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Introduction. The development of spirituality is the development of a thought process, an individual act of thought, under the condition of a developed social consciousness, on the basis of which the cause and moral force of anticipating intellectual affect and ethical and moral virtues are determined. In the modern education system, despite a significant number of works devoted to the problem of spirituality, neither the conditions nor the foundations for the development of spirituality as a process have been stated. In order to identify the conditions and means for the development of spirituality as the highest level of consciousness, there is a need to study a dynamic semantic system, including the unity of affective-intellectual processes. Methodology. The categorical-dialectical and cultural-historical approaches make it possible to explore the technologies of human formation (intellectual affects, texts, myths, characteristics of sound, etc.) as possible foundations of spirituality. Empirical study conducted in 2002-2004 on the basis of Kemerovo State University with a category of participants of different ages (from 5 to 45 years old) was aimed at realizing the nature and causes of affects as a basic component of spirituality. Discussion. The conditions and means for the development of spirituality are revealed, the nature and cause of affects are determined as the basis of consciousness, the mechanism of the unity of affective-intellectual processes and meaning formation. By means of categories, ideal forms, myths, texts, characteristics of sound, the conditions for the development of spirituality are revealed. This is the developed social consciousness and individual mental fields, the possibility of implementing an individual act of thought by the subject. The study generates the grounds, conditions and possibilities of the created self-governing structure of states-affects by means of the difference in natural energy potentials corresponding to specific affects. Conclusion. The unity of affect and intellect generates the simultaneous action of “emotional intelligence” and “intellectual affect” as new concepts that allow realizing the conditions and foundations for the development of spirituality. Identified techniques of human education, the basis of which are spiritual practices implemented in work with audiences of various age categories with a variety of educational and social potential.