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verlooking the lush canopy from the societal effects of the lack of rites of passage in temple atop a pyramid in the middle of American culture. Shepard stated, “. . . the only nowhere and the center of everywhere, society more frightful than one run by children, as I stopped in disbelief. I had been here in Golding’s Lord of the Flies, might be one run by Obefore, although this was my fi rst visit to Tikal, an childish adults.” Campbell proposes that the lack ancient amazing Mayan city concealed in the rural of myths and has led to our current state of north of Guatemala. My body and mind resonated societal dismay, including our youth engaged in a with another time and another people. Perhaps the variety of high-risk behaviors. image from a book I had read in preparation for The following discussion intends to provide this outing was sparked, and I was a virgin crawl- resources for others interested in these questions. ing up the steps (there were so many steps!) to her After a review of theories on ritual process, then last breath. we provide discussion of the “state of affairs” aris- The book’s scenario struck me as barbaric and ing from lack of rites of passage. wasteful, with Mayan kings in the habit of offer- ing virgins to appease ephemeral . However, ELEMENTS COMMON TO RITUAL as my feet carried me up the same stairs as hers, I The Mayans who created and inhabited Tikal were took in the view that melted into , as she not the only people or culture to arrange com- had. A sliver of understanding of the community’s munity sacrifi ce in of rain, a good harvest, beliefs and hopes for goodness, as a result of sac- of human error, and for of rifi ce, came to me. I felt sympathetic and even ac- states of being. Campbell is a primary reference cepting of the ritual. The immensity and intensity in describing the “monomyth” of resemblance be- of design and place translated to understanding tween various cultures’ myths and rituals. Describ- the power of the ritual—perhaps to the virgin, and ing rituals as physical dramatization of a myth, perhaps more so to the believers in her community he characterizes them as a key underpinning to a seeking the greater good. The psyche seeks passage stable society and “the wisdom of life.” Mythol- and renewal, which requires ogy and ritual provide guidelines and direction. the discard of old identities. Whether Mayan, Roman Catholic, Cherokee, or The Mayans—like many Ibo, most cultures have provided clear messages other cultures attending to about the boundaries of appropriate behavior with- sacrifi ce and renewal—used in the society, about the roles of men and women, physical acts to elaborate and the fate-line of each individual—conveyed a necessary psychological through narratives and enactment. passage, with a community Campbell provides archives of comparative united in intent. studies to illustrate C. G. Jung’s (1971) theory that Giving up ideas of right all humans share a collective unconscious, in- or wrong, my mind spiraled terpsychically (and genetically) linked and net- around my own experience worked. We most readily perceive the archetypes DANA CARSON of any rituals of such force, of the collective unconscious in roles (the hero, to confront death and re- who strives for justice; the trickster, who pulls us birth, with intention and in community. Memories into trouble and consciousness; the shadow, the of communion, weddings, and funerals were the darkness we would rather not acknowledge; and only outright rituals in my life. the mother/caretaker within each of us). But the Relieved that I had not been sacrifi ced in my archetypal fi gures of Jung’s interest were only youth, still I longed to know what life would be an aspect of universal “alchemical” processes of like in a culture closely bonded and bound to psychological development. Perhaps all his work traditions of powerful rituals. Then, I wondered regarding Individuation can be viewed as attention what might be the result in the lives of Americans to the means for passage from one state to the next. because of our lack of rituals? Jung also is voluminous on the role of the ritual in Since the trip to Tikal, I researched Paul Shepard various societies (including the U.S., with six visits (1982) and Joseph Campbell (1988) regarding the stoked by his curiosity about our cultural arche-

6 ahp PERSPECTIVE JUNE/JULY 2007 RITES OF PASSAGE portance of a kinesthetic process within ritual to types. Deirdre Bair’s Jung is the best resource about transmit and gain “ritual his visit to Taos Pueblo). knowledge” in order to Mircea Eliade (1958), an anthropologist and transition from one state specialist in comparative religious studies, felt that in life to the next. rites of passage rituals could be divided into three Blumenkrantz (1997) types: initiatory recognition (as in baptism), mem- sifted through the Hu- bership in a society, and elevation to the role of a man Relations Area Files higher calling (shamanic initiation). “Society mem- Archive at Yale Univer- bership” rituals in present America might range sity and noted rites of from fi rst communion to hazing for fraternities, passage rituals in eight sororities, and military branches, to blood-letting geographic regions of the world: Asia, Europe, for gang membership. These rituals are a way to Africa, the Middle East, North America, Oceania, prove loyalty and dedication to the act of belong- Russia, and South America. He did not fi nd all the ing to the initiating group. The third, shamanic elements of van Gennep’s model consistent within passage, seems diffi cult to identify in mainstream each rite of passage, although some portion of the culture. Stanley Krippner suggests that musicians framework was always present. with a cult following may be a present manifesta- Others have reframed van Gennep’s model. tion. Indigenous groups in America and around Delaney (1995) in her model proposed four stages the world continue to provide the shaman or sha- to include separation, guidance from an elder, a man-like fi gure a special role in order to practice transition, and then acceptance or welcoming by ritual for community benefi t. the community. Community has been emphasized Eliade’s work about initiation rituals is “re- by other authors as a most important element of quired reading” on the topic. The following ritual. Blumenkrantz proposed that a physical com- summary of other theories, specifi c about rites of munity is not as necessary as the “psychological passage, precede a discussion of their lack in con- sense of community”, similar to Turner’s “com- temporary U.S. society. munitas.” Turner (1969) stated, “The community is the repository of the whole gamut of the culture’s RITES OF PASSAGE values, norms, attitudes, sentiments, and relation- Research from anthropologists, and more recently ships.” psychologists, propose that rites of passage are Such a sense of community leads one to feel primary in the transition of youth from adoles- belonging and obliged to others, prepared to act cence to adulthood. van Gennep (1960) outlined for the betterment of the community rather than the three essential components of rites of passage: oneself. Somé (1993) defi ned community as “a separation, transition, and incorporation. The place of self-defi nition” with identity derived from separation phase is conceptualized as a breakaway participating in the community culture. Along with from the role of “adolescent.” In some rituals, the importance of collective experience for impact, the teens are literally snatched from their homes such belonging brings anticipation to participate in and physically separated from their families and a recognized rite of passage into the culture. communities. Then in the liminal phase, individu- In my contemplations above the jungle canopy als fl oat between roles, as Turner (1969) coined at Tikal, I despaired the loss of powerful rituals in it, “betwixt and between.” During this phase, the mainstream American society, specifi cally the lack initiates may be called by a different name, or of rites of passage. Within subcultures we do see no name at all. Thus, the initiates are taken to an rites of passage such as the quinciñera, Kinaaldá, alternative mental state, often via the use of plants fi rst communion, confi rmation, and bar and bat (i.e., peyote), , or a sweat lodge. Jennings Jr. mitzvahs. However, many American adolescents (1996) emphasized the importance of a kinesthetic lack such an opportunity. Or, as with most modern process within ritual to transmit and gain “ritual rites of passage—such as getting a driver’s li- knowledge” in order transition from one state in cense—they lack mentorship, community recogni- life to the next tion, or any true shift of identity. After the individual has passed through the ritualized aspects of the liminal or transition phase, LACK OF RITES OF PASSAGE they then pass to an incorporation phase. The Campbell and Shepard agree that the lack of rites initiate youth is treated as an adult and expected of passage, and therefore the lack of passing of to carry on further responsibilities with this role. mythology and wisdom, is likely correlated with Jennings Jr. (in Grimes, 1996) emphasized the im- many of the disastrous happenings we see within

JUNE/JULY 2007 ahp PERSPECTIVE 7 RITES OF PASSAGE the 20s, individuals continue to six extra 40-hour weeks per year explore their identity, try to mas- on the job... with both parents our society. When Campbell was ter instability (i.e., while moving likely working. Simple logistics asked what happens to a society a lot), focus on themselves, and and single-family households that “no longer embraces a pow- stay open to possibilities of the make mentorship a more com- erful mythology,” he responded future. plicated task than it once was in by saying, “What we’ve got on Lack of rites of passage, includ- our society. The focus on indi- our hands. If you want to fi nd ing mentorship into a responsi- vidualism and “getting ahead” out what it means to have a soci- ble role, may have may also lead to ety without any rituals, read the large implications people being fo- New York Times.” Shepard dis- for our youth and cused on them- cussed the matter from a larger society. Since 1991 selves versus a perspective, noting the damage we have seen an primary focus on we are infl icting on our planet at increase in youths’ the adolescents’ large. To pay attention to other use of drugs, alco- need for rites of organisms, plants, people, and hol, prescription passage. the rest of the planet, you must drugs, and earlier The prevalence have worked through the exis- sexual activity. of drug use in tential questions of adolescence A survey in 1999 the United States regarding who you are and your showed a contin- alone is startling. purpose on the planet. Shepard ued increase in the In the United implies that most humans today number of gang States National are neotenic, which suggests they members. A cou- Institute for are maturing to the next devel- ple of explanations Drug Abuse opmental phase, but maintaining for these trends poll of 8th, 10th, part of their juvenile characteris- within the framework of rites of and 12th graders in 2005, abuse tics. He accredits this to a lack of passage might be considered. In of marijuana, heroin, crack, and recapitulation, as is provided in the past, smaller and more tight- Ritalin in all three grades was rites of passage ceremonies lead- knit communities would have “stable.” Annual abuse of Vico- ing to adulthood. lent themselves to formal rites of din and Oxycontin continue at An interesting concept we are passage, per Delaney’s model. concerning levels. Twelfth grad- seeing in the psychological litera- Lack of mentorship also appears ers had a 9.5% abuse level of Vi- ture is an additional stage in the linked to an increase in hours codin. Since 2001, annual abuse developmental spectrum. In the worked by parents. In 1997, the of sedatives/barbiturates among past, an individual went from National Study of Changing 12th graders had increased 25%. adolescence to adulthood. How- Workforce found jobs to require Even 8th graders increased their ever, they now voyage through more hours and energy and to be abuse of inhalants. Current teens a phase that Arnett (1995) called less predictable. Even fi ve years may be using high-risk activi- “Emerging Adulthood.” In the ago, compared with the 1960s, ties to lead to an altered state, time from adolescence through the average worker spent about such as one might experience as an initiate in a liminal phase of a rite of passage ritual. Whether from the physiologi- cal interactions with drugs, or the adrenalin of participating in gang activity, there is an altered experience. Perhaps an aspect of the collective uncon- scious seeks intrinsic experi- ence of a liminal phase, before moving from adolescence to adulthood. A second view about engag- ing in these high-risk behav- iors is that adolescents are able to avoid a shift in their role altogether. They may feel

