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Association for Transpersonal Psychology Volume 48 Association for PSYCHOLOGY TRANSPERSONAL OF THE JOURNAL Number 1, 2016 Transpersonal Psychology Membership Includes: One-year subscription to The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology (two issues) Subscription to the ATP Newsletter Editor’s Note v Professional Members Listing “The Heart has its Reasons”: Transpersonal Listings of Schools and Programs Experience as Higher Development of Social-Personal Intelligence, and its Response * Membership Dues: Regular—$75 per year to the Inner Solitude of Consciousness Harry T. Hunt 1 Professional—$95 per year The Entheogen Revolution Thomas B. Roberts 26 Student—$55 per year Transformation and Subjectivity in Spiritual Supporting—$175 per year Emergence and Emergency: A discourse analytic study Catherine Sinclair 34 Further Information: Descriptive brochure and membership forms available Toward a Transpersonal Model of Psychological upon request Illness, Health, and Transformation Carla J. Clements 57 Allow Me to Introduce My Selves: Association for Transpersonal Psychology An Introduction to and Zohar Berchik P.O. Box 50187 VOLUME 48 VOLUME Phenomenological Study of Voice Adam Rock Palo Alto, California 94303 Dialogue Therapy Harris Friedman 88 This Association is a Division of the Transpersonal Institute, a Non-Profit Tax-Exempt Organization. Book Reviews Modern Consciousness Research and the Understanding of Visit the ATP and Journal Web page Art: Including the Visionary World of H. R. Giger, NUMBER 1 at Stansilav Grof Renn Butler 113 Psychology and the Perennial Philosophy; Studies in www.atpweb.org Comparative Religion Samuel Bendeck Sotillos Mateus Soares de Azevedo 118 The website has more detailed information and ordering forms Spiritual and Religious Competencies in Clinical Practice, * for membership (including international), subscriptions, Cassandra Vieten and Shelley Scammell David Lukoff 122 JTP CD Archive, ATP’s other publications, 2016 and a chronological list of Journal articles, 1969 to the current volume. Books Our Editors Are Reading 126 ISSN: 0022-524X notice to The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology is published subscribers semi-annually beginning with Volume 1, Number 1, 1969 Current year subscriptions—Volume 48, 2016 To individuals: Per year: $ 35 (U.S.); $44 (Canada/Mexico); $50 (Other countries) To libraries and institutions: Per year: $80 (U.S.); $90 (Canada/Mexico); $95 (Other countries) Overseas airmail: Add $ 20 per volume Post Office: Please address corrections to: P.O. Box 50187, Palo Alto, CA 94303 Back Volumes: Back volumes are available in the JTP Online Archive Collection. This Online Collection is priced at $95 for members, $225 for non-members, and $385 for libraries/institutions. Free access to soft-copy archives of every Journal of Transpersonal Psychology article since its inception in 1969 is available online digitally (PDF) to Members of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology. Please submit subscription orders and remittances to: The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, P.O. Box 50187, Palo Alto, CA 94303 The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology is indexed in Psychological Abstracts and listed in: Chicorel Health Sciences Indexes International Bibliography of Periodical Literature International Bibliography of Book Reviews Mental Health Abstract Psychological Reader’s Guide, and beginning in 1982, Current Contents/ Social and Behavioral Sciences Social Science Citation Index Contenta Religionum instructions All manuscripts (10,000 words maximum including references) and an to authors abstract of not more than 150 words can be submitted electronically to [email protected]. Include a separate page with manuscript title, name (s) of author (s), and contact information (postal and e-mail addresses, phone, fax). Author identification should not appear on the manuscript itself. Upon submission, manuscript should be complete with refer- ences and tables (if any), following APA style (6th edition) as closely as possible. Paper copies will also be accepted, in triplicate, double spaced, with diskette (preferably in Microsoft Word). Please mail to: Marcie Boucouvalas, JTP Editor Dept. of Human Development, VA Tech/ National Capital Region 7054 Haycock Road, Falls Church, VA 22043-2368 USA books for Send to Lauren Bracciodieta, JTP Book Review Editor review 2635 Miller Ave #5 Mountain View, CA 94040 The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology and the Association for Transpersonal Psychology are divisions of the Transpersonal Institute, a non-profit organization. The views and opinions presented by authors and reviewers in the Journal do not necessarily represent those of the Editors or the Transpersonal Institute. Copyright © 2016 Transpersonal Institute EDITOR Marcie Boucouvalas