Transpersonal psychology Transpersonal psychology John Heron (b. 1928) is a pioneer in the creation of a participatory research method in the social sciences, called co-operative inquiry, which has been applied by practitioners in many fields of professional and personal development. He is committed to the process of co-operative inquiry, in whatever field it is applied, as a basic form of relational and participative spiritual practice. ...more on Wikipedia about "John Heron"
Jorge Ferrer is the author of Revisioning Transpersonal Theory: A Participatory Vision of Human Spirituality (SUNY Press 2002), a landmark book that established the new epistemological requirements needed to develop an open and participative spirituality. Within the specific tradition of transpersonal psychology, this book is an argument to go beyond the dominating influence of Ken Wilber. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jorge Ferrer"
Near-Death studies is a school of psychology and psychiatry that studies the phenomenology and after-effects of a Near-death experience, also called NDE. ...more on Wikipedia about "Near-Death Studies"
The reductionist fallacy is likely to occur in developmental models that deny the validity of transpersonal development – for instance, an experience of mystical union might be seen by a traditional psychoanalyst as a regressive longing for union with a mother-figure, rather than a valid spiritual experience in its own right. This fallacy is implicit in the limitations of the developmental framework from which it is committed, which demands that spiritual experiences be denigrated or pathologised to maintain the integrity of the model. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pre/trans fallacy"
A transpersonal experience is an experience of being out-of-body, out-of-place and/or out-of-time. The word is used for a number of phenomena studied in transpersonal psychology. The state can be achieved in dreams, through psychedelic drugs or spontaneously. ...more on Wikipedia about "Transpersonal experience"
Transpersonal psychology is a school of psychology that studies the transcendent, or spiritual dimensions of humanity. Among these factors we find such issues as self-development, peak experiences, mystical experiences and the possibility of development beyond traditional ego-boundaries. Thus the interest in human experiences which apparently are ...more on Wikipedia about "Transpersonal psychology"
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