8 ahp PERSPECTIVE JUNE/JULY 2007 RITES OF PASSAGE frightened or unprepared due to the lack References of mentorship or lack of exposure to others successfully transitioning. Regardless of the Arnett JJ (1994) “Are college students adults? Their conceptions of reason for entering and lingering in the lim- the transition to adulthood.” J Adult Development 1: 154-158. inal phase, avoiding the transition to adult- Blumenkrantz D (1992) Fulfi lling the Promise of Children’s Services: hood seems a phenomenon of our times. Why Primary Prevention eEforts Fail and How They Can Succeed. Jossey-Bass. CONTEMPORARY USES OF RITES OF PASSAGE Campbell J, editor (1971) The Portable Jung. Viking. While the connection between the lack of rites of passage to high-risk adolescent be- Campbell J (1988) The Power of Myth, with Bill Moyers. Doubleday. haviors in our culture has not been widely explored, practitioners and researchers Delaney CH (1995) “Rites of passage in adolescence.” have given it credence. At the Evolution of Adolescence 30: 891-898. Psychotherapy Conference in December Eliade M (1958) Rites and Symbols of Initiation: The Mysteries of 2005, Jean Houston shared an example of Birth and Rebirth. Spring Publications. the use of ritual with suicidal youth. In a school district where several youth had Erikson E (1968) Identity: Youth and Crisis. Norton. become suicidal, a rite-of-passage interven- tion was formed with these youth and con- Grimes RL, editor (1996) Readings in Ritual Studies. Prentice Hall. cerned peers. To transition to a newfound role in life, the ritual acted out a metaphor Harvey A R & Rauch JB (1997) “A comprehensive Afrocentric rites of for death, and carried the teens to a new passage program for black male adolescents.” Health & Social Work 22: 30-38. beginning. A major contributor to the literature, and Jennings TW (1982) “On ritual knowledge.” In Grimes RL, editor, prominent practitioner in the use of rites of Readings in Ritual Studies. Prentice Hall. passage with adolescents, is David Blumen- krantz. A center called the Rites of Passage Jung CJ (1959) The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious. Experience (ROPE) in Connecticut focuses Routledge. on the use of rites of passage within an intentional community. The program gener- Markstrom CA & Iborra A (2003) “Adolescent identity formation and ally has a duration of three phases through- rites of passage: The Navajo kinaaldá ceremony for girls.” J Res Adolescence 13: 399-425. out six years. Parent/Guardian involve- ment is essential, and they are included in May R (1972) Power of Innocence: A Search for the Sources of the formation of the rituals and mentorship Violence. Norton. for the youth. These programs have successfully created Metzner R (1999) Green Psychology: Transforming Our the phases of rites of passage—separation, Relationship to the Earth. Park Street Press. mentorship, transition, and a welcoming from the community—to support adoles- Somè MP (1997) Ritual: Power, Healing, and Community. cents in moving on. Even reading descrip- Swan-Raven. [see review on page 30 of this Perspective] tions about the power of these interventions Shepard P (1982) Nature and Madness. University of Georgia Press. carries an intensity similar to the pulse that resonated through me in Tikal. Turner V (1969) The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure. Aldine De Gruyter. DANA CARSON will interview “high-risk” ado- lescents as part of her doctoral research as a PsyD van Gennep A (1960) The Rite of Passage. Routledge & Kegan Paul. candidate in Integrative Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology, the San Diego http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rites_of_passage Campus of Alliant International University. Please http://www.boystomen.org send comments or suggestions for the research to: [email protected] http://www.rope.org DON EULERT, coordinator of the School’s Integra- tive emphasis and Director of the Center for Integra- tive Psychology, serves as Dana’s research Chair.

JUNE/JULY 2007 ahp PERSPECTIVE 9 KID AIKIDO

Samurai Sprouts and “Greening” the Martial Arts —Michelle Manger Keip

“All of humanity depends upon our aspiration.” — His Holiness, the Dalai Lama

y aspirations for like, and war makes winners and defend our reactive behavior as peace compel me to losers. In midlife, as the unde- common sense. Without training cultivate Samurai feated martial arts champion of in alternatives, we all simply do Sprouts, a holis- , Ueshiba was regularly the best we can to stay safe. Mtic, nature-based curriculum challenged to by practitio- O’Sensei wrote, “In my Aikido for young children inspired by ners of all styles. One day after there are no opponents, no enemies. I Aikido, the martial art of peace. a vigorous encounter, he expe- do not want to overwhelm everyone Later I’ll share how our simple rienced a rapturous enlighten- with brute strength, nor do I want rituals and playful improvisa- ment. He realized that “Budo is to smash every challenger to the tions arouse a child’s aspiration Love.” Budo means martial way ground. In true budo we seek to be for peace and serve as a rite of or literally, “to stop the .” one with all things, to return to the passage. But fi rst, let’s go back to After this, O’Sensei prohibited very heart of creation. The purpose the roots in Aikido. competitions in Aikido. of Aikido training is not to make Could there be a less likely Until his death at age 86, you simply stronger or tougher than venue to espouse Love and Peace O’Sensei remained invincible others: it is to make you a warrior than in the warrior’s training and true to the core vow of for world peace. This is our mission hall? Yet there was a warrior Aikido to do no harm. Today his in Aikido.” who took that stand. His vi- art continues to reveal that it is This restoration of the war- sion has mobilized hundreds of possible to protect life by open- rior role to being a stand for the thousands of people all over the ing up, rather than bydefending. creation and the protection of planet in the last few decades. Love, the greatest power, is what life is what I call “greening” the He was an avatar, someone makes this possible. martial arts. Turning our atten- who by their example adds new Peace and love are at the core tion from personal gain to collec- possibilities to what it is to be of all spiritual teachings. Yet tive benefi t is required of all who human. His name was Morihei when it comes down to the heat want to grow peace on earth. Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido. of confl ict, we readily abandon This centering in the greater , whom we our principles and grab on to our good takes courage, commit- refer to as O’Sensei or “great reptilian modes of fi ght, fl ight, ment, and cooperation, of teacher” in Aikido, manifested or freeze. Without recurrent the warrior that we all possess as his legacy of radical practices of nonviolence trained human beings. in the most violent of fi elds, the into our awareness and our bod- In the U.S. we market the martial arts. Martial means war- ies, we automatically rally our Hollywood glamour of warrior favored stardom to our youth by invit- defenses. ing them to become “An Army Our fear of One.” We’ve largely forgotten pulls the that the warrior sacrifi ces her cork out separateness in order to foster of our and protect the whole. In war open this sacrifi ce may mean giv- posture ing one’s own precious life. In and we daily life this means giving up shut down one’s identifi cation with being to protect. an autonomous individual and We forget renewing our connection with love and what Native Americans call “all we decline our relations.” As Albert Einstein peace. We wrote in describing his revolu-

10 ahp PERSPECTIVE JUNE/JULY 2007 KID AIKIDO senses. I stay true to O’Sensei’s bright green sprouts to class, explanation of Aikido’s purpose: their delight is exhilarating. The tionary discovery, e = mc2, “The “In Aikido we learn about ourselves, tenderness of other young crea- universe is one, indivisible dynamic we learn to link ourselves to the life tures evokes a child’s own pro- whole in which energy and matter force, and we learn how to discern tective nature, and so the strong are so deeply entangled it is impos- the principles of nature. Step by step and the vulnerable aspects of a sible to consider them as separate we make our path one of brightness child come together. elements.” and peace.” Aikido itself is very young. We martial artists are a prac- O’Sensei was a priest We’ve just begun to invent ap- tical sort. We hold the high and martial artist, and Samurai proaches tailored to the devel- Sprouts springs from Aikido’s opmental needs of children. spiritual roots. In Shinto, O’Sensei advised against chil- nature is considered to be the dren practicing the art for fear of purest expression of Spirit, so their injury. Just now in the 2nd humans naturally aspire to be and 3rd generations of Aikido in harmony with nature. An teachers (Ueshiba died in 1969) expression that describes the are we discovering many cre- Shinto way of seeing, Mono no ative ways to offer the awesome aware, means, “seeing with the power of Aikido to children. heart into the natural beauty and O’Sensei wrote, “Aikido is goodness of things.” becoming established all over, but “Move like a beam of light, fl y it will have a different expression like lightning, like thunder, in each place it takes root. Continu- standard that what we say and whirl in circles around a stable ally adapt the teachings and create what we do are congruent. And center.” We take these, O’Sensei a beautiful, pure land.” His words what we do must be effective, instructions, quite literally in assure me that he would be because in the heat of emergency Samurai Sprouts. At age 4 to 7, glad Aikido is now available to we must move with immediate it’s typically easy to jump into children. confi dence. Perhaps this deport- another identity, such as “shine In Aikido we bow...a lot. I tell ment is part of what is attracting like a star.” Occasionally there is my Samurai Sprouts that bow- thousands of people worldwide a child who is already afraid to ing is a way to show respect with to Aikido. Many aren’t allured let go of their personhood into our bodies. When we bow we by the role of the warrior, but the freedom of imagination. Yet empty ourselves of our heady most want the embodied convic- if they fi nd the courage to stay preoccupation with the personal. tion to make a difference, now. awhile, inevitably they get swept Lowering our torso, we let go How can we renew our chil- into the tide of improvisational into the of connection. dren’s birthright: the expecta- joy. A mother, Christine, wrote about tion of a welcoming world? My Samurai Sprouts: children the benefi ts of Samurai Sprouts vision is that one day it will be readily take to this transforma- for her son, who is often restless common sense for everyone to tional vision for themselves. and wanting to do things his accept that love is the greatest They’re eager to see themselves way no matter what. “I have seen power. Peace in ourselves and in in the heroic image of the Samu- him being considerate to smaller the world will be the manifesta- rai. They tion of our love. naturally Our perceptions of common respond sense begin to solidify in the to other socialization years of age 4 to small be- 7. Appreciating the power of ings who timing, I’ve concentrated my refl ect passion for O’Sensei’s vision of back world peace in Samurai Sprouts. their Rather than downsize adult own in- Aikido training, I’ve devel- nocence oped an approach which meets and vital- children where they love to be: ity. When in the world of games, imagina- I bring tion, and exploration with the planted

JUNE/JULY 2007 ahp PERSPECTIVE 11 KID AIKIDO snail knows how to make a beautiful, furthering the growth or develop- well-proportioned shell….We should ment of something.” Rather than children and having the to bow deeply before the orchid and the focusing on each child’s per- sit down and teach them games.” snail. The feeling of respect for all formance, we hold a collective At the beginning of every species will help us to recognize the promotion for Samurai Sprouts. Samurai Sprouts class, the stu- noblest nature in ourselves” (from This group demonstration grows dents sit on the “learning line.” The Sun in My Heart). their experience of cooperative First we bow to the altar with Bowing produces dignity and development. this invocation: “I bow to all our pleasure for my young students. As is essential in all rites of pas- ancestors and to all the Protectors Bowing gives them regular prac- sage, the sacred promotion ritual of the Peace who have come before tice in the ritual intensity of their transpires in the context of atten- us.” Then we turn and bow to eagerly awaited belt promotion. tive, caring community. Family each other. “I bow to all of us, the And how they love to bow! and friends gather to witness and Protectors of the Peace of RIGHT Standing bows, sitting bows, so celebrate their loved ones. In the NOW.” many bows. I’ve never heard a closing ritual, the children bow If you are still reading this, child complain about bowing. to their beloved community as I imagine that you, too, are a Martial arts in the U.S. mark well. Protector of the Peace. Take a a student’s progress with the The Dalai Lama says the next moment, if you will, and bow. awarding of colored belts. Buddha will not come as a per- What will you bow to? All things Whereas in competitive styles son but as a community. I have that deserve our respect. this progress can be skewed to that my students belong to Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnam- highlight mainstream values of the blessed community that is ese Buddhist monk and peace display, acquisition, and domi- already restoring peace on earth. activist writes, “We humans think nance, the noncompetitive foun- Samurai Sprouts are part of the we are smart, but an orchid, for dation of Aikido insists we have emerging “green” culture. example, knows how to produce other motives. I like the defi ni- Daniel’s parents brought him noble, symmetrical fl owers, and a tion of promotion as “the act of to Samurai Sprouts because he hadn’t yet found an activity where he felt a sense of belong- Come Build A Stairway To The Stars ing. On the day of his white belt promotion he walked up to me, took the shape of “protect like a tree” and declared, “I love being a Protector of the Peace!” Now, more than a year later, Daniel is still an enthusiastic Samurai Sprout. The Samurai Sprouts white belt promotion is a child’s initiation into being a Protector of the Peace. I know the power of ini- tiation to take root in the core of Spend five days in beautiful Taos,NewTaos, New Mexico, meditating play- human beings. Even if that seed stays dormant for many years, fully, dancing joyously, and singing sensually. Singing can help you when it is planted in a sacred reside in the ground of your being and aid you in becoming fully way, it will fi nd the path to the human, while having fun! YouwillYou will enjoy learning the art and craft surface eventually. Love is the greatest power. of singing in a supportive, nurturing environment. By the end of the MICHELLE MANGER KEIP, RN, PHN, workshop, you will be performing songs artfully with inspiration. has an advanced degree black belt in Aikido, is founder of Samurai Sprouts, creative direc- tor of Wellspring Aikido Arts, and instruc- July 30–August 3, 2007 - Taos,NewTaos, New Mexico - $500 tor with Kidpower International. She is the author/illustrator of SHAPE, an activity and 505 758-0202 - www.barbaraujones.com - www.singingworld.com coloring book for children based on Samurai Presented by Barbara U. Jones, Ph.D., Life Coach, Cabaret Performer and Sprouts, and contributing author in Warrior Leslie Harrington, Voice Teacher, Master Singer and Performer Mothers. [email protected] or (707) 544-2673.aude Gerard Koven

