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S&S 35 (2) Website.Pmd Self SOCIETYA Forum for Contemporary& Psychology £4.50 where sold Volume 35 Number 2 Sept - Oct 2007 Healing the earth, healing the mind The Heart and Soul of Transition – Creating a Low Carbon Future with Psychological and Spiritual Awareness Sophy Banks Seeing Things: Therapists’ Altered Visual Perceptions Maria North Surfing the Field: An Exploration of Energetic Communication in Therapy Audrey Wilson Healing and Psychotherapy – a Personal Integration Maria North Integral Psychology vs. Humanistic Psychology Elliot Benjamin Reigniting the passion for life Asaf Rolef Ben-Shahar published by The Association for Humanistic Psychology in Britain - AHP(B) website: www.ahpb.org.uk AHP(B) The Association for Humanistic Psychology in Britain AHP(B) is an organisation devoted to exploring the scope of human capacity and potential so as to enhance both the individual and society. It publishes Self & Society and other activities include lectures, workshops, conferences and special events. See the back of the magazine for a membership application form. Self & Society publishes articles in the field of contemporary and humanistic psychology, particularly those concerning issues of personal development. The views expressed in Self & Society are not necessarily those of the editor or of the AHP(B). We welcome contributions, so please contact Maxine Linnell for an information sheet on preparing a manuscript for publication. Self & Society also welcomes advertising; see the back of the magazine for details. Editor: Maxine Linnell Editorial Board: Administrator: Anton Smith David Brazier Andrew Samuels Alexandra Chalfont Robin Shohet Reviews Editor: Geoff Lamb Yvonne Craig Nazreen Subhan AHP(B) Magazine Sub-committee: Gaie Houston Alyss Thomas David Kalisch Nick Totton John Buckle • Tony Morris John Rowan Eric Whitton Founder Editor: Vivian Milroy Send articles, letters, conference reports to Books and reviews to: Maxine Linnell Geoff Lamb E 63 Foxcroft Close 28 Manning Close, Rowley Fields, Leicester LE3 2DZ East Grinstead RH19 2DR Tel: 0116 2891378 Tel: 01342 315640 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] For general enquiries, advertising in S&S and for AHP(B)membership so as to receive Self & Society contact: Anton Smith • AHP(B) • BM Box 3582 London WC1N 3XX Tel: 08457 078506 Email: [email protected] • website: www.ahpb.org.uk Humanistic Psychology Practitioners The UK Association of Humanistic Psychology Practitioners is closely associated with the AHP(B) and provides a directory of accredited therapists. UKAHPP is an independent, non-profit organisation for the accreditation of humanistic practitioners, leading to UKCP or UKRC registration. UKAHPP members retain freedom of choice and self-direction in their professional development. More information about UKAHPP, including the Handbook and the Directory, can be obtained via their website www.ahpp.org or from Box BCM AHPP, London WC1N 3XX. Tel: 0845 766 0326 Layout by Sue Medley, 265A Main Road, Sidcup DA14 6QL - 020 8300 9646, [email protected] Printed in the UK by JFA Printers, New Malden, Surrey Phone 020 8942 7766, Fax 020 8942 7288, Email [email protected] Self Volume 33 Volume 35 Number 2 Sept - Oct 2007Number 1 July- SOCIETY& August 2005 Healing the earth, healing the mind 5 The Heart and Soul of Transition – Creating a Low Carbon Future with Psychological and Spiritual Awareness Sophy Banks 15 Seeing Things: Therapists’ Altered Visual Perceptions Maria North 23 Surfing the Field: An Exploration of Energetic Communication in Therapy Audrey Wilson E Healing and Psychotherapy – a Personal Integration 30 Maria North Integral Psychology vs. Humanistic Psychology 35 Elliot Benjamin 39 Reigniting the passion for life Asaf Rolef Ben-Shahar A Note on Self & Society Contents Copyright remains with the authors, who take full responsibility for the regulars accuracy of their contributions. The Editorial editors and AHP(B) can take no 4 responsibility for any loss arising from 44 AHP(B) Chair’s Page any action taken in reliance on information provided in Self & Society. 45 Reviews Whilst every effort is taken to ensure that the content in Self & Society is 53 Subscription Form accurate, on occasion there may be 55 mistakes and readers are advised not How to advertise in S&S to rely upon its content. Self SOCIETY & Maxine Linnell Editorial [email protected] 0116 2891378 We all wondered if the festival would happen. Floods and torrential rain affected Worcestershire badly, and the original field where the event was to take place had been under six feet of water. There were anxious phone calls and emails flying around until Green & Away confirmed on Tuesday that they were running, ready and waiting for us. So what should we do? If we cancelled, what were we saying – that we loved the earth and environment as long as the sun shone? That we weren’t willing to compromise our comfort for our ideals? There was no going back. The festival was a sellout. The sun began to shine on Friday, and it didn’t stop shining, except on Saturday evening and night when we had some rain. We had mud, lashings of it, and some of us learned to dance the mud, to glide on it, rather than getting stiffer. And we had slugs, ‘so slow and yet so fast’, as one person said. The generosity and thoughtfulness of the site organisers was a delight, as well as their cooking. Their embodiment of a vision is an inspiration. In the next issue we shall be publishing the main talks, articles from the workshop facilitators and participants, and more photos, so I won’t give details here – you will have to wait. But the weekend was an integral experience in true Wilber mode. We used our bodies in Chi Kung, meditated, massaged, sang, drummed, thought, talked, some of us cried and there was a lot of laughter. Most of it happened in wellies. Many of us were outside our comfort zones right from the start, and the home groups absorbed the pain and connected us. Being at Green & Away was a political act, a small one perhaps, but one I personally do not want to relinquish. The political band Seize the Day usually play with amplification to huge audiences, so we were delighted they came to play in our marquee to a hundred and twenty happy people on Saturday evening. They are an inspiration –watch them on video at www.seizetheday.org There were many thanks at the end, but particularly here I want to offer mine to Julian, Timothy and Tony who held steady through the difficult times and worked so hard to make it happen, to Tyagi for working hard in the background, and to Sue for stepping in as a volunteer at the last moment. We shall be thinking about how to do this again, engaging in discussions about the venue and shape of festivals to come. Come and join in by being at our AGM in September and becoming part of this new, revived community which is AHPB. Maxine Linnell This issue was edited with the help of Maria North The Regular Column will return next issue 4 Self & Society Vol 35 No 2 Sept - Oct 2007 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123The Heart and Soul of Transition 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123– Creating a Low Carbon Future 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123with Psychological and Spiritual 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123Awareness 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123Sophy Banks 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123 What’s Transition? We live in times of unprecedented challenge, and unprecedented change. As the global problem of climate first national meeting of people from change regularly hits the headlines these initiatives – and a new kind of response is emerging, representatives from a further fifteen one which seeks to inspire and places considering forming one – involve a whole community in took place at the end of May. creating a positive future vision and working towards making it a reality. Although still in its infancy the The first of these initiatives, Transition model appears to be Transition Town Totnes, was launched having a different impact to other in September last year. Already sustainability or climate change hundreds of people from the local initiatives because of the positive area have been involved in coming energy it generates and the scale of regularly to talks and films about its vision. This is an attempt to create issues ranging from peak oil to the a genuinely inclusive, community- psychology of change, and several wide response to our global crisis, working groups have started to recognising that many of the address themes from ‘Energy’ to challenges that climate change and ‘Local Government Liaison’ to ‘Arts’ . reducing fossil fuel consumption pose can be addressed successfully at the The project has received widespread local level. attention
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