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Quick-adding category "Transpersonal psychology" (using [[WP:HOTCAT|HotCat]])
The term '''Transpersonal''' is often used to refer to psychological categories that transcend the normal features of ordinary ego-functioning. That is, stages of psychological growth, or stages of [[consciousness]], that move beyond the [[rational]] and
precedes the [[mystical]]. The term is highly associated with the work of [[Abraham Maslow]] and his understanding of "[[peak experiences]]", and was first adapted by the [[human potential movement]] in the 1960's.
Among the psychologial sciences that have studied transpersonal phenomena we find the schools of [[Transpersonal psychology]], [[Humanistic psychology]] and [[Near-Death Studies]]. Among the forerunners to the development of transpersonal theory we find, the school of [[Psychosynthesis]] (founded by [[Roberto Assagioli]]), and the [[Analytical psychology|Analytical]] school of [[Carl Jung|C.G Jung]].
In [[integral (philosophy)|integral theory]], '''transpersonal''' refers to stages of [[Human development (psychology)|human development]] through which a [[person]]'s [[self-awareness]] extends beyond the [[personal]]. Integral theorists include [[Ken Wilber]], [[Michael Murphy (author)|Michael Murphy]], [[Michael Washburn]], [[Allan Combs]], [[Jean Gebser]], [[Don Beck]], and [[Clare Graves]]. The work of all of these theorists is inspired, in varying degrees, by the writings of the Hindu philosopher [[Sri Aurobindo]].
== Transpersonal Goals ==
As is embedded in the concept of personal [[growth]] by the transpersonal movement, personal [[Objective (goal)|goal]] achievement will necessarily involve the possibility of an arational mutation of the relationship between the subject and his/her goal. That this may occur in the process of realisation. It may also be embedded in the [[transpersonal movement]] that such a [[mutation]] will cause a cultural change that may be termed as an [[panepidemic]] [[memetic]] flu or a cultural and [[rhizomatic<!-- philosophy -->]] [[virus]] project.
== Transpersonal States ==
Transpersonal psychology considers the concept of transpersonal ''states'' of awareness. [[Stanislav Grof]] defines these: "The common denominator of this otherwise rich and ramified group of phenomena is the feeling of the individual that his consciousness expanded beyond the usual ego boundaries and the limitations of time and space." <sup>[1]</sup> These include [[mystical]] states and [[near-death experience]]s also subject to the [[psychology of religion]]. The idea of altered 'states' of awareness is pivotal to this research. The conceptualisation, and other signifying processes of altered forms of awareness are studied in transpersonal psychology. Transpersonal psychotherapy consists of moving between these states,and learning techniques for disassembling and reassembling on different states/situations of altered realitymontage for the purpose of healing, which can be brought about by transpersonal psychotechnologies. This clarifies one of transpersonal psychology's roots in early psychedelic work, some of these psychotechnologies include research with psychedelic plants and chemicals such as [[LSD]], [[ibogaine]], [[ketamine]], [[peyote]], [[ayahuasca]] and the vast variety of substances available to all human cultures throughout history.<sup>[2]</sup> See: "Part III. Transpersonal Dimensions of Healing with Psychedelic States" Vol. 2. It can also be said that the attempts by transpersonal psychology is an [[intercultural]] approach to [[medicine]] and [[etnobiology]] understood as a discourse raised from the academic community of the globalised [[university]] sector of knowledge production encountering the so called [[herbalist]] [[shaman]] or [[alchemist]].
== References ==
1. Grof, Stanislav. (1975, 1993). ''Realms of the Human Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research''. New York: Viking, London: Souvenir Press.
2. Winkelman, Michael J, and Thomas B. Roberts (editors) (2007). ''Psychedelic Medicine: New Evidence for Hallucinogens as Treatments'' Westport, CT: Praeger/Greenwood.
== See also ==
*[[Transpersonal psychology]]
*[[Humanistic psychology]]
*[[Near-Death Studies]]
*[[Analytical psychology]]
*[[Psychosynthesis]]
*[[Transpersonal chakra]]
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