12 ahp PERSPECTIVE JUNE/JULY 2007 JUNE/JULY 2007 ahp PERSPECTIVE 13 YOUNG DRUG USERS IN ROMANIA Personality Profile of Young Drug Users in Romania

—Ruxandra Rascanu, Barbara Craciun, Aneta Feldman, translated by Andre Krauss

fter 1989, Romania wit- teenagers display in front of their In various institutions, organi- nessed a series of psy- parents, teachers, and friends. These zations, and specialized centers, chobehavioral phenom- factors should be analyzed to better research has been done upon the risk ena caused by socioeco- understand the neuropsychophysi- incurred by the victims of various Anomic changes in the transitional ological mechanisms and diffi culties forms of addiction; research foci and post-transitional [communist] of adaptation to rehabilitation treat- include: drug addiction associated society. Recent studies in economics, ment, followed by psychotherapy. with the transmission of HIV and psychology, sociology, and psycho- Forbidden or tolerated by law, AIDS; alcohol addicts and pathologi- pathology-related areas focus on the causing attitudes and reactions that cal players; suicidal behavior caused description of a series of changes in vary from one culture or country by alcohol abuse or drug addiction; the conceptions, attitudes, habits, to another, drugs have become for the impulsiveness and the need for and belief systems of many popula- many years now “accessible indus- evasion that characterize drug ad- tions in the country. Among these, tries,” the functioning of which has dicts; the correlations between EEG research papers mention increased been made possible by both drug changes and pathological gaming; criminality (especially juvenile), so- dealers and consumers. In every drugs, family, and antisocial be- matic and psychological morbidity, country people have a different havior; perception of the alcoholic’s divorce, alcohol addiction, HIV and perception of drugs, but many per- failure and the relation to cultural AIDS infections, accidents, mortality sons experimenting traumas, stress, norms (traditions); comorbidity and due to car accidents (caused mostly depression, and instability have the drug use; cognitive-behavioral con- by drunk driving), and decreased tendency to see drugs as something sequences, anonymous pathological natality. “normal,” capable of delivering spe- players, and the deterioration of the But the most important of the cial experiences, of making us look individual’s adaptation abilities; changes is the plague of drug use, in- attractive—and these people forget sport and overdose, etc. cluding: temptation to intake drugs, or deliberately reject the idea that the their procurement, accidents caused same substance that gets us “high” is ROLES AND RULES by consumption of forbidden drugs responsible for our social alienation, Environment is important to the in combination with accepted ones or even social exclusion. development of this plague: the role (alcohol, nicotine, medication), and When under the effect of drugs, of social values, the importance of especially the problems that exces- victims have the illusion of a better moral values, norms, rules, and the sive use and abuse can create—lead- work capacity, of a more pregnant need for models for the addicted. ing to addictive behavior, even from creativity, of increased performance, Usually, social reactions can be a young age. and of diminishing fears. It is true divided into acceptance or rejection, Drugs of all kinds have always that addicted persons may initially and the addicted most of the time been seen as “magic” pills; but their experience an apparent feeling of are stigmatized: by penalty, sanc- molecular composition is no longer calmness, and they might even seem tion, or punishment. The drug user a secret from chemists, doctors, and to cope better with their family and personality is effected by genetic pharmacists. Labeled as “poor mil- friends, but those effects don’t last. heritage, personality structure, self- lenarian molecules” by renowned Doctors, psychologists, and par- image, values, ideals, expectations, authors, drugs have always been ents can all confi rm the conclusions aspirations, and life experience. worshipped, despite the fact that drawn by the specialists in the fi eld: The many subjective motivating these substances cannot make us su- after the fi rst dose, a pleasant feeling factors in the young addicted for pernatural beings. Drugs are in fact of euphoria appears; after abuse or starting and continuing consump- a two-sided coin. One side would be overdose, the organism gets used tion include: curiosity (“forbidden the pleasureable effect they can have to the substance, and the effects fruit”), sensation-seeking, great need on individuals, and the other is the expected by the consumer gradu- for stimulation, loneliness, lack of addiction that affects behavior and ally lose intensity. The user who has friends, or fear of abandonment. makes users keep secrets from fam- become a slave to it will look for the Also, there is a need for recognition ily, lose their friends and job. previously experienced sensations. or confi rmation, or a need to stand The desire to take drugs, the To go back to a previous state, to the out. For all of these personal prob- curiosity, the irresistible temptation desired experience, a higher dose is lems, troubles, desperation, need for exerted by the terrible pill, are at needed (or another drug); in fact, it comfort, drugs are seen as a refuge. the same time easy and diffi cult to is the body, through its metabolic Unfortunately, added to all these read in the behavior children and mechanisms, that creates this need. problems and effects of the drugs, is

14 ahp PERSPECTIVE JUNE/JULY 2007 Our research contribution also ever, the young drug user is mainly YOUNG DRUG USERS IN ROMANIA included survey pretesting, which aware only of such consequences as the later overcoming of the discom- took approximately 12 months. The their inability to follow the norms fort that is generated by cessation of fi nal investigated sample included imposed by the majority and their substance consumption (“ill beig”), 600 respondents of both sexes, age apprehension of negative labeling. which becomes a vicious circle. 15–30, average age 24; education Psychologists have a highly impor- The self-image of the young ad- level: high school and college; fam- tant role during the rehabilitation dict contains these characteristics: ily type: own family, consensual period: 1) when the addicted person strong identifi cation with social union, 60% come from disorganized ponders the possibilities of hospi- labels (“drug addict,” “loser”), lack families. 25% of the subjects have talized treatment or ambulatory of awareness and recognition of undergone a psychoclinical investi- treatment (less recommendable), 2) his/her own individuality but also gation using the Szondy test, Koch during the assignment of medica- the temporal syncope of his/her test, Family test, Luscher test, and tion as a remedy to dysfunctions own while consuming: “It psycho-clinic anamnesis (10% of the (both leading to an opening), there wasn’t me,” “I was not alive at that cases were hospitalized persons). is a “permeability” of interpersonal time.” Also, there is a dominance relations; and 3) especially after of consumption-related themes and PERSONALITY PREDICTORS treatment, when hopefully either consumption repertory, and “cre- The CAQ test (Simona Trifu, 2002) long-term or unlimited psychothera- ation” of the individual within this found a signifi cant difference (at py takes place. lifestyle. The ensuing “brief” content a p = 0.01 level) between subjects Driven by openness to fellow dis- on self-analysis tasks proves that a and the average population regard- ciplines and deontological concern, more profound analysis has not been ing: normal personality (affec- psychologists are aware of both the exercised or has been avoided by the tive warmth, emotional stability, possibilities and the limits inherent teen. Only 40% succeed in identify- extravagance, sensitivity, insecurity, in any single-faceted approach and ing their own resources. A searching self-suffi ciency) and clinical scales are therefore willing to collaborate for one’s self has a causal relation- for suicidal depression, low-energy with a complex team of specialists. ship with the initiation of drug depression, boredom and with- Psychologists hold high professional consumption. The ego ideal seems to drawal, psychopathic deviation, and and moral responsibility in the fi eld be linked to the need for belonging- psychological inadequacy. of drug addiction treatment and are ness, to be normal, or to be just like The model for drug consumption highly valued by specialists in socio- anyone else—which is a failed need. has the following dimensions as human and medical disciplines. From our experience of the Roma- predictors: emotional instability–in- nian population, we consider that security–conformism. The personal- CONCLUSIONS the social stereotypes linked with ity profi le of the young drug addict The plague of drugs is a frighten- drug consumption and drug users contains the followings character- ing phenomenon in contemporary are: no will power, no “need” for istics: mood lability (cyclothymia), society—a complex, deep, and tragic self-affi rmation, interiorization, shy, irascibility, suspiciousness, and per- phenomena. Young people are more timid, weak person, bored, suffer- severance; ambivalence and duplic- open to new things, more predis- ing. This person may also be capable ity regarding own person and others posed to new experiences and to of atrocious actions. Drugs alter the (cf. Szondy test); anxiety (sometimes risk. Moreover, young individuals personality of the addict—with a linked with abandonment) (cf. CAQ) from post-communist countries are strong impact that can turn it into a and disthimia, depression (occurring less informed of the danger of drug negative personality. especially in chronic consumers) (cf. abuse than those in capitalist societ- Our main goal was to analyze psy- Anamnesis); and also a high degree ies. And Romania after 1990 became chosocial drug consumption-related of emotion, sensation, and excite- a target of the organized illegal drug behavior in seven schools at high ment-seeking, low tolerance to stress trade, and used as a between school and college levels. We aimed and frustation (cf. Szondy, Family Eastern and Western Europe. at (a) enhancing communication test, Luscher, Koch). Ego strength Degree of use, tolerance, and between psychologists and pupils varies between two extremes: hyper violence all are factors analyzed and (b) bringing teachers to a higher control to complete lack of control. by specialists, nongovernmental degree of openness and collabora- Drug use and the state of psycho- organizations, and especially by tion with specialists, psychologists, logical/physiological addiction that institutions responsible for elaborat- police, social assistants, jurists, doc- follows are refl ected in behavior ing national-level strategies meant tors, and sociologists. characterized by guilt, inadequacy, to prevent the “white death” from We began with discussions with and craving, often displayed pub- making more victims. National anti- parents who were supposed to licly. The victim sees in drugs an effi - drug campaigns should be based provide accurate information and cient response to exterior pressures, on the deep understanding of the detailed accounts. We collaborated the only adaptive solution suiting hidden dangers of drug use. Such with teachers, classroom managers, their affective personality structure. initiatives should also invest in the principals, school psychologists, and Most of the hospitalized patients search for methods of gaining access students. We used two surveys on a in drug clinics are the unemployed, to the less accessible parts of the sample of 600 students from Bucur- with few stable social relations, and human psyche that these individu- esti, Constanta, and Timisoara. usually leading a chaotic life. How- als try to deal with alone or within a

JUNE/JULY 2007 ahp PERSPECTIVE 15 of psychological suffering, but with clinical and health psychology, and has pub- YOUNG DRUG USERS IN ROMANIA specialists’ help (especially psy- lished 15 books and coordinated two research chologists) and support they can try projects on teen drug addiction issues. drug-using outgroup. Such indi- to refuse temptation, fi ght addiction, BARBARA CRACIUN, psychologist, is at viduals usually experience an acute Titu Maiorescu University. and even change their conduct. ANETA FELDMAN, psychologist, is at feeling of uncertainty and confusion, RUXANDRA RASCANU, Ph.D., is a Bucharest University which prevents them from making Professor in the Department of Psychology ANDRE KRAUSS is an AHP member and the right decisions; they are in a state at Bucharest University. She specializes in retired psychologist.

