Recently added articles from Journal of Transpersonal Psychology:
TRANSPERSONAL PERSPECTIVE: AN ANTIDOTE TO THE POSTMODERN MALAISE
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT: Kaisa Puhakka examines transpersonal psychology's potential as antidote to the postmodern malaise that plagues our contemporary world. This malaise is reinforced and legitimized by postmodern relativistic epistemology, and it manifests as a fragmentation and isolation of people ...
THE TRANSPERSONAL WILLIAM JAMES
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT: Transpersonal psychologists often speculate on who was their "first" pioneer, commonly with reference to Carl Jung. A look at the early development of modern psychology, however, reveals various figures who accepted a spiritual and collective dimension of the psyche, among them William ...
MEASURING TRANSCENDENCE: EXTRACTING CORE CONSTRUCTS
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT: The construct of transcendence has proved difficult to define and operationalize, as is reflected by lack of robustness, consistency, and replicability in instruments designed to measure it. This paper examines the internal validity of the Self-Transcendence Scale (ST) (Cloninger, ...
VIDEO GAME PLAY AND CONSCIOUSNESS DEVELOPMENT: A TRANSPERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT: The development of consciousness to higher states is thought to be a natural process by some contemporary psychologists with a transpersonal orientation. Such "higher" states of consciousness can be enhanced with the right cultural amplifier. The most often examined amplifiers are the ...
MINDFULNESS AND SELF-REGULATION: A COMPARISON OF LONG-TERM TO SHORT-TERM MEDITATORS
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT: While Western researchers have mostly conceived of mindfulness as a way of regulating negative affect, Buddhist tradition and some recent studies suggest that mindfulness could be useful in regulating impulses as well. It was hypothesized that long-term meditators (≥5 years of ...
THE EXPERIENCE OF SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT: This paper focuses on spirituality as part of a broad understanding of intelligence and the inquiry into human abilities. Based on a theistic approach, spiritual intelligence is perceived as an ability to understand the world and oneself through God-centeredness and to adapt one's life ...
Listening from the heart of silence
Jan 01, 2008; ... PRENDERGAST, J., & BRADFORD, G. K. (Eds.). (2007). Listening from the heart of silence. St. Paul: Paragon House. 304 pp. ISBN 1557788626. Paperback, $19.95. Reviewed by Paul Roy. In a world where the clutter of noise dominates - in education, in politics, in family dynamics, in ...
The mindful way through depression
Jan 01, 2008; ... WILLIAMS, MARK, TEASDALE, JOHN, SEGAL, ZINDEL, & KABAT-ZINN, JON. (2007). The mindful way through depression. NY: The Guilford Press. xx+273 pp. ISBN 1-59385-128-6. Paperback, $19.95. Reviewed by Sarah Hastings. If one has experienced depression, the proposition to be persistently ...
Psychedelic medicine: New evidence for hallucinogenic substances as treatment
Jan 01, 2008; ... WINKELMAN, MICHAEL J. & ROBERTS, THOMAS B. (Eds.). (2007). Psychedelic medicine: New evidence for hallucinogenic substances as treatment. Westport Connecticut and London: Praeger Publishers. 325 pp. (Vol. 1) and 355 pp. (Vol. 2). ISBN 978-0-275-99023-7. Hardcover, $200.00. Reviewed by James ...
The soul of the story: Meetings with remarkable people
Jan 01, 2008; ... ZELLER, DAVID. (2005). The soul of the story: Meetings with remarkable people. Woodstock VT: Jewish Lights Publishing. xxii +245 pp. ISBN-10 1580232728. Paperback, $21.99. Reviewed by Loic Jassy. In The Soul of the Story: Meetings with Remarkable People David Zeller takes us on a journey ...
