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...
Journal of Analytical Psychology
July 1, 1989
C. Jess Groesbeck
16 citations
Implications for Modern Analysis and Psychotherapy. After this rather wide-ranging journey reviewing the shamanic archetype with Jung as its centre, we come back to the question of what all this means for the present age. We are now into the second generation as followers of Jung in terms of the movement that has developed bearing his name. It is clear that the original founder, himself,...
Brain Research
May 1, 1989
T Kodama, H Mushiake, K Shima et al.
A series of experiments was carried out both in the hippocampal pyramidal and thalamic ventrobasal neurons to investigate the effect of serotonin level in the brain on slow fluctuations of neuronal discharges. Single neuronal activities were recorded in the following two pharmacologically treated states: (1) a 5-hydroxytryptamine depleted state by p-chlorophenylalanine administration (PCPA...
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
April 1, 1989
Ken Wilber
20 citations
In response to certain questions raised by John Rowan (1989), Wilber suggests that there are indeed two humanistic psychologies, one of which is open to the spiritual, transcendental, or trans-personal dimensions in men and women, and one of which is not. This response includes a defense of transpersonal psychology against certain charges (notably by Rollo May) that it is, in effect, a product...
Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science
March 1, 1989
G. Macdonald, John L. Cove, Charles D. Laughlin et al.
30 citations
. A biogenetic structural explanation is offered for the cross-culturally common mystical experience called portalling, the experience of moving from one reality to another via a tunnel, door, aperture, hole, or the like. The experience may be evoked in shamanistic and meditative practice by concentration upon a portalling device (mirror, mandala, labyrinth, skrying bowl, pool of water, etc.)....
Buddhist-Christian Studies
1989
David R. Loy
3 citations
Profound similarities between Buddhist and Christian mysticism have often been claimed, but few detailed comparisons have been made. This is not surprising, for cross-cultural comparisons just multiply hermeneutical difficulties which are already plentiful enough in each tradition. Nonetheless, it is regrettable, since each may shed valuable light on other. In particular, such comparisons may...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
1989
I. Stevenson
This s tudy examines the incidence of reports of psychic phenomena and associated beliefs both before and after the near -dea th experience (NDE). The near -dea th exper iencers in terv iewed repor ted no more psychic phenomena before the NDE than the genera l populat ion. There was a stat ist ica l ly s ignif icant increase following the NDE in the incidence of 14 of 15 i tems examined. The...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
1989
Gary Bravo, Charles S. Grob
38 citations
This article reviews the role of psychedelic drugs as potential tools for psychiatric research and practice. The decline in the utilization of these substances is linked to social reactions, which led to psychedelics being scheduled as controlled substances and consequently unavailable for human research. Three different paradigms for the use of psychedelics in psychiatry are reviewed: the...
Journal of Religion and Health
September 1, 1988
J R King
Like the teaching stories of many other religions-the parables of Jesus, Zen koans, Hasidic tales-the stories of the Sufis, or Islamic mystics, offer important insights into the nature of religious experience and emotional well-being. This paper discusses the comments of selected Sufi tales on the basic structure of situations, non-rational or lateral problem-solving techniques, the process of...
Cambridge University Press eBooks
August 26, 1988
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
77 citations
At the end of this volume, it is time to assess the cumulative implications of the assembled evidence. What has been learned about flow in the 10 or so years since the model was first presented? The main conclusions, derived from a variety of different studies, seem rather robust. In the first place, it is clear that the flow experience is recognized as a phenomenological reality by people of...