Aikido: The Art of Peace and Peacemaking —Sensei Jamie Zimron

POSITIVE NEWS IN THE MIDDLE EAST harmony, inclusion, security, pros- when Arabs and Jews meet on the here is a deep desire in perity, and peace for all. mat, move their bodies together in people today for CHANGE. In the words of Shehede, the fi rst powerful circles and spirals, and It is obvious that our world Palestinian Aikido sensei in East physically give the philosophy of is a troubled place. Life is Jerusalem: “We all want peace. A place peace a chance! Tso beautiful yet hatred and violence where people could live. This place was This e-mail from an Iraqi sensei rage on, billions of people are suf- heaven. Take down the fence, end the in wartorn Baghdad says it all. It fering, and climate change threatens barriers. There are not so many differ- was sent in response to news that the entire planet. Palestinians and ences when all people are under the same Aiki Extensions had secured funds Israelis have been locked in one of God.” to purchase new mats for the Iraqi the longest and most intractable The Founder of Aikido, Morihei dojo: By great cheerfulness and big struggles in modern history. Still, de- Ueshiba O’Sensei, taught that True happiness, we received your good news. spite ongoing war in the Middle East victory is self-victory. The only ‘en- We danced and we cheering, and started and the media emphasis on terror- emy’ is the mind of discord within. to dream, how will we make a new dojo. ism, literally all kinds of people are Aikido seeks not to develop success- I can’t express my feeling about this. energetically creating peace through ful fi ghters, but to end fi ghting itself. Really I can’t. cross-cultural dialogue, nonviolent This is a very hopeful message and confl ict resolution, and cooperative pathway for Israelis and Palestin- PROJECT BACKGROUND AND business and educational initiatives. ians living in the midst of seemingly ACTIVITY UPDATES The Mideast Aikido Peace Proj- endless confl ict. It becomes possible Picture these scenes from early 2005: ect (MAP), also known as Salaam to retrain and heal the mind, to Two Jewish women, one an Ameri- Shalom Aikido (SSA), is playing a stop seeing or fearing enemies “out can-Israeli sensei and the other a vital role in the peace process. MAP there,” and to be the ones actually Russian-born medical student, ar- has a twofold purpose: 1) spreading making peace. riving along with two Israeli men to the nonviolent practice of Aikido in O’Sensei offered Aikido as “medi- practice Aikido with Christian Arabs Israel and Palestine, 2) establishing cine for a sick world.” He gave this in a village near the Israel–Lebanon contact and cooperative ties amongst profound guidance to all who would border....These strangers meeting Arabs and Jews through martial arts practice: There is disorder in the world for the fi rst time on the mat, and by training dedicated to fostering peace. because people have forgotten all things midnight eating schwarma, pita, Regular joint trainings and even emanate from one Source. Return to that fl afel, and baclawa together and “twin” dojos (schools) are already a Source….The Art of Peace begins with loudly schmoozing in Arabic, He- in Israel and Palestine! Mus- you. Foster peace in your own life and brew, and English like old friends.... lims, Christians, and Jews are mixing then apply the Art of Peace to all you Muslim men focused and smiling on it up on the mat, with the harmoniz- encounter. the mat, women and girls training ing infl uence of Buddhist philosophy Says Dekel, an Israeli sensei from in dogi and head scarves....A dozen and Eastern body–mind practices. West Jerusalem: Aikido lets us share Israeli Aikidoists, in the cold of win- By its nature, Aikido builds harmonizing our movements. This is so ter, nervously driving their cars and bridges. Its method is to harmonize needed! That way we can come closer following their Palestinian hosts to and connect with an attacker, not to and combine the actual people that rep- a rented hall just a kilometer from a counterattack or to vanquish. Its aim resent the different sides. I wish to plant major military checkpoint....Every- is to neutralize aggression, with no peace by doing peace. one wary but excited to try training harm coming to anyone. Its larger Through Aikido training, people together in the Art of Peace....Now goal is to bring to its locked in strife are able to recognize imagine all these people who have practitioners, and peace within the a common source and to focus on been dreaming of peace, knowing entire human family. Martial arts this innate oneness. This allows a they are not the only ones. training for peace directly cultivates genuine shift to the daily practice One morning about four years ago, values and actions that can bring of “the loving protection of all life.” my phone rang. It was Don Levine, about the positive changes of true Barriers of fear, hatred, and simple the founder of Aiki Extensions (AE), respect, equality, balance, health, lack of contact quickly dissolve a nonprofi t organization of Aiki-

16 ahp PERSPECTIVE JUNE/JULY 2007 workshops, laughed, talked, cried, SSA dojos in the Galilee and Golan. AIKIDO AND PEACEMAKING hugged, did more Aikido, and basi- SSA feelers are out in several areas doists extending the Art of Peace cally had a mind-boggling life-alter- in central and southern Israel. And into the world through their profes- ing wonderful time together! Cyprus we are in the process of establish- sional work in psychology, medi- was really a watershed, creating ef- ing a MAP/SSA headquarters at the cine, law, business, healing, sports, fects that continue to ripple and mul- Integral Aikido Institute in Tel Aviv, etc. Don knew that I am a dual tiply. While we had feared tensions under the dynamic direction of Sen- citizen of Israel and was calling to might be too great, yet dared to have sei Miles Kessler. ask me about Aikido in the Middle high hopes, no one anticipated the Affi liate relationships are con- East. I said that Aikido was now great “lovefest” that occurred. Feel tinuing to strengthen our efforts. widely practiced in Israel, and that these comments from participants: After Cyprus, we gained the offi cial I had heard there were practitioners support of the Shimon Peres Peace in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. ~ It’s an unbelievable feeling to see the Center. Recently SSA teamed up things in people’s eyes here. Caner, Turkey I knew that Queen Noor of Jordan with Budo For Peace (BFP)(www. ~ A lifetime experience. From this moment had fallen in love with Aikido and in the world is my family. Spiros, Greece budoforpeace.org) to enhance peace the early 1990s brought a Japanese ~ Amazing. Heaven on Earth for four days. education and exchanges for youth Sensei to teach in the royal palace in We managed to pull off what governments in our dojos. When I met the founder Amman! only dream about. Scott, Turkey of BFP, Sensei Danny Hakim, it was I told Don that I was living in ~ It was great to meet Aikidoists from all like meeting my brother! Danny Israel in 1994 when the peace over the world, especially countries I am not is of Egyptian Jewish origin, grew treaty with Jordan was signed, and yet allowed to visit. Efrat, Israel up in Australia, and was a national ~ These days were a good reminder to an dreamed then of creating some sort Olympic champion. He spent easily forgotten fact. It’s people out there. of “Salaam Shalom” Aikido peace Thank you for the opportunity to raise my a decade training in Japan, then im- conference or even dojo. Salaam eyes from the narrow sight of daily stressful migrated to Israel to raise a family Shalom: nearly the same words for life, and realize there is a bigger and much and promote a future of friendship peace in both Arabic and in Hebrew, more beautiful picture to see. Eyal, Israel and peaceful coexistence for the from the same root letters meaning ~ I put myself in the hands of O’Sensei children of the region. In addition “wholeness, perfection.” Those must second and God fi rst, decided to jump...and to his focus on BFP peace educa- have been the magic words, because landed in a bed of roses too good to be true. tion, Danny works with victims of There was a Harmony and energy fl ow unlike the next thing I knew Don was on terror on both sides as a “volunteer I ever experienced and it split my heart in the phone, the web, and the airplane two. Alaa, Jordan martial arts therapist.” He describes to form the Middle East Aikido ~ This seminar achieved its goals, and dramatic results not only in re- Peace Project. He located contacts in went far beyond. We proved that the training newed physical capabilities, but also various Arab countries, and visited a mat is a perfect tool that helps people forget respect, self-confi dence, and a desire small group of Palestinians practic- their hate, and even love each other. I to reach out and put an end to the ing Aikido in East Jerusalem. These the seeds of peace planted in Cyprus will violence. were leaders of Karate and in grow very quickly, so that we will be able Like SSA, BFP’s mission is to es- to see their positive impacts on our reality. Palestine, and they were hungry for tablish “twin” or partner Palestinian Palestine more Aikido. ~ Glow, peace, glow. Ayman, Jordan and Israeli dojos and through train- The rest is truly history in the mak- ing together “to uproot the distrust ing. It is a story that is amazing to Today a growing number of Israe- and hatred between the two sides tell, encouraging to hear, and wide lis are exploring joint training with and sow the seeds among younger open for participation. Don worked their Arab neighbors. The Palestin- generations for a future of authentic with Richard Strozzi-Heckler and ian Aikido Federation has been peace.” The week before the 2004 Philip Emminger to set up the established, with aid from Israelis, Athens Olympics, Sensei Hakim fi rst-ever Training Across Borders Americans, and Europeans. A vi- brought 20 Palestinian and 20 Israeli (TAB) Aikido Peace Conference, brant Palestinian dojo exists in East kids to train together at Delphi and held in Cyprus in April 2005. The Jerusalem, with crossover between publicize martial arts for peace. This TAB vision was to bring people from students there and West Jerusalem summer, SSA and BFP are joining warring nations together on the mat, Israeli dojos. A strong group has with Aikido Sensei Robert Kent to on neutral ground in the UN buffer emerged in Ramallah in the West bring a pilot group of kids from the zone, to create understanding and Bank, and plans are being laid to Middle East to an American sum- friendship through their mutual pas- expand Aikido into Bethlehem, Nab- mer camp (www.susquehannock. sion for Aikido. We were gratifi ed lus, and other Palestinian areas. com/peacecamp.htm). We all aim to raise enough funds to help send A wonderful Aikido community of to bolster martial arts within camp people to Cyprus, and to fi nd partici- adults and children is thriving in the sports activities and to provide pow- pants willing to step beyond their northern town of Kfar Yassif. The erful, positive, peaceful experiences fear, pain, and defensive mindsets. sensei there has produced Aikido for youth meeting across national For four days in Cyprus, 100 handbooks and fi lms in Arabic, and religious borders. people from Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and plans to open branch dojos in The Training Across Borders con- Iraq, Bosnia, Serbia, Turkey, and northern Israel which will be affi li- cept has defi nitely taken hold. Look- Greece (plus a few Westerners) ated with Salaam Shalom Aikido. ing to 2008, a second regional TAB practiced Aikido, meditated, danced, He is networking with several Israeli conference is under consideration, massaged, ate, took pictures, went to senseis in the north who are opening possibly in Istanbul or Amman.

JUNE/JULY 2007 ahp PERSPECTIVE 17 It springs from care and intercon- to turn enemies into friends and AIKIDO AND PEACEMAKING nectedness. Practicing Aikido is peacemakers. In this light, I’d like to “Mini-TAB” seminars continue to entering into relationship that seeks share one more incredibly eye-open- sprout in Israel, Palestine, and Jor- harmony and mutual growth. With ing and heart-warming e-mail from dan. Arab and Jewish Aikidoists will each new partner we viscerally ex- the Ki Center in Baghdad, amidst all train together in July at the Zurich perience our common humanity and of the incomprehensible violence in Aikido Camp (“Z-TAB”), hosted for enjoy the fl ow of universal energy. Iraq. A dojo member was recently the third time by Sensei Kurt Bartho- This opens the way to real healing killed in a suicide bombing, several let. Aiki Extensions has established a and peacemaking. other members have lost family and thriving Aikido community in war- Who hasn’t gotten hurt and lost friends, and most have now fl ed to torn Ethiopia, and the new Awassa in the distortions all around and Syria and Jordan where they are con- Peace Dojo there is a beautiful part inside us? As we train our bodies tinuing to train. Says Bashar: “Once of the MAP/SSA/TAB family. Past and minds, we move through the a Japanese press man I met at our dojo, separations, stereotypes, and enmity fragmentation that has led to so he asked me before the last war Why did really are giving way to friendly new much suffering and harm. Breath- you choose Aikido? My answer was: relations through the harmonious ing and moving in the very es- Aikido make me smile in front of my en- medium of Aikido. sence of life, we restore ourselves emy. We still training in anywhere and to wholeness and can more readily in all exceptional circumstance. AIKIDO REFLECTIONS ON TRAINING resolve confl ict. Training keeps is our way and our life.” AND PEACE EDUCATION becoming a deeper path of Tikkun Much has been said about Budo, The Olam, reconciling and repairing WHAT YOU CAN DO Warrior Way, and the modern day the world. Restoring ourselves and AIKIDO is our way and our life. “Peaceful Warrior.” As time goes on, “the others” (our new friends) to the Where so many have been frozen it seems to me that the line between perfection and unity that already apart in war and a dangerous culture dojo-practice and life-practice is be- IS—and having a good time doing of hatred, war and violence, Aikido coming increasingly permeable. The it! In O’Sensei’s words: The Path of truly is bringing the bright light of mat itself is a giant mirror, rendering Peace is exceedingly vast, refl ecting peaceful possibilities. Moral and both realistic and idealistic refl ec- the grand design of the hidden and fi nancial support is vital, and so ap- tions of who we are and who we manifest worlds....Rely on peace to preciated by those “on the ground” can become. The dojo is a laboratory activate your manifold powers! in the Middle East. and testing ground whose lessons The possibilities for peace in- Here are fi ve ways Aikidoists, mar- are impossible to leave behind once dwell within each of us, and surely tial artists, and everyone can cross we’ve changed clothes and returned must be present in the Holy Land. borders and get involved:

