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Two Patterns of Transcendence

Ken Wilber

Journal of Humanistic Psychology July 1, 1990 DOI: 10.1177/0022167890303006 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
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Key points Argues that Jung's Analytic Psychology and Wilber's Spectrum Psychology are not incompatible paradigms, contrary to Washburn's position, and that the Jungian model can be incorporated, in essential respects, into the spectrum model.

Abstract

This article is a response to Michael Washburn's "Two Patterns of Transcendence," in which he maintains that there are two dominant but incompatible paradigms in transpersonal psychology: Jung's Analytic Psychology and Wilber's Spectrum Psychology. The conclusion of this article is that the two psychological paradigms are not incompatible, and that the Jungian model can, in essential respects, be incorporated into the spectrum model.