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A Transpersonal Feminist Approach To Family Systems, Irene S. Lazarus
A Transpersonal Feminist Approach To Family Systems, Irene S. Lazarus
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
This paper presents a preliminary description of A Transpersonal Feminist Approach to Family
Systems (ATFAFS) as taught at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (ITP) between 1995
and 2002. In this approach, students studied the principles of Murray Bowen’s family systems
theory with attention to feminist revisions of the theory while simultaneously investigating
their own multigenerational family histories. Additionally, students kept a journal, recorded
and worked with their dreams, and worked with a chosen creative expressive modality. They
may also have worked with other transpersonal modalities. Student narratives, informed by
organic inquiry, illustrate aspects of the approach. The paper concludes with …
Transpersonal And Other Models Of Spiritual Development, Harris Friedman, Stanley Krippner, Linda Riebel, Chad Johnson
Transpersonal And Other Models Of Spiritual Development, Harris Friedman, Stanley Krippner, Linda Riebel, Chad Johnson
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
This chapter focuses on exploring various models of spiritual development. It first addresses
philosophical dilemmas underpinning the concept of spiritual development by questioning
whether these can be addressed without metaphysical assumptions embedded in religious
worldviews and thus understood in any consensual way across different historical and
cultural contexts. Traditional models of spiritual development are then reviewed, drawing
from indigenous, Eastern, and Western cultures. Integrative-philosophical and scientific
models, including those from the psychology of religion, transpersonal psychology, and
neurobiology, are then presented. The chapter concludes by noting the complexities involved
in understanding spiritual development accompanied by suggestions on future directions
for …
Jacob Wrestles The Angel: A Study In Psychoanalytic Midrash, Michael Abramsky
Jacob Wrestles The Angel: A Study In Psychoanalytic Midrash, Michael Abramsky
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
This essay is a study in psychoanalytic Midrash: a literary and psychological meditation on the
Biblical story of Jacob. The Hebrew verbal root from which the term Midrash derives means to
investigate or explore. It is a genre of Biblical scholarship used to interpret the Bible in symbolic
and inspirational terms. This essay examines Jacob as he moves from a character dominated by
self-defeating neurosis through his transformation into a spiritual being and exemplar of principled
leadership. Insights from Freudian and Jungian psychologies, mythology, and literary traditions are
used to describe and explain Jacob’s character metamorphosis.