to the “real” world outside. Palestinians and Israelis are actual 1) Make a tax-deductible donation. Aiki Exten- The whole feeling of the Middle neighbors, and biblical cousins. This sions (AE) www.aiki-extensions.org, (773) 702- 7917. Funds go directly for instructors, mats, uni- East Aikido Peace Project always is geographic and historical reality. forms, dojo rent, student fees, dedicated MAP/SSA reminds me of the theme of a 1989 While others look towards military website, administrative and travel costs of MAP. 2) Become a Sister Sponsor to a Salaam Shalom women’s martial arts conference: or political solutions to the confl ict, Aikido school in the Middle East. Contact Aiki Healing Through Training. I believe Aikido is simple and direct. It offers Extensions to find out how your dojo/church/syna- gogue/family can participate. that Aikido is well-suited to create physical interaction that confi rms 3) Host a MAP training seminar or event. I and the conditions needed for Mideast spiritual truth and the effi cacy of other senseis involved with MAP are available to cosponsor a workshop and/or speak in your peace. O’Sensei taught that train- power that is peaceful. While others community. Through AE you may also receive a ing exists to “polish the Self” and to treat peace as a last resort, or a sign professional 10-minute documentary of the Cyprus conference as a resource to show. “reconcile the world.” The vision of of weakness or surrender, Aikido 4) Become an Aiki Corps volunteer. Contact the this Japanese Shinto priest resonates provides sound philosophy and con- AE office if you would like to spend 3–12 months training and teaching in a wartorn or underpriv- with the Jewish mystical tradition crete training in the power of peace. eleged area, to help establish Aikido. of the Kabbalah, which revolves O’Sensei saw that fi ghting and war 5) Help send Israeli and Palestinian chil- dren to Summer Camp. Contact Robert Kent at around the living notion of Tik- could “destroy us utterly” and so [email protected] or go to www.susquehannock. kun Olam/Repair of the World. urged: “What we need now are tech- com/peacecamp.htm. O’Sensei’s message also echoes the niques of harmony, not of contention.” And please feel free to pass on teachings of Christ, with the empha- During the era of fascism in Japan, this article, and to share your ideas sis on Ai/the supreme power of love he actually modifi ed traditional and contacts with us by e-mail- and the phenomenal possibilities for martial arts techniques to eliminate ing: [email protected] or healing when people forsake fear competition and conquering! He [email protected]. and fi ghting. The very word “Islam” fashioned Aikido as a great Way for Salaam—Shalom—May Peace Prevail! comes from the root s-l-m, salaam, people to literally become one with “to make whole, peace.” “The Great Spirit of Peace.” O’Sensei SENSEI JAMIE ZIMRON is a board member Deep within we know that the wanted every person to develop the of AE and cofounder of MAP. She holds a 5th greatest power is not brute force. kind of heart, mind, and actions that Degree Black Belt and is a somatic psycho- therapist (MFT), mind–body fi tness trainer, Forceful-type power really does not would eliminate all strife and kill- and LPGA golf professional. Through Aikido ing, and that could turn confl ict into feel good. It is not ultimately satisfy- and her Golf and KiAi Way trainings, ing or effective. It opens the door to creativity and mutual benefi t. Jamie works with men, women, and children bullying, oppression, and destruc- It is this Aikido philosophy and to embody “the mechanics and magic” of tion. Peaceful power respects all life. physical training that has the power Peaceful Empowerment.

18 ahp PERSPECTIVE JUNE/JULY 2007 SINGING AND ENLIGHTENMENT Interview with Leslie Harrington, Master Singing Teacher —Barbara U. Jones

LH: Before you ask me any questions, I stand. The voice erects in much the same expression of self, and of self-awareness. want tell everyone, singing is such fun! fashion. When a person sings, the voice Through this, we tap into the power of the It is the most fun I know, that I’ve ever erects the body into vocal posture. This is universal utterance of existence. Enlight- experienced. It’s better than sex. Singing refl exive in nature. enment may be achieved by learning to LESLIE HARRINGTON is the ultimate act of playing! There are three master vocal refl exes: become the instrument of the universal conversation, screaming, and calling. utterance in song. What is meant by your workshop title Conversation is the one most commonly “Come Build a Stairway to the Stars?” How did you discover this method? used. Screaming is used as a warning, LH: The opportunity exists to experience LH: I was gifted with a fully functioning and calling is a beckoning. Calling is the reality in its eternal glory by capable use singing voice. As a result, singers regu- refl exive structure used in singing and of the voice. Some cultures call that real- larly came to me to ask how I did what I orating. When all are used, the complete ity , others call it enlightenment. did. I sincerely tried to help. I must thank tonal range of the voice is available. One of the benefi ts of singing is that en- all those who asked, because their ques- Remarkably, I found that the tongue, lightenment can occur within a relatively tions encouraged me to examine what I the palate, and the torso contain the short period of time for those open to it. was doing. As a result, I studied pedagogy refl exive points of the tonal musical scale. The stairway is learning the steps that along with the biomechanics of the body. These structures are assembled with co- will erect the voice for singing. The voice I tested my methodology out on students, BARBARA U. JONES ordination for vocal erection. Because of singing is the stars. and found that any student who works this, the ability to infl ect intent in melody with this method can also have a fully What is the difference between singing is available to all. Joy, grief, ecstasy, functioning singing voice. and studying singing? astonishment, all the greatest emotions, LH: Learning to sing is even more fun now become our tools of grace. What happens in your workshop? than singing itself! The real joy is in LH: First of all, I want the participants to Is there a therapeutic benefi t to singing? the preparation. Because the body is have fun while they are learning some- LH: Culture and society instill inhibi- designed to sing, the joy of singing must thing new. In the morning, the partici- tions that block our instinctive responses. be a psychic requirement. Singing is not pants experience dynamic , Singing restores our instinctual abilities, necessary for normal existence, but for which include dancing and production of which can then override cultural/societal spiritual enlightenment, vocalization sound. The meditations are designed to habits. Learning to sing, then, can pro- with inspiration is very useful. All of the open the , enabling the person to vide a means of accessing our emotions, emotional experiences of humankind experience the vertical core of their being, which themselves are also refl exive. As a can be clearly expressed in song. When a which prepares them for singing. Two result, it can create emotional balance. person sings, they touch the fundamental hours are given to learning inspirational Singing also teaches another order of core of their being and access their deep- methodology. A pianist is present to ac- time, which is an emotional relief. Time est emotions. Singing is a vital element company all singers throughout the week. is an artifi cial construct, from which of the experience of oneself. The vocal I coach each participant individually on it is hard to escape. The reality is that process is a complex system which is best their song(s). By the end of the week each everything is now. Rhythm, tempo, and served by conscious understanding of participant is able to successfully sing two speed changes, result in a “reordering” of the involved refl exive structures. Though songs of their choosing. time. Music also exists in another order vocalizing is a refl exive function, our so- of time that reconstructs our experiences Can participants continue after a work- cialization process can establish habitual and memories and allows us to exist out shop? patterns antithetical to it. As a result, our of time. Through the process of singing, LH: Through the Internet with a webcam singing voice can get covered up with a personal core value structure can be and microphone, I offer intimate instruc- the “stuff” of life, rather than being a established. This happens in part through tion in the privacy of their home. We can true expression of who we are. Studying the resurrection of the instinctive expres- view each other and converse live (http:// singing can override bad habits and re- sive function. Singing also develops self- www.singingworld.com). And visitors to store a measure of a person’s instinctual awareness, as the singer must tune into Taos are welcome to work in my studio. freedom. The impediments culture places the deepest parts of his/her body to coor- upon the voice can be corrected and con- Your goal is to teach the world to sing? dinate the refl exive functions needed. trolled by learning vocal technique. LH: This gift comes with requirements. I Increased self-esteem is another thera- want others to feel fulfi lled. In my studies What do you mean by vocal technique? peutic benefi t. This occurs as the singer and experience, I have come to believe LH: Vocal technique is using the voice perfects the means to use the erectile that human beings are designed to sing with control. We use the refl exes of the function as it was intended to be used. and are not fulfi lled until they do. All tongue and the breath. The breath is The singer can respect himself/herself artists can fi nd spiritual enlightenment the source of inspiration, which means more for what he/she can do as a result through their work, but what is special breathing in. The tongue is the refl exive of mastering the use of the vocal process. about singing is that it is accessible to control center. Learning and controlling You mentioned that singing can lead to everyone. All should have the opportunity the refl exive triggering mechanisms of spiritual enlightenment. to experience the shine, the immanence, the breath and the tongue provides con- LH: In my view, the voice is ultimately the illumination, and the enlightenment of scious control of the voice. This is vocal the center of awareness. It is our fi rst others, which can happen with singing. technique. expression at birth, when we fi rst utter BARBARA U. JONES, Ph.D., has her doctorate from How does vocal technique work? a sound. That fi rst utterance, which is the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology. She and LH: The body is a system of erectile func- usually a scream, is made because we Leslie Harrington offer a fi ve-day singing workshop tions. For example, we erect our spine to want to breathe. That scream is the fi rst in Taos, New Mexico. http://www.barbaraujones.com

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World Congress on Psychology & Spirituality, Delhi, India, January 5–8 2008 www.WorldCongressPS2008.org — Stu Sovatsky

