{"title":"The transpersonal that can be defined is not the true transpersonal: A Taoist perspective on defining transpersonal psychology","authors":"Scott Buckler, A. Woodward, H. Law","doi":"10.53841/bpstran.2019.21.1.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpstran.2019.21.1.17","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to provide an understanding on the meaning of transpersonal psychology. It first examines the current definition of transpersonal psychology and its inherent problems and challenges. It then offers a new insight on the definition by drawing a parallel metaphor from the Taoist perspective and concludes that the nature of transpersonal psychology is fluid like water which is formless. Transpersonal psychologists may well be continuously calling themselves Transpersonal psychologists and let the transpersonal continuously evolve and be defined by the individual concerned. The truth is out there, beyond the definition.","PeriodicalId":92595,"journal":{"name":"Transpersonal psychology review","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74501913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transgender and the transpersonal: An introduction and a call for research","authors":"Scott Buckler, J. Gates","doi":"10.53841/bpstran.2019.21.1.40","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpstran.2019.21.1.40","url":null,"abstract":"While there is a tradition of research in relation to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) community and religiosity, there is a paucity of research relating to spirituality. Additionally, classifying such ‘non–conforming’ groups into a general classification has inherent problems, specifically in relation to those identifying as transgender more likely to engage in spirituality, as opposed to religion, than other groups. With the high prevalence of personal distress and harm to mental wellbeing experienced by individuals identifying as transgender, especially with the increasedrisk of suicide attempts, effective support and counselling are required. Such existential crisis could potentially be addressed through greater engagement with spirituality: indeed, several cultures identify transgender as relating to spirituality. This paper explores transgender and spiritual identity in different cultures, while highlighting research in the more secular society, culminatingin an evaluation of various models which may provide spiritual support to help integrate the predominant dysphoria between mind and body, through engaging the spirit to harmonise the conflict.","PeriodicalId":92595,"journal":{"name":"Transpersonal psychology review","volume":"110 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85697213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Get off the mountaintop and back in the marketplace: Leadership as transpersonal psychology’s highest calling","authors":"J. Wade","doi":"10.53841/bpstran.2019.21.1.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpstran.2019.21.1.22","url":null,"abstract":"Leadership since time immemorial has been considered a sacred calling, a spiritual and moral responsibility that attracted great thinkers from East and West. Only with the realpolitik of Macchiavelli, followed by industrialisation, did leadership theory become secular and transactional, a trend that lasted until the late 20th century. About the time transpersonal psychology emerged, sacred leadership was reclaimed and has dominated the past 50 years of the organisation behaviour and psychology literature. Four dominant models of spiritually–oriented leadership have emerged – servant leadership, transformational leadership, authentic leadership, and ethical leadership – with more proliferating every day. Despite William James’s and Abraham Maslow’s pointing the way for transpersonal psychology to engage with leadership as the fulcrum for social change, the field has yet to embrace this responsibility. The current state of leadership theory and research and the current state of the world represent great potential for transpersonal psychology, if the field is to remain relevant and make a vital contribution to the greater good.","PeriodicalId":92595,"journal":{"name":"Transpersonal psychology review","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73843235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond the psychology of religion","authors":"Ho C. Law","doi":"10.53841/bpstran.2019.21.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpstran.2019.21.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92595,"journal":{"name":"Transpersonal psychology review","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86339383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introducing the Heartfulness Project","authors":"Maya Campbell, Anna Bendijk, Tamara Russell","doi":"10.53841/bpstran.2019.21.1.47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpstran.2019.21.1.47","url":null,"abstract":"The Heartfulness Project was developed as an integrative programme for people suffering from heart disorders. The programme has been trialled twice and the results are positive: people with cardiovascular diseases feel more optimistic and less stressed when they incorporate the new skills as taught in the programme into their lives. This paper provides the details of the project in terms of its context including the lead author’s personal experience as well as its outcome and offers further discussion.","PeriodicalId":92595,"journal":{"name":"Transpersonal psychology review","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84534752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Existentialism and spirituality","authors":"J. Rowan","doi":"10.53841/bpstran.2019.21.1.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpstran.2019.21.1.10","url":null,"abstract":"This paper represents the continuously unfolding enquiry on spirituality by Rowan. By providing a definition of Third Tier thinking as a starting point, he further explores the relationship between existentialism and spirituality. The paper questions the existential position on spirituality and argues that at present, there is no specific existential position on spirituality.","PeriodicalId":92595,"journal":{"name":"Transpersonal psychology review","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76111558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do transpersonal psychologists know what they are talking about?","authors":"J. Rowan, Law Ho","doi":"10.53841/bpstran.2019.21.1.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpstran.2019.21.1.6","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is a critique on transpersonal psychologists in terms of their experience and practices. Rowan observed that most participants in transpersonal psychology conferences had not embodied the experience of Nondual – the highest level ofconsciousness in the realms of the transpersonal according to Wilber (2000). Rowan further pointed out that most great religious traditions made the distinction between Subtle; Causal; Nondual level of consciousness, citing Judaism, Christianity, Muslim, Hinduism and Yoga as examples. The paper further claims that all spiritual experiences come from the Subtle level, which is often confused with the Causal and Nondual level of consciousness. In conclusion, Rowan argued that psychologists should be engaged with their own experience and practice in terms of the three levels of consciousness if they were to be transpersonal psychologists and claimed that they know what transpersonal psychology is about.Keywords:Subtle; Causal; Nondual; consciousness; religions; transpersonal.","PeriodicalId":92595,"journal":{"name":"Transpersonal psychology review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90880384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cobber Hall","authors":"Stuart R. C. Whomsley","doi":"10.53841/bpstran.2018.20.1.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.53841/bpstran.2018.20.1.45","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92595,"journal":{"name":"Transpersonal psychology review","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76674883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}