3 papers in the library · 15 citations · publishing 1989-2024
Transpersonal Psychology Review May 31, 2024 Hazel Guest
Identity is named as an archetypal energy and is linked to the works of Carl Jung and Abraham Maslow. The over-arching influence of archetypes in the human psyche is described with the aid of a simple map. Common psychological problems in relation to identity are discussed. The question is raised as to whether Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology have changed their identities.
Transpersonal Psychology Review 2020 Hazel Guest
This is a response to John Rowan’s (2019a) paper ‘Do transpersonal psychologists know what they are talking about?’. Two different meditation practices can lead to two different altered states of consciousness, samadhi and satori, the latter being associated with psychotherapeutic insights. Rowan’s article is about samadhi so this paper concentrates on satori, comparing and contrasting the two,...
British Journal of Psychotherapy September 1, 1989 Hazel Guest 15 citations
ABSTRACT. This paper discusses some of the concepts in the theory and practice of transpersonal psychology and the sources from which they have been derived. The basic concept of the ‘self as distinct from the‘ego’is characteristic of most Eastern philosophies. The use of imagery as a means of contacting unconscious material can be traced back through the esoteric practices of both West and...