he 2008 World Congress for attendees in areas such as ing spontaneous rap poetry. on Psychology and restorative justice, emergency Most fascinating, he can carry on Spirituality, with Lama response trauma counseling, simultaneous conversations with Samdhong Rinpoche, prison reform, transpersonal one hundred people without Tthe Prime Minister of Tibet-in- clinical training, spirituality in losing his place. He will revo- exile (Spirituality in Politics), BKS hospitals, conscious theatre and lutionize our understanding of Iyengar (The Future of Yoga), art forms, university and high nondual enlightenment. Karan Singh, Sri Sri Ravi San- school student exchange, yoga Registration and proposals: kar, Stan and Christina Grof (on and meditation instruction, and http://www.WorldCon- video), Robert Thurman, and world-fusion ecstatic dance and gressPS2008.org. We look for- others from 27 countries invite musical events. ward to the conversations among you to join in internationalizing Add on holotropic breathwork, attendees as much as to the spiritual approaches to personal Sufi singing, and sound-heal- presentations. We look forward and world issues. Many institu- ing workshops. Meditation to creating that kind of confer- tions—Yoga Journal, AHP, Rus- retreat and temples tours will ence community, in India. sian, European, French, German, be complemented by a special Austrian, Brazilian, Polish, UK, yogic fi re ritual known as a Swiss, Romanian, and Japanese Yagya for world peace, to be ATP Launches Transpersonal Transpersonal Associations, Kri- held at the country estate where Psychology Podcasts palu Center, Aurobindo Ashram, Monsoon Wedding was fi lmed. Shruti Foundation, Green Yoga, An all-night dance meditation ach week ATP will pub- Kaiser Dia- for two hundred youth partici- lish on itunes a presenta- blo Valley pants will close the event, whose tion from the Stanislav Care, CIIS, theme is the central maxim of and Christina Grof Infi nity Indian spirituality, Vasudhaiva EArchives of the ATP and ITA Founda- kutumbakam, “The world is one conferences held over the past 35 tion, JFK family.” years in more than 17 countries— University, Presenters include Laura Cor- explorations of Buddhism, Con- Saybrook, nell (Green Yoga), Geeta Chan- sciousness, Ecology, Spirituality, and ITP dran (Spirituality of Dance), Vladi- Psychedelics, and Transpersonal have mir & Kristiana Maykov (Russian Psychotherapy by Stanislav Grof, joined, as ), Ricki Pollicove , Jeanne Achterberg, has D. R. (Spirituality for Physicians), Ike Ram Dass, Huston Smith, Francis Karthikey- Lasater (Restorative Justice), Mara Vaughan, June Singer, Stanley an, a Taylor (Prison Reform), Stan- Krippner, Larry Dossey, Joanna former ford Forgiveness Project, tantra Macy, David Whyte, Terry Ta- Director of master G. Seshan (Sri Vidya), and foya, David Steindl-Rast, Michael the Indian Shruti ( Healing) Harner, Jim Fadiman, Rachel Re- CHRISTINA GROF WITH THE DALAI LAMA “FBI” and Meditation master R. Ganesh men, Mathew Fox, and others. spiritualist. will show that nondual awaken- There are more than 200 ATP A microcosm of scholars, ing can include profound intel- and ITA Conference Presenta- therapists, lawyers, physicians, lectual abilities. By his forties, tions. You can gain access to all educators, artists, scientists, he had learned 17 languages, of them by joining the Associa- students, social activists, and written 14 books, and became tion for Transpersonal Psychol- techies, the Congress is primar- expert in physics, chemistry, ogy. You can subscribe for free ily a networking event to sup- biology, computer science, and to this Transpersonal Psychology port international collaborations various performing arts, includ- Podcast at atpweb.org.

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ITP and Saybrook Saybrook Gradu- served as Associate Welcome New Presidents ate School. He has Dean of Student Ser- served on several vices for the College r. Thomas Potterfi eld nonprofi t boards. of Letters and Science comes to ITP from Dr. Lorne M. of the University of Southern New Hamp- Buchman is Say- California Berkeley, shire University, brook Graduate Chair of the Depart- Dwhere he taught in its Depart- School’s new presi- ment of Dramatic ment of Organizational Leader- dent. Dr. Buchman LORNE BUCHMAN Art, University of ship. Prior to that, Dr. Potterfi eld has demonstrated California Berkeley, had a 13-year career at Velcro leadership in the higher edu- and Provost for the California USA, a $250 million company cation and nonprofi t commu- College of Arts and Crafts. He is of 1,400 employees. He rose nity for more than 20 years. His currently the principal/founder through the ranks at Velcro and experience in higher education of a consulting fi rm that provides eventually became its president. includes positions as President, organizational development and He has used spiritual innova- California College of Arts and strategic leadership to a wide tion and applied transpersonal Crafts (now California College of range of nonprofi t and public en- values throughout his corporate the Arts), President, Kaplancol- tities. Dr. Buchman received his career and in his diverse leader- lege.com School of Education, Ph.D. from Stanford University ship roles. Dr. Potterfi eld earned and interim CEO of the San and his Bachelor of Arts degree a Ph.D. in psychology from Francisco Art Institute. He also from the University of Toronto.

Report on the Fundraiser and Festschrift for the Stanislav and Christina Grof Archives — Dave Lukoff he Stanislav and Christi- accounts from conference par- phile 2496 USB (a compact audio na Grof Archives Fund- ticipants Angeles Arrien, Francis and MIDI interface), TASCAM raiser held at the Califor- Vaughan, John McKenzie, and 102mkll Professional two-head nia Institute of Integral Stan Krippner. cassette deck, and Adobe Audi- TStudies (CIIS) in San Francisco on The evening was a moving tion software, April 21, 2007, raised more than oral history of the internation- which will make $6000! The evening event includ- alization of the transpersonal high quality ed wine and cheese followed by movement, seeded largely by the versions of 500+ a multimedia celebration of the ITA conferences and the many audiocassette 17 International Transpersonal workshops given by Stan and ITA presenta- Conferences held over 34 years, Christina. A video of the oral tions. Reel-to- from Iceland to India. history will be put online on the reel fi lm and I prepared a slide show of ATP website, atpweb.org. Sony ¾” vid- photos from the ITA confer- Stan and Christina donated 12 eotapes will be ences made available by Stan and boxes of video and audiotapes transferred by Christina from their personal from the ITA conferences, and a professional CHRISTINA AND STANISLAV GROF photo albums. In chronological this fundraiser raised money to audio archivist. order, Stan and Christina recon- get the tapes digitized to put on ATP wishes to thank all those structed the origins, highlights, atpweb.org. An audio archiving who contributed to this success- struggles, and unexpected service in San Jose (www.audio- ful evening honoring the Grofs’ outcomes. People who were at archive.com) donated consult- contributions to the transperson- the conferences also shared their ing time to help ATP purchase al movement—including CIIS, its memories. There were moving hardware including the Audio- staff, and the student volunteers.

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tions, but Kevin Page has captured This is a documentary that goes TRANSPERSONAL them at their most eloquent and deep, thanks to a harmonious CONVERSATIONS succinct. He does not appear in the proportioning of interviews with DIRECTED BY KEVIN PAGE documentaries but has found a way documents concerning the lives of Transpersonal Media, 2005 to facilitate their expression of key dear loved ones, the ones who left concepts and turning points in the behind grieving people. You get Reviewed by David Lukoff fi eld. After spending several years on the impression that they all became this project, Kevin decided to pursue the best human beings when they ranspersonal Conversations a doctorate at ITP, and I think many allowed themselves to grieve and to is an in-depth series of viewers will be similarly moved. come out of that grief more mature, cinema-quality, docu- I am personally using these videos open, honest, and loving, both of mentary-style interviews in my graduate class on transperson- themselves and of others. The Gifts Tfi lmed in High-Defi nition with the al psychology at Saybrook Graduate of Grief is a movie gift we can really founders and leaders of transperson- School. Younger students seem to enjoy. It can be extremely useful for al psychology. The six DVDs contain fi nd the opportunity to see these us therapists, for our patients, for hour-long conversations with Stan- pioneers and hear their stories very nurses and medical doctors, virtu- islav Grof on LSD and psychedelic inspiring. More information on this ally anybody who is trying to deal research, his proposal to name the series is available at www.transper- with and understand our human- fi eld of transpersonal psychology, sonalmedia.com ness. I can but congratulate and and the development of Holotropic thank Nancee Sobonya for such a Breathwork. DAVID LUKOFF is Co-President of the great work—and for her hard and Francis Vaughan discusses Association for Transpersonal Psychol- accomplished work, too. transpersonal psychotherapy, heal- ogy and a Professor at Saybrook Gradu- ing awareness, and Ken Wilber. ate School. VITOR RODRIQUES, Ph.D., is a psy- Charles Tart holds forth on altered chotherapist and writer, and President states of consciousness, “Scientism,” of EUROTAS (the European Transper- the scientifi c study of the human THE GIFTS OF GRIEF sonal Association). soul, and . Ralph DIRECTED BY NANCEE BONOYA Metzner talks about the Harvard giftsofgrief.com, 2006 Psilocybin Project with Timothy HEART OF COURAGE: Leary, “set-and-setting” in the Reviewed by Vitor Rodriques Aikido Practices of Love in psychedelic process, and alchemical Action, workshop for women divination. James Fadiman reviews o explosions, no car September 9–14, 2007 the impact of the 1960s conscious- chases. A slow rhythm, ness revolution, and Ram Dass and still you get stuck ikido is a noncompetitive speaks on transpersonal psychol- on the screen, not by martial art, which culti- ogy and the founding of the Insti- outerN but by inner action. Strong vates harmony of body, tute for Transpersonal Psychology emotion delivered at the right pace, mind, and spirit. In this (ITP). Christina Grof contributes allowing your soul to breathe with retreat,A we’ll grow our capacity to insights into the connection between the movie. Six human beings (Isabel “walk our talk,” access uncondition- transpersonal psychology and the Allende being one of them) give al self-acceptance, and shift condi- recovery movement, global issues in us their testimony about their own tioned patterns of reactivity into addictions, and Holotropic Breath- processes of grieving, and move joyful expressions of response. We’ll work. the fi lm along, from excerpts about explore themes central to Aikido: The interviews were conducted how desperate, angry, depressive, centering, connecting with others, by Kevin Page who is President or blackened it has been for them shifting from a culture of “power of Transpersonal Media. Both ITP to how they became better human over” to one of “power with,” and and ATP provided support to this beings afterward, and something becoming fully present. No experi- endeavor to document the origins inside them was reborn after they ence in Aikido is needed. http:// and theoretical foundations of walked through grief. Darkness and www.omega.org. CECs available. transpersonal psychology. Many heaviness giving place to light, love, Instructor: Michelle Manger Keip, talks by these founders are available and beauty during these moving 50 RN, has been practicing Aikido and in online ATP conference presenta- minutes. teaching life skills for over 25 years.

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The Woodfish Prize Winners: Sidian Morning Star Jones and Stanley Krippner

— Ray Greenleaf

ith the sun shining and sailboat general public for the purpose of bridging core indigenous ways of spinnakers fl ying on the bay, knowing and transindigenous healing methodologies with modern friends, family and colleagues multidisciplinary approaches to human problem solving, mind– gathered on March 3 at Greens body healing, and ecopsychology.” restaurantW in San Francisco for the Annual Wood- fi sh Prize presentation. This year’s recipients were Sidian Morning Star Jones and Stanley Krippner, who are collaborating on a book on Rolling Thunder, the Native American shaman and elder. Sidian Jones is Rolling Thunder’s grandson and a poet and writer living in Mon- tana. Stanley Krippner, as our readers will know, is one of the elders of the transpersonal move- ment, having published more than 20 books on shamanism, dreams, and indigenous healing, among other topics. The Woodfi sh Prize is a joint award given to two people, one an indigenous North American (Native American or First Nation) and the other a Euroamerican (European North American), for co-creating a transpersonal social action project that is mutually transforming. This award is co- sponsored by the Woodfi sh Institute and ATP. The event was highlighted by several presenta- tions and performances. Leslie Gray, the founder of the Woodfi sh Institute, then introduced Sidian Jones and Stanley Krippner, who both spoke of the creative processes and interactions in their joint endeavor. Not only was this a multicultural endeavor, it was also multigenerational with Sidian in his 20s and Stanley being the elder statesman. Stanley told of learning the ins and outs of Myspace and other multimedia sites of the younger generation, and it was apparent to all of us that the collaboration was proving to be both signifi cant and fun. Sidian will be interview- ing folks who knew and worked with Rolling Thunder. These stories will be the foundation of the book, and Stanley Krippner, who had many interactions with Rolling Thunder, will collabo- rate and guide the project to publication. The Woodfi sh Institute was started by Dr. Leslie Gray, a psychologist, author, and teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a Native American, her passion is to foster and promote “reciprocal transformation.” The Institute’s mis- sion statement says: “The mission of the Woodfi sh Institute is to provide education and services to the

