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Transpersonal Psychology Michael Daniels, PhD Click for Top
Ten Recommendations Explore Transpersonal
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DANIELS, M. (2005). Shadow, Self, Spirit: Essays in Transpersonal Psychology. "This is a splendid book, ranging widely across the whole spectrum of Transpersonal Psychology. It will surely become a standard text and do much to render Transpersonal Psychology readily accessible to all those who wish to understand this profoundly important area of study." Professor David Fontana, Foundation Chair, British Psychological Society Transpersonal Psychology Section "Michael Daniels has written a book that is certain to become a landmark in the development of Transpersonal Psychology. He not only surveys the current state of the discipline with great lucidity, but also addresses with considerable insight some of its most challenging and topical issues." Les Lancaster, Professor of Transpersonal Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University. |
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SCOTTON, B.W., & CHINEN, A.B., (Eds.) (1996). Textbook of Transpersonal Psychiatry and Psychology. Excellent general text. Covers definition of transpersonal psychology, historical roots East and West, recent research, theoretical debates, clinical and psychotherapeutic applications. |
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WALSH, R. & VAUGHAN, F. (Eds.). (1993). Paths Beyond Ego: The Transpersonal Vision. Using heavily edited source material from a wide range of leading transpersonal writers, this book provides an excellent introduction to the nature and scope of transpersonal psychology. Contributors include: Sri Aurobindo, Fritjof Capra, the Dalai Lama, Ram Dass, Warwick Fox, Daniel Goleman, Stan & Christina Grof, Aldous Huxley, Willliam James, John Mack, Abraham Maslow, Michael Murphy, Kenneth Ring, Huston Smith, Charles Tart, Frances Vaughan, Roger Walsh, John Welwood, Ken Wilber, & Bryan Wittine. |
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FERRER, J.N. (2002). Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality. Jorge Ferrer provides a powerful critique and deconstruction of transpersonal theory and offers his own suggestions for a participatory approach to the transpersonal based on an understanding of the ways in which people can cocreate different transpersonal realities. |
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WILBER, K. (2000). Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy. Wilber's latest attempt to summarise his psychological theories and to integrate an extraordinary range of other approaches. Clear and concise (this is a cut-down version of a planned larger work). It is required reading for those who are looking for an up-to-date definitive account of Wilber's psychological position. |
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FIRMAN, J. & GILA, A. (1997). The Primal Wound: A Transpersonal View of Trauma, Addiction and Growth. A powerful examination and analysis of the nature and dynamics of primal wounding and its implications for the self, relationships, and transpersonal development. The authors' approach integrates objects relations theory, self-psychology, transpersonal psychology and psychosynthesis. |
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ROWAN, J. (2005). The Transpersonal: Spirituality in Psychotherapy and Counselling. Long-awaited new edition of John Rowan's classic book on transpersonal approaches in psychotherapy and counselling. |
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GROF, S. (2000). Psychology of the Future: Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research. Stan Grof is one of the founders of transpersonal psychology. This book provides an excellent overview and summary of his life's work in psychology and psychiatry. |
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WASHBURN, M. (2003). Embodied Spirituality in a Sacred World. Michael Washburn's most recent presentation of his neo-Jungian theory of transpersonal development in which he argues that spiritual progress involves a spiralling process in which we reconnect to the dynamic potentials of the unconscious in the quest for psychological integration |
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ROTHBERG, D. & KELLY, S. (1998). Ken Wilber in Dialogue: Conversations with Leading Transpersonal Thinkers. An overview and appreciation of Wilber's contribution to transpersonal psychology, followed by a series of theoretical alternatives and critiques (e.g., Washburn, Grof, Feminist). Wilber then responds to these other views, initiating further dialogue. Very useful in identifying issues of current debate in transpersonal psychology. |
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