ASSOCIATE Douglas A. MacDonald (Research) EDITOR EDITORIAL Linda Morris ASSISTANT BOOK REVIEW Lauren Bracciodieta EDITOR BOARD OF Rosemarie Anderson, Palo Alto, California EDITORS Paul Clemens, Nevada City, California Jack Engler, Schiff Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts James Fadiman, Menlo Park, California Jorge Ferrer, California Institute of Integral Studies Daniel Goleman, Williamstown, Massachusetts Elmer Green, Ozawkie, Kansas Stanislav Grof, Mill Valley, California Tobin Hart, State University of West Georgia Michael Hutton, Victoria, British Columbia Stanley Krippner, San Francisco, California Irene Lazarus, Raleigh, North Carolina Lawrence LeShan, New York, New York David Loy, Bunkyo University, Japan Francis G. Lu, San Francisco, California David Lukoff, Petaluma, California Michael Murphy, San Rafael, California Peter L. Nelson, Avoca Beach, NSW, Australia Kaisa Puhakka, Half Moon Bay, California Huston Smith, Berkeley, California Tonu˜ Soidla, Institute of Cytology, St. Petersburg, Russia Charles T. Tart, Berkeley, California Frances E. Vaughan, Mill Valley, California Miles Vich, Palo Alto, California Jenny Wade, Corte Madera, California Michael Washburn, Indiana University John Welwood, Mill Valley, California PRIOR EDITORS Kaisa Puhakka, 1999–2001 Miles Vich, 1975–1999 Anthony J. Sutich, founding editor, 1969–1976 (1907–1976) BOARD MEMBERS IN MEMORIAM Roberto Assagiolo (1888–1974) Sidney M. Jourard (1926–1974) Hubert Bonner (1901–1970) Arthur Koestler (1905–1983) Medard Boss (1903–1990) John L. Levy (1921–2015) Alister Brass (1937–1987) Michael Mahoney (1946–2006) Jim F. Bugental (1915–2008) Gabriel Margulies (1931–1981) Charlotte Buhler (1893–1974) Sonja Margulies (1931–2013) Viktor Frankl (1905–1997) Abraham Maslow (1908–1970) Alyce Green (1907–1994) Walter N. Pahnke (1931–1971) Herbert Guenther (1917–2006) Chogyam Trungpa (1939–1987) Robert Hartman (1910–1973) Alan Watts (1915–1973) Arthur Hastings (1935–2014) VOLUME 48, NUMBER 1, 2016 THE JOURNAL OF TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY Editor’s Note v TABLE OF ‘‘The Heart has its Reasons’’: Transpersonal Experience as CONTENTS Higher Development of Social-Personal Intelligence, and its Response to the Inner Solitude of Consciousness 1 HARRY T. HUNT The Entheogen Revolution 26 THOMAS B. ROBERTS Transformation and Subjectivity in Spiritual Emergence and Emergency: A discourse analytic study 34 CATHERINE SINCLAIR Toward a Transpersonal Model of Psychological Illness, Health, and Transformation 57 CARLA J. CLEMENTS Allow Me to Introduce My Selves: An Introduction to and Phenomenological Study of Voice Dialogue Therapy 88 ZOHAR BERCHIK ADAM ROCK HARRIS FRIEDMAN Book Reviews Modern Consciousness Research and the RENN BUTLER 113 Understanding of Art: Including the Visionary World of H. R. Giger, Stansilav Grof Psychology and the Perennial Philosophy; MATEUS SOARES DE AZEVEDO 118 Studies in Comparative Religion Samuel B. Sotillos Spiritual and Religious Competencies in DAVID LUKOFF 122 Clinical Practice, Cassandra Vieten and Shelley Scammell Books Our Editors Are Reading 126 EDITOR’S NOTE Five years have passed since we published a special issue of the Journal, entitled Transpersonal Gerontology, remarking at that time (2011) that the first wave of Baby Boomers, those born in 1946, were reaching their 65th birthday. This year (2016) marks a further milestone for this purportedly largest cohort in history: They are turning 70 years old. The impact this group has had on society, coupled with the subtle and not so subtle theme of growth potential that permeates the transpersonal perspective and literature, offers fertile soil for the future. Unlike some spheres of life where the torch is passed on to the future generation and the ‘‘old guard’’ retires, sometimes into oblivion, the transpersonal movement necessitates a confluence of fresh voices alongside the experiential and continually emerging transpersonal development of the seasoned. Holding the proverbial torch in tandem, all have potential for layers of further transpersonal growth. Accordingly, articles in this issue offer a balance of seasoned as well as new authors, all of whom–with a transpersonal lens–engage the reader in research, thought, and/or action in navigating the challenges as well as potential we continue to face as a human species. Long time scholar Harry T. Hunt from Canada opens this issue of the Journal. Building cumulatively on his decades of research, integrated with that of others, he invites the reader into some deep considerations and differentiations regarding transpersonal development/realization. He combines systematic analysis along with both critical and contemplative reflection in considering transpersonal spiritual development as a higher form of social-personal intelligence—in short, as a neo- Piagetian formal operations in affect.
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