JUNE/JULY 2007 ahp PERSPECTIVE 23 REVIEWS other focuses on the trees. One make decisive changes to bring has you examining and making that music closer to your heart’s shifts in your life in terms of its wisdom and desire. With its lin- THE MYTHIC PATH: broad guiding themes. Changing eage tracing back to the research DISCOVERING THE GUIDING the forest changes the trees. The program at Hopkins, it synthe- STORIES OF YOUR PAST: other gives you tools for mak- sizes the best psychological and Creating a Vision for Your ing small but decisive changes, spiritual self-help methods ever Future one at a time, at the level of the devised into a user-friendly pro- BY DAVID FEINSTEIN AND STANLEY intricate programming that is gram that can be accomplished KRIPPNER patterned in your brain. Chang- a couple of evenings per week Elite Books, 2007, 3rd edition, 326 ing the trees changes the forest. over three months. The publisher pp., $18, ISBN 10: 1600700160. Interestingly, each book has the calls it “a powerful antidote for same lead author, a clinical psy- modern lives caught in the disori- chologist and three-decade AHP enting grip of a world in turmoil.” THE PROMISE OF ENERGY member who has devoted a ca- The Promise of Energy Psychol- PSYCHOLOGY: reer toward empowering people ogy: Revolutionary Tools for Dra- Revolutionary Tools for outside the clinical setting. matic Personal Change introduces Dramatic Personal Change The Mythic Path: Discovering the an innovation that was not avail- BY DAVID FEINSTEIN, DONNA EDEN, Guiding Stories of Your Past—Cre- able during the Hopkins research AND GARY CRAIG ating a Vision for Your Future project in the early 1970s. It is, Tarcher/Penguin, 2005, 336 pp., gives us a way to think about, in fact, one of the most exciting $16, ISBN 10: 1585424420 . relate to, and dance with the developments to come from the dimensions of our existence that psychotherapy arena in decades. Reviewed by Douglas J. Moore are greater than ordinary con- Energy psychology is a tool for sciousness can usually embrace. emotional self-management that TAKING YOUR LIFE INTO Mythology has always been a allows you to change the tones YOUR OWN HANDS: Self-Help bridge between the human mind on the keyboard of your psyche. Books that Really Work and the human spirit, and this Through simple, mechanical book succeeds in personalizing procedures, you are shown wo powerful self-help that quest. It is how to eliminate books have recently a 12-week pro- irrational fears, been published, each gram that has inappropriate showing its readers how been evolving anger, maladaptive Tto draw upon compelling psy- for more than anxiety, prolonged chological and spiritual prin- 30 years, since grief, unwarranted ciples for creating a better life. fi rst author jealousy—the Each provides reliable methods David Fein- whole spectrum of for freeing yourself from the stein con- everyday emotions grips of unconscious patterns ceived it based that may go awry. that have interfered with your on research he You also learn how happiness, success, and well- was conduct- such emotions being. Each shows you how to ing into “new keep us trapped in move on to new vistas led by therapies” lifelong patterns your deepest wisdom. And each while on the that interfere with is an authoritative guide for per- faculty of the our happiness and sonal evolution that also holds Department success. The fi eld strong social implications, as we of Psychiatry of energy psychol- must all evolve quickly if we are at The Johns ogy applies the to save our species and planet Hopkins University School of 5,000-year-old healing art of from the ravishes of the collec- Medicine. The book takes you to psychological tive habitual behaviors that are through a program for system- problems and goals. Called “acu- leading us toward destruction. atically examining the grand puncture without needles,” you These two works each come themes that have shaped your tap a set of points while bringing from such a different angle that life—the music to which you the psychological problem or it takes a moment to realize they have danced and will continue goal to mind. The tapping is be- both promise the same benefi ts. to dance if you do not change lieved to send signals to the brain One focuses on the forest; the the tune—and helping you to that change the neurological

24 ahp PERSPECTIVE JUNE/JULY 2007 REVIEWS ton, Ashley Montagu, Stanislav to meet in the silence of Oneness, Grof, and many other luminar- to discover a place within that ies in the fi eld. The third edition has no problem, and to allow adds a support guide for intro- “spacious intimacy” brings a rich ducing energy psychology into new dimension into human rela- the personal mythology model. tionship with Self and others. The support guide is an optional Listening From the Heart of addition to the program, but a Silence deepens and expands powerful one. It assumes that the the therapeutic implications of reader has some basic skills in nonduality as presented in The energy psychology. Sacred Mirror, edited by the same Working with the two books in team. These modern pioneers combination is one of best things of nondual therapy are giving a you could do to tend the trees contemporary voice to an ancient and the forests of your inner life. wisdom that is unspeakable, but clearly realized, and suggesting DOUGLAS J. MOORE, Ph.D., is its capacity for healing and trans- a clinical psychologist with Mosaics formation. The book revolves Integrated Health in Cleveland, Ohio. around a central theme of using He integrates traditional psychological methods with the practice of mindful- open-hearted listening and help- underpinnings of the problem. ness, the wisdom of the Enneagram, and ing clients to discover an inner Simple, neat, effective. Replant a principles from energy medicine and touchstone that will move them few trees in your emotional land- energy psychology. He may be reached beyond suffering. It addresses scape and the forest starts to take at [email protected]. the embodiment of nonduality, on a new contour. The approach Editor’s Note: The Mythic Path third and suggests the possibility of a edition won the 2007 National Indie radical shift in identity that can is proving itself in some of the Excellence Book Award in the toughest situations imaginable, Nonfi ction category, and The Promise of awaken an intrinsic and power- where it has been successfully Energy Psychology was a fi nalist (second ful relationship to life. utilized by disaster teams going place) in the Self-Help Category. The In one chapter, therapist Judith awards are given by the Independent Blackstone weaves her perspec- into post–civil war Kosovo and Booksellers Assoication. Rawanda and post-hurricane tive of nondual consciousness and post-tsunami areas. The with systems theory, and com- book is written by Feinstein and LISTENING FROM THE ments: “If nondual consciousness is two other leaders in this rapidly HEART OF SILENCE: Nondual the essence and ground of personal emerging specialty, Donna Eden Wisdom and Psychotherapy subjective experience, then opening and Gary Craig. Edited bY JOHN PRENDERGAST AND to this dimension can be understood Feinstein, in his preface to the G. KENNETH BRADFORD as the direction of human matu- new third edition of The Mythic Paragon House, 2007, 300 pp., rity.” These insights about the Path (co-authored with the re- $20, ISBN 10: 155778626. true foundation of consciousness nowned psychologist Stanley have signifi cant implications for Krippner), describes how after Reviewed by Bonnie Greenwell three decades of refi ning their model for helping people con- he experience of non- sciously change their guiding dual wisdom is begin- myths, the emergence of energy ning to penetrate the psychology was a shocking and therapeutic process, exciting development. The au- Tas therapists who have known thors found that by applying deep spiritual awakenings seek energy psychology methods at to bring the presence and truth various stages of the personal of being into their practices. In mythology program, the results this remarkable anthology, 11 were even more profound and therapists share moments of lasting. And that is why there encounter with clients that go is a third edition to the already beyond doing, and which have highly respected book, whose the potential for spontaneous fi rst edition in 1986 was lauded healing of the splits in the human by Joseph Campbell, Jean Hous- psyche. To see there is no other,

JUNE/JULY 2007 ahp PERSPECTIVE 25 REVIEWS Frager (founder of the Institute lar interest is the presentation of Transpersonal Psychology), of transpersonal therapy as an the practice of depth therapy or Haridas Chaudhuri (founder of alchemical process; he uses many spiritual guidance, and will be what is now the California Insti- Jungian insights. of interest to anyone wanting tute of Integral Studies), Ralph Chapter 7, “Personal Mythol- to integrate the gifts of spiritual Metzner, Alan Watts, and Stan- ogy and Spiritual Emergence,” awakening in daily life. ley Krippner are not mentioned. presents a valuable grounding in In Chapter 2, “The Basic Map,” mythical motifs of the hero(ine) BONNIE GREENWELL, Ph.D., is a Rowan concentrates on Ken in terms of the call, the initia- transpersonal author, teacher, Wilber’s early works (Spectrum tion, and the return, all of value and psychotherapist. www.kundalini- of Consciousness and The on the spiritual path. He pres- guide.com or www.awakeningguide. Project) with some sprinklings of ents the works on transpersonal com. Jungian thought—such as Ed- mythology of both Feinstein and ward Whitmont and James Hill- Krippner in a practical manner. man—to present TP’s ground. He also describes the very real THE TRANSPERSONAL: Chapter 3, “Wilber and Thera- dangers of spiritual emergence Spirituality in Psychology pies,” is strongly centered in wherein transpersonal energies and Counseling Wilber’s three chapters in overwhelm the psyche, offered BY JOHN ROWAN Transformations of Consciousness. in a very useful discussion. Routledge, 2005, second edi- Rowan addresses Wilber’s nine In Chapter 8, “Other Cultures,” tion, 317 pp., $34, ISBN 10: fulcrums of development, and Rowan presents a brief discus- 1583919872. the psychopathologies associated sion of the phenomenology of with each level. He also briefl y spiritual experiences from the Reviewed by Daryl S. Paulson discusses treatment regimens perspective of other cultures. that focus on these pathologies. Following Wilber’s view, his second edition of The In Chapter Chapter 9, “Meditation, Transpersonal is remark- 4, “Being in the Causal, and the Non- ably consistent with its Transpersonal dual,” Rowan presents predecessor, although Psychotherapy,” his own cookbook medi- Tit has been updated. The book Rowan again tation instruction set consists of an introduction and uses much of that some may fi nd very twelve chapters detailing the ba- Wilber’s mate- useful. He also presents sics of transpersonal psychology. rial, particularly his own quadrant view In the introduction, Rowan from Integral to understanding the describes transpersonal psychol- Psychology, con- meditative experience, ogy as serving a bridging func- cerning states discussing the causal tion between psychotherapy and stages of and nondual levels, as and spirituality. He also de- consciousness. they relate in medita- scribes what he considers to be But he also tion. transpersonal and what he does weaves others’ Chapter 10, “Sub- not. For example, he does not works into the personalities and the consider New Age topics to be chapter’s discussion in a novel Transpersonal,” is one of the transpersonal. He does, however, and creative way. high points of the book, where consider certain everyday experi- In Chapter 5, “Imagination and Rowan discusses the problems ences, such as intuitive and peak the Imaginal World,” Rowan encountered by splitting oneself experiences, as transpersonal. brings the works of C. G. Jung into spiritual and nonspiritual In Chapter 1, “Some Pioneers,” into play. He discusses the ima- components, or subpersonalities, Rowan portrays the origins of ginal world—one’s constructed instead of integrating both com- transpersonal psychology. In- worldview—and presents valu- ponents into the whole self. cluded in this informative pre- able insights into active imagina- Chapter 11, “Issues in sentation are references to the tion, guided imagery, dreams, Transpersonal Theory,” in- works of William James, Dane and group processes. cludes discussion of men’s and Rudyear, C. G. Jung, Roberto As- Chapter 6, “Linking and Al- women’s , the body, sagioli, Stanislov Grof, Abraham chemy,” presents a discussion psychoses, and an incomplete Maslow, and Arnold Mindell, of working into one’s subtle discussion on behaviorialism, and some European theorists. level—for Rowan, the level of the cognitive science, and neuro- Oddly, James Fadiman, Robert transpersonal Self. Of particu- physiology.