Risveglio dell'Intelligenza Verso una nuova psicologia dell'Essere le Filosofie Orientali alla volta delle Nuove Teorie Transpersonali [Awakening of Intelligence Toward a New Psychology of Being: Eastern Philosophy in the Direction of New Transpersonal Theories]
Jan 01, 2008; ... PIGNATELLI, DIEGO. (2007). Risveglio dell'Intelligenza Verso una nuova psicologia dell'Essere le Filosofie Orientali alla volta delle Nuove Teorie Transpersonali [Awakening of Intelligence Toward a New Psychology of Being: Eastern Philosophy in the Direction of New Transpersonal Theories] ....
EDITOR'S NOTE: IN THIS ISSUE
Jul 01, 2007; ... Authors in this volume invite readers to consider a number of theoretical, philosophical, and practical issues relevant to the future growth of the transpersonal field. Opening this issue, Olga Louchakova and Merlin Lucas argue the need for a transpersonal clinical theory. They call readers to ...
TRANSPERSONAL SELF AS A CLINICAL CATEGORY: REFLECTIONS ON CULTURE, GENDER, AND PHENOMENOLOGY
Jul 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT: The article presents a critical analysis of transpersonal psychology in regard to the absence of a transpersonal clinical theory. It examines connections of transpersonal psychology with modernism and postmodernism, and affirms phenomenology as a paradigmatic force and the ...
BASICS OF SPIRITUAL ALTRUISM
Jul 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT: The major discussions on altruism today, particularly in the area of sociobiology, give exclusive attention to altruism as an act that favors evolutionary or social benefits. That altruism is a phenomenon exhibited by a self is almost neglected. To understand altruism it is also ...
TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY IN CONTEXT: PERSPECTIVES FROM ITS FOUNDERS AND HISTORIANS OF AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGY
Jul 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT: This article provides a summary of perspectives regarding transpersonal psychology's relationship to mainstream American psychology. Founders of transpersonal psychology and historians of American psychology addressed the following questions: (a) How well known is transpersonal ...
PERSPECTIVES AND PSYCHOTHERAPY: APPLYING INTEGRAL THEORY TO PSYCHOTHERAPY PRACTICE
Jul 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT: Wilber's (1995) integral theory is now being applied in multiple disciplines including psychotherapy. While most of the literature has been theoretical, more focus is needed on how integral constructs help psychotherapists conceptualize their work and how the constructs relate to the ...
THE PYRAMID MODEL - DIALECTICAL POLARITY IN THERAPY
Jul 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT: This article presents a therapeutic approach we have developed called the Pyramid Model. It is based on the principle of universal polarity, rooted in many eastern and western philosophies. This model deals with this principle and its realization in relationships on three levels: ...
Qualitative research methods for psychologists: Introduction through empirical studies
Jul 01, 2007; ... FISCHER , C. T., (Ed.). (2006). Qualitative research methods for psychologists: Introduction through empirical studies. New York: Academic Press. 461 pp. ISBN 13 978-0-12-088470-4. Hardcover, $97.95. Reviewed by Rosemarie Anderson. In Qualitative Research Methods for Psychologists, ...
The wounded researcher: Research with soul in mind
Jul 01, 2007; ... ROMANYSHYN , R. D. (2007). The wounded researcher: Research with soul in mind. New Orleans, LA: Spring Journal Books. 386 pp. ISBN 978-1-882670 47-5. Paper, $24.95. Reviewed by Rosemarie Anderson. Robert Romanyshyn's The Wounded Researcher is an erudite, warm-hearted and soulful book ...
Embodied Enquiry: Phenomenological touchstones for research, psychotherapy and spirituality
Jul 01, 2007; ... TODRES , L. (2007). Embodied Enquiry: Phenomenological touchstones for research, psychotherapy and spirituality. Houndmills,Hampshire, UK: PalgraveMacmillan. 224 pp. ISBN 10 0230517757. Hardbound, $74.95. Reviewed by Rosemarie Anderson. Les Todres's Embodied Enquiry is a particularly ...