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The Essence Of Transpersonal Psychology Contemporary Views, S. I. Shapiro, Grace W. Lee, Philippe L. Gross
The Essence Of Transpersonal Psychology Contemporary Views, S. I. Shapiro, Grace W. Lee, Philippe L. Gross
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
The authors compiled 80 chronologically ordered passages from the contemporary psychology
literature that address the essence of transpersonal psychology. A thematic analysis of
these passages revealed that the two most frequent categories, occurring 53 (66.2%) and 49
(61.2%) times respectively, were: (a) Going beyond or transcending the individual, ego, self,
the personal, personality, or personal identity; existence of a deeper, true, or authentic Self;
and (b) Spirituality, psychospiritual, psychospiritual development, the spiritual, spirit. Other,
less frequent, themes included: special states of consciousness; interconnectivity/unity; going
beyond other schools of psychology; emphasis on a scientific approach; mysticism; full range
of consciousness; greater …
Jean-Jacques Dicker Photography First, Philippe L. Gross
Jean-Jacques Dicker Photography First, Philippe L. Gross
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
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Lumignosis, Michael G. Mitchell
Lumignosis, Michael G. Mitchell
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Photography can compress what moves through eternity into the appearance of a single moment. Eternity is always willing to participate; light is its favorite son. Light is always ready ro befriend the sensitive photographer and to induce metacomprehensive wonder. Truth has always come to me through my eyes. What I call "greater truth'' comes as poetry sung by the voice of light.
Language As Aperture, Duane Preble
The Last Time I Saw Fritz, Marc L. Joslyn
The Last Time I Saw Fritz, Marc L. Joslyn
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Zen is not merely an exotic practice imported from the Orient; it is the constantly fresh
realization ofTrue Nature everywhere and at every time. So, it may be expected that sparks
of Zen will be found in all cultures. Hence, having been engaged with Zen practice since 1964,
the author reminisces here about how he turned to Zen after his study of Gestalt psychology
and his encounter with Gestalt therapy in the person ofFritz Perls. Gestalt therapy as usually
practiced is not Zen, the author concludes. But if it clears the way for a glimmer of the Self
which has …
Dinomor: Evoking Memories Of Dino's Dreams And Death, Tonu R. Soidla
Dinomor: Evoking Memories Of Dino's Dreams And Death, Tonu R. Soidla
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
This is a transpersonal fantasy about the last days of the dinosaurs ca. sixty-five million years ago. I suppose that communication with the Timeless (or if one prefers to put it--with Another) in one's mind precedes intraspecies communication and that one of the first recognizable acts of mystical life is surrender. A more specific and of course more far-out and irreverent hypothesis underlying this fantasy is that--unlike the bulk of individual memory records--Timeless memory "seeds" of unspecified origin are transmittable by a [retro]enterovirus. This leads to the possibility of horizontal transmission of this type of memory. In the new host, …
Dancing With The Trickster Notes For A Transpersonal Autobiography, Stanley Krippner
Dancing With The Trickster Notes For A Transpersonal Autobiography, Stanley Krippner
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
This autobiographical essay focuses on "transpersonal," "anomalous," and "exceptional"
experiences, those elements often ignored when individuals write the stories of their lives.
Nevertheless, these experiences have life-transformative potentials that may be more salient
than the activities usually serving as the basis for autobiographical accounts.
Unattached Mind, Shoshin Lchishima
Spring Essence The Poetryofh8xuan Hu'o'Ng, John Balaban
Spring Essence The Poetryofh8xuan Hu'o'Ng, John Balaban
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
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Wu Wei In Chuang Tzu As Life-Systematic, Kuang-Ming Wu
Wu Wei In Chuang Tzu As Life-Systematic, Kuang-Ming Wu
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Wu wei (non-doing) in Chuang Tzu is expressed in story-bits reflecting life-slices. They are lifesystematic,
not random, not having a system. One; Chuang Tzu is a dragonfly over the pond of
life, dotting the water of daily ongoing without dotting it. Two; the dotting is dot-sayings that
yam life's concrete bits into story-coherence. Three; Chuang Tzu dots and struts around to let
others say, and life-coherenc.e appears. FoUl'; life-coherence is a life-family of concrete bits, a
thread of many life-fibres twisted together. Five; Chu Hsi and Chuang Tzu have dot-sayings
that draw readers into making systems of their own to …
Quiet Mind, Atsumi Yamamoto
The Re-Cognition Of Being's Infrastructure As Self-Completion, Herbert Guenther
The Re-Cognition Of Being's Infrastructure As Self-Completion, Herbert Guenther
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Wholeness as indivisible and the human being's connectedness with it are the abiding themes
of the Buddhist experience-rooted and process-oriented thinking that goes by the name of
rDzogs-chen. From its basically holistic point of view, the human being is a sub-whole,
similar to a variation on a musical theme. From another point of view, however, based on
the confusion of a compacted (and hence de-compactable) totality with wholeness, the human
being is seen as being a reality that is internally divided and feels uncertain about who/
what he really is. Together, the intolerable feelings of being divided and uncertain cause …
Arrest, Interrogation, Prison Life, V. V. Nailmov
Arrest, Interrogation, Prison Life, V. V. Nailmov
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
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The Universe Grasper, S. I. Shapiro
Endangered Asanas, Ralph Augsburger
Altered States Of Consciousness And Psychotherapy A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Mario Simoes
Altered States Of Consciousness And Psychotherapy A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Mario Simoes
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
The main physiological and induced Altered States of Consciousness (ASCs) aJ:e outlined as well as methods of induction. The phenomenology of ASCs is described and related to psychopathology. A short commentary is given aboutASCs used in some ethnopsychotherapies. Psychotherapies of Western origin using ASCs, especially hypnosis, Holotropic BJ:eathwork, and Personalized Experiential Restructuralization Therapy (Past-Life/Regression Therapy) are outlined and discussed.
Embodied Light, Chris Mcdonough
Embodied Light, Chris Mcdonough
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Underwater photography triggers new ways of experiencing space, time, and being. In the seemingly boundless liquid space, the self expands and focused attention induces intense clarity of the present moment and of our basic nakedness. This portfolio seeks to capture the primal embodied experience of weightless energy and the unceasing dance of light, the creator/ destroyer.
Transpersonal Psychology As A Scientific Field, Harris Friedman
Transpersonal Psychology As A Scientific Field, Harris Friedman
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
The importance of the development of transpersonal psychology as a science is considered. Arguments from romanticism, scientism, and constructionism that challenge this possibility are countered. A distinction is drawn between the field of transpersonal psychology as a science and the broader area known as transpersonal studies that may legitimately use scientific or nonscientific methods. The concepts of transpersonal phenomena and transcendent noumena are delineated, the latter being seen as outside of the purview of science. The benefits of embracing a scientific approach are contrasted to a number of epistemological alternatives. The scientific approach is forwarded for its potential contribution towards …