26 ahp PERSPECTIVE JUNE/JULY 2007 JUNE/JULY 2007 ahp PERSPECTIVE 27 REVIEWS Beyond Words, 1998, 202 pp., $5, practical guide to creating and ISBN 1885223765. practicing rituals in relationship Chapter 12, “The Future of the to important events and experi- Transpersonal,” offers a basic Reviewed by Bryan W. Rich ences in everyday life, particu- relationship of transpersonal and larly with regard to signifi cant humanistic psychologies, the umanistic psychol- transitional passages. An open- problems of evil, transpersonal ogy begins and ends ing chapter provides an intro- psychologies, and relationships with human experi- duction to various characteristics to . ence. Exploration and of rituals, followed by several All in all, the book is well-writ- engagementH with the full range chapters offering practical guide- ten and insightful. Yet, there is a of human experience encom- lines and examples. Lighthanded problem. Much of what Rowan passes a vast array of activity and nontheoretical comments discusses is a decade or so be- and ways of knowing. Specula- about the nature and function- hind the transpersonal scene, at tive and theoretical inquiry is ing of rituals point to the deeper least in the U. S. Rowan’s book often fascinating and makes implications. is heavily skewed toward the important contributions to the Much has been written about works of Ken Wilber and is, efforts to understand and serve. ritual and rites of passage in therefore, heavily biased. Quite Ultimately, though, the human- recent years, including rigorous notably, Rowan completely istic psychologist returns to the ethnographic studies, inqui- disregards the extensive works essential concerns: to care for, ries focusing on transpersonal of Michael Washburn, who has nurture, and celebrate human elements, and popular treat- developed a very strong, insight- life in the actual living of it. In ments based on varying levels ful transpersonal theory that this book, Kathleen Wall and her of scholarship and intellectual should be presented in any book collaborator Gary Ferguson have and psychological sophistication purporting to be transpersonal. offered an unusually accessible and occupying various positions Also, the valuable work of Fer- text that provides guideposts on the substance/fl uff axis. The rer presenting his participatory to practical action intention of transpersonal theory has been and potentially far- the book is omitted—a grave mistake. reaching explora- not to present And, unfortunately, Rowan has tion, both in self-di- a theoretical not presented the more recent rected work and in or analytical insights of Ken Wilber, including psychotherapy. The discourse. his revised quadrant view, lines book is remarkable Instead, in a of development, four defi ni- for its presentation gentle, unas- tions of spirituality, the frontal, in a highly readable suming, and and the soul and spiritual com- style of material supportive yet ponents of a person, similar to that has profound fi rm tone, it Sri Aurobindo’s view, nor has implications and conveys with Rowan cast Wilber in his present arises from ex- notable effec- view—that of integral psychol- tensive psycho- tiveness that ogy. logical and spiritual human life sophistication and is variously DARYL PAULSON, Ph.D, is a scholar- practical experience wondrous, ar- at-large in transpersonal and integral in psychotherapy. It duous, joyous, studies. He has taught transpersonal provides a welcom- agonizing, psychology, psychosynthesis, and in- ing entrance into this material for deeply moving, grief-inducing, tegral psychology. He was a member the general reader, and can be and often altogether bewildering. of Wilber’s Integral Institute, where of value to the self-help reader Human beings live in an ever- he served on the core Integral Business Group. He is author of six books, and a and as a workbook in a psycho- changing reality that is subject decorated U.S. Marine who served as a therapeutic setting. More subtly, to powerful infl uences in many Vietnamese language interpreter. it invites the willing professional dimensions, relational, psychic reader to actively reexamine on internal and collective levels, deeper levels of what it means to and spiritual, over all of which RITES OF PASSAGE: be human that, due to their very we have rather little control. Celebrating Life’s Changes nature, yield new perspectives The authors suggest that much BY KATHLEEN WALL AND GARY with each new exploration. suffering results from habitual FERGUSON The book is structured as a attempts to resist, suppress, or

28 ahp PERSPECTIVE JUNE/JULY 2007 REVIEWS freedom and even opportunity and also by spiritual study and for transformation. However, exploration. For example, the evade aspects of this unfolding this recognition can hardly be reader is encouraged to em- process, to substitute fantasized accomplished only through intel- ploy symbols that have per- structures or illusions of per- lectual argument or “attitude sonal signifi cance in rituals. The manence, or simply to resist the adjustment.” Viewed in this con- background in psychological ever-changing nature of life, text, rituals can be understood theory for assertions like this is all at the cost of an as intentional, evident to the informed reader, overall loss of alive- volitional in this case a deep understand- ness and satisfaction. practices ing of the theories of Assagioli Instead, the satis- that increase and Jung. However, the authors faction and indeed awareness, simply point out that “the more full living of life are provide that people convey desires to their found in engaging openings to subconscious—which, by the way, is and participating interaction far more versed in symbols than in in this great and mul- with multi- words—the more likely it is that as- tidimensional world, dimensional piration will sprout into reality” (p. with intentional infl uences, 172). Thus readers are provided awareness and will- and facilitate with an invitation and practi- ing, active acceptance active engage- cal support to experience this of reality as it is. This ment with phenomenon directly, indeed in- can be practiced with them. corporating the very unconscious continually renewed The authors processes described. attention to one’s present a fi ve- Lay readers—and psychother- own highest aspira- stage model apy clients of all levels of sophis- tions while keeping of the process tication—can derive direct and one’s feet fi rmly on the ground. of growth and transformation signifi cant practical benefi t from The authors emphasize two through active engagement Wall’s extensive knowledge and major elements of this view. The with the processes and forces of practical experience, supported experience of tension between change. Letting go of old pat- by Ferguson’s communicative poles can be recognized and terns that are no longer alive gifts and skills. The book may engaged with as a source of leads to a period of uncertainty serve the professional reader as a creative energy and potential and bewilderment that may be bibliotherapeutic resource and as rather than something that one challenging and distressing. a useful guidebook to practical attempts to fi ght, suppress, or Consequent to this courageous, work—and perhaps as a unique evade. Indeed, the anxiety that volitional surrender, multidi- invitation to explore their own arises in times of crisis or transi- mensional forces in the posi- theoretical ideas directly, in vivo. tion can be recognized as a pole tions of polar opposites may be in this powerful and potentially discerned more freely and even BRYAN W. RICH, Ph.D., works in growthful dialectic, rather than interacted with consciously. community-based mental health, main- feared as an independent and Herein, new directions and pos- tains a private practice in psychotherapy entirely negative phenomenon. sibilities may be recognized and and psychospiritual guidance, and Similarly, the fundamental con- chosen. Finally, with increasing teaches in the San Francisco, California, Bay Area. Inquiries may be directed to dition of constant change can be awareness and conscious choice, [email protected]. experienced and related to as an engagement with new realms environment of fertility, evolu- of life is stabilized and shaped. tion, and empowerment rather Development of personal rituals THE DECEIVED SOCIETY than one of anxiety and mean- can provide supports for this BY STAN CHARNOFSKY ingless buffeting-about. Thus, engagement. Trafford, 2005, 178 pp., $22, ISBN the real forces supporting alive- Although the form of the book 1-4120-6760-X. ness, growth, love, relationship, is primarily practical guidelines, and so on can emerge freely. presented in modest language Excerpt The recognition of challenging with little theoretical discourse, elements in life as occurring in a it is clearly informed by exten- mericans live in a greater context rather than fi lling sive background and sophisti- maelstrom of deceit, and overwhelming one’s expe- cation in psychological theory some of it unapparent, rience provides a great deal of and psychotherapeutic practice, Asome obvious, all po-

JUNE/JULY 2007 ahp PERSPECTIVE 29 REVIEWS erning philosophy. As a society, is widely ignored. We are not we are vulnerable to a variety yet a society that fully embraces tentially deadly to our life style, of deceits, the remedy for which minorities. and, alarmingly, our democracy. is an alerted and aware popu- Though these forms of cultural It ranges from a planet overpop- lace. We may not think of our duplicity are confronted, it is ulated and reeling from human vast numbers of single adults as not done with despair. We are a congestion, to the destruction of disadvantaged, but they are. We deceived society, but we are not pristine habitats, to indifference are slowly becoming aware of a defeated one. An enlightened to the poisonous consequences of our culture’s gender biases—and citizenry will rise to the task of our energy choices. Aside from certainly of our reluctance to un- discarding the practices that pull deception about the physical derstand issues of sexual orienta- us down, weaken our democra- erosion of our Earth, we are also tion. Our educational priorities cy, and threaten our promise as a deceived about war and peace, are often unclear, more out of cooperative member of the world gender issues, family life, educa- a lack of knowledge than from community. tion, and myriad other critical any form of malevolence. We It is the purpose of this writing issues. are then deceived by a simplistic to serve as a central focal point In the book The Deceived Society, view that fl ying a fl ag means for the several ways we have the aim is to alert our citizenry patriotism. Our parenting and gotten off track as society. It ends to its own culpability in many of home life are often contaminated with High Hopes—that through the deceptions and challenges all by violence. Our media are often an awareness of our malaise, we of us to band together to con- reduced to being cheerleaders for may confront and defeat it. front the deceptions laid upon government policies, and obsess- us by a complicit media and a ing on trivia. Some of our reli- STAN CHARNOFSKY is Professor of distorted body politic. gions promote intolerance rather Educational Psychology and Counseling This is not a polemic against than love and acceptance: the at California State University North- any one political party or gov- revolutionary Assisi Decalogue ridge and former President of AHP.

RITUAL: Power, Healing, and Community By Mal idoma Patrice Somé Swan Raven & Company, 1993, Alfred A. Knopf, 2002, 103 pp., $13, ISBN 0140195580.

Reviewed by Don Eulert

Where ritual is absent, the young ones are restless or violent, there are no real elders, and the grown-ups are bewildered. The future is dim.

or this Perspective’s cogent theme Rites of Passage, a dozen new books might be reviewed andF recommended. But here’s a slim “older” resource that can be read in one sitting, key to exploring contemporary dilem- mas. A reader will experience the promise of ritual process, and the diffi culties of fi nding communi- ty, necessary for rites of passage in our Machine culture. Malidoma Patrice Somé is from

30 ahp PERSPECTIVE JUNE/JULY 2007 REVIEWS spirit. “But this does not mean that ozone layer, and an elder’s com- the modern-day healer is ineffec- ment about multistoried build- tive.” What is done with respect, ings: “whoever built this has some the Dagara tribe of West Africa. honesty, and integrity “cannot serious problems.” He is an initiated, gifted diviner be looked at as a parody.” After Somé also provides the ele- and medicine man of his tribe. describing the effect of his work ments and structure of ritual, He holds three master’s degrees with Michael Moore and Robert with enactment as key to un- and two doctorates from the Sor- Bly, he refl ects, “There must be an locking frozen emotions. “To bonne and Brandeis University. indigenous person within each of cleanse the modern world from its Malidoma’s thrill- us.” unresolved problems of the soul, ing storytelling frames After nam- there ought [to be] . . . a mas- analysis of how ritual ing seven sive funeral day when everyone is works in community, character- expected to shed tears for the titanic and how things work istics of a loss wrecked by Progress on people’s in a Machine cul- community, .” ture. Western society he adds, “A Maldoma Patrice Somé openly generates a force fi eld community offers cross-cultural tools. In a inside of which one is that doesn’t time when there’s a movement enslaved, caught up in have a ritual about “appropriating” indig- the speed and motion cannot exist.” enous practices, he suggests that required by the Ma- And since we all can benefi t from consult- chine to feed its overt rites of pas- ing with archetypal practice. He power. “The Machine sage requir- concludes: has made itself look beau- ing mentor- tiful by making other ing, “The I have come to suspect that in the ways of life that have elder cannot absence of ritual, the soul runs out existed for tens of thou- be an elder if of its real nourishment, and all sands of years look silly, shameful, there is no community to make him kinds of social problems then ensue. and uncivilized.” With his shape- an elder.” Defi ning community as I do not want to pretend that I can shifting multicultural experience, a place of self-defi nition, Somé provide a model for fi xing the ills of Somé concludes, “I must say that proposes “Any group of people Western culture. My intentions are Progress is the invention of someone meeting with the intention...of do- much more modest. . . . From the who suffered immaturity and who ing together what is impossible to echoes of my ancestors, I feel I can craved to be initiated.” do alone.” So there may be some give some clue as to how to improve In pages beginning with hope for contemporary versions, that which is in constant decay in “Constraints of the Modern as described in this Perspective’s this culture. World,” Malidoma addresses lead article. our culture’s intense craving If you choose to read this book, DON EULERT is Director of the Center for transcendence, the illusion also look forward to wry and for Integrative Psychology at the School of community, and the impos- laugh-out-loud comments rang- of Professional Psychology, the San Di- sibility of fully reproducing the ing from those about Hollywood ego campus of Alliant University, and a indigenous way in pursuit of to turning into a dog to save the board member of AHP.

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