Journal of Scientific Exploration
September 29, 2026
Paul F. Cunningham
This two-part essay addressed a two-part question: “If extraterrestrial life exists, then where are they?” and “Is interdimensional travel possible and, if so, how?” Drawing upon the insights of Jane Roberts’s philosophical psychology, the following thesis is advanced and defended: Alternate life planes and reality systems exist and make contact with the spacetime structure of our own physical...
Journal of Consciousness Studies
August 1, 2024
Paul F. Cunningham
This article argues that contemporary debates of the 'hard problem' of consciousness (i.e.how does 'mindless' matter produce 'matterless' mind?) cannot be resolved through philosophical analysis alone and need to be anchored to a comprehensive empirical foundation that includes psychophysiological research of psychosomatic phenomena and exceptional human experience. First, alternative...
Journal of Anomalous Experience and Cognition
August 29, 2023
Paul F. Cunningham
This summary honors Charles Tart on his 85th birthday by reviewing his contributions and the influence of his work in the subdiscipline of Transpersonal Psychology. Six contributions are reviewed, namely his vision of Transpersonal Psychology as: (a) a science of Mind and Spirit, (b) a critical psychology, (c) an empirical, non-churchly approach to religion as spiritual psychology, (d) a...
Routledge eBooks
November 26, 2021
Paul F. Cunningham
This chapter focuses on the definitions of Transpersonal Psychology and the subject matter of the field. The first part of the chapter begins by briefly describing four thematic analyses of published descriptions of Transpersonal Psychology conducted between 1991 and 2007. It then explores three themes that have come to define modern Transpersonal Psychology as a “beyond-ego psychology of...
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
2007
Paul F. Cunningham
20 citations
Several substantial critiques remain a source of fractionalizing debate within transpersonal psychology, including the weakness of its definition, whether it is redundant with Wilber's integral psychology, whether it is a scientific field, whether it is too metaphysical, whether it neglects the problem of evil, and what contribution can it make to mainstream psychology.This article explicates...
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
2006
Paul F. Cunningham
9 citations
Despite its substantial scientific, academic, and professional achievements, transpersonal psychology has\nnot been fully incorporated within traditional undergraduate psychology curricula. One reason is conventional\npsychology’s prejudiced perception of humanity’s spiritual nature. Other reasons lie within the field\nof transpersonal psychology itself, including the lack of agreed-upon...