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Singing And Participatory Spirituality, Paul D. Freinkel
Singing And Participatory Spirituality, Paul D. Freinkel
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
The author describes and examines participatory knowing, participatory spirituality, and psycho-spiritual growth and transformation as experienced by a group of accomplished singers through their singing and the process of learning to sing. In so doing, his study brings rich contemporary research narrative as evidence of the key elements of the participatory revisioning of transpersonal theory. In this article the author reports parts of the results and conclusions of an intuitive inquiry that explored the peak experiences, plateau experiences, and consequent transpersonal growth of nine classically trained singers, including the researcher, and one advanced practitioner of sacred chant. All participants had …
A Photo Reverie: Creative Synthesis In Intuitive Inquiry, Paul D. Freinkel
A Photo Reverie: Creative Synthesis In Intuitive Inquiry, Paul D. Freinkel
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Creative synthesis is the last phase of heuristic research where the researcher uses his or her tacit and intuitive understanding of the research findings to synthesise and portray these findings through a creative medium. In this short paper and accompanied photo-reverie, the author demonstrates how he used a creative synthesis in an intuitive inquiry to portray the inner dimensions of his research into the transpersonal implications of singing.