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Consciousness And Society: Societal Aspects And Implications Of Transpersonal Psychology, Harry T. Hunt
Consciousness And Society: Societal Aspects And Implications Of Transpersonal Psychology, Harry T. Hunt
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
Although transpersonal psychologies of self realization emphasize individual
development, earlier shamanic traditions also showed a central societal aspect and group based
consciousness. Indeed, many have understood the transpersonal movement as developing
towards an abstract globalized neo-shamanism. That altered states of consciousness, whether
as integrative realizations of the numinous or as dissociative “hypnoid” states, could be felt
and shared collectively was a familiar concept to the first generation of sociologists, who saw
all consciousness as social and dialogic in form. Durkheim, in particular, foresaw a globalized
spirituality of the future, his “cult of man,” in which modern individuation would progress
to …