A Brief Overview of Transpersonal Psychology
Humanistic Psychologist February 1, 1992 DOI: 10.1080/08873267.1992.9986797 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Historical analysis Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that transpersonal psychology has its roots in the psycho-spiritual disciplines of ancient Kemetic Egypt and Nubia, and traces how these ideas spread and evolved across Europe, India, West Africa, and the Americas, shaping contemporary transpersonal psychology. |
Abstract
Abstract Transpersonal psychology is defined as the study of psycho‐spiritual disciplines and processes recorded in the science and religion of the earliest known civilizations, those of the Nile valley systems of Kemetic Egypt and Nubia. This study traces the history and transformation of these seminal ideas from there, through their dispersion and development in Europe, India and West Africa, and finally to the Americas. It ends with a brief look at principle currents in contemporary transpersonal psychology and suggests a vision of its future.