The transpersonal consequences of Husserl's phenomenological method.

Abstract

Abstract The phenomenological reduction and the writings of Husserl and Heidegger are considered in the context of transpersonal mystical experience. The author shows how the practice of the phenomenological reduction spontaneously delivered both Heidegger and Husserl into transpersonal realms. An experiential examination of their writing reveals the great similarities between their own ideas and those of classical transpersonal sources from Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism. The way in which each utilized the phenomenological reduction is also explored. If Husserl's method does indeed have mystical potential then transpersonal psychology and phenomenology are not only related but may have much to offer each other as modes of inquiry.