can be seen at https://www.sanforddrobart.com
Dr. Drob is a licensed psychologist, who maintains an active practice in criminal psychology in New York City (Sanford L. Drob, Ph.D. – Clinical and Forensic Psychology.)
Dr. Drob can be reached at 347 497-5740