Glenn Hartelius serves as Full Professor and Director of a PhD program of study in Integral, Transpersonal and Positive Psychology at the California Institute for Human Science, Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, and is a recipient of the Abraham Maslow Award from the American Psychological Association.

Jenny Wade is Professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies and a leading scholar in developmental and transpersonal psychology. Her work on transformational development and consciousness structures has informed innovative educational models.

Harris L. Friedman is on the core faculty of Sofia University, Emeritus Professor at Saybrook University, and former Research Professor at the University of Florida. He has published extensively on transpersonal psychology and serves as Senior Editor of the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies.

Notes on Contributors ix

Foreword: To the Second Edition xix
Harry T. Hunt

Foreword: To the First Edition xxi
Stanley Krippner

Dedication xxiii

Introduction to: The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology, Second Edition xxv

Editors' Introduction From the First Edition (Abridged): The Promise (and Some Perils) of Transpersonal Psychology xxxix
Harris L. Friedman and Glenn Hartelius

Part I An Introduction to Transpersonal Psychology

1 What Is Transpersonal Psychology? Character, Context, and Critiques 3
Glenn Hartelius

2 Traditional Roots, History, and Evolution of the Transpersonal Perspective 21
Michael Daniels

3 Is Transpersonal a Spiritual Psychology? 49
Glenn Hartelius, Harris L. Friedman, and James D. Pappas

Part II Transpersonal Theory

4 Altered States of Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology 67
Albert P. Garcia-Romeu, Jérémie Richard, JamesM. S. Zech, and Charles T. Tart

5 Measuring Consciousness in the Interconnected Self 88
Glenn Hartelius

6 Psychological Energy 106
Michael Da

7 Transformative Human Development in Psychoanalysis 126
Michael Da

8 Transformative Human Development in Contemporary Scholarship 145
Jenny Wade

9 The Importance of Science in Transpersonal Psychology: Finding Balance Between Romanticism and Science 170
Harris L. Friedman

10 A Participatory Framework for Transpersonal Psychology 190
Glenn Hartelius, Michael Da, and Jorge N. Ferrer

11 Multicultural Perspectives on Transpersonal Psychology 210
Caifang Zhu, Kiran Kumar K. Salagame, and Maria Cristina M. de Barros

12 Philosophical Underpinnings of Transpersonal Psychology as a Science 238
Douglas A. MacDonald

Part III Transpersonal Methodologies

13 Quantitative Assessment of Transpersonal and Spiritual Constructs 259
Douglas A. MacDonald and Harris L. Friedman

14 Qualitative Research in Transpersonal Psychology: Reflections on Problems in the Field and Future Directions 277
Sam E. Greenberg and Jenny Wade

15 Employing Mixed Methods to Enhance the Impact of Research in Transpersonal Psychology 300
Bethany Butzer and Tadas Stumbrys

16 Altered Consciousness and Transpersonal Psychology 318
Etzel Cardeña

17 Neurophenomenology and Transpersonal Studies: Merging Spirituality and Neuroscience within a Cross-Cultural Perspective 330
Charles D. Laughlin, Adam J. Rock, and Jenny Wade

18 Parapsychology: The Scientific Study of Anomalous Experiences 349
Adam J. Rock, Lance Storm, and Chris A. Roe

19 The Loss of Self in Transcendent Experiences: Integrating Neuroscience and Transpersonal Psychology 374
Daniel Cohen and Brick Johnstone

Part IV Transpersonal Experiences

20 Exploring the Nature of Exceptional Human Experiences: Recognizing, Understanding, and Appreciating EHEs 397
Garret Yount, Arnaud Delorme, Dean Radin, Cedric Cannard, Sitara Taddeo, and Helané Wahbeh

21 Near-Death Experiences and Transpersonal Psychology: Focus on Helping Near-Death Experiencers 422
Marieta Pehlivanova, Cheryl Fracasso, Bruce Greyson, and Harris L. Friedman

22 The Electronic Dance Music Scene: A Contemporary Transpersonal Phenomenon 444
Jenny Wade, Audrey Redfield, and Marie I. Thouin-Savard

23 Meditation: Empirical Research and Future Directions 467
Douglas A. MacDonald, Roger Walsh, and Shauna L. Shapiro

24 Psychedelic, Entheogenic, and Transpersonal Experiences: Cross-Cultural, Evolutionary and Clinical Perspectives 492
Michael J. Winkelman

25 Psychedelic-Induced Experiences: Dimensions, Mechanisms, and Future Directions for Research 518
James Fadiman and Andrew Kornfeld

26 Lucid Dreaming 532
Tadas Stumbrys and Nick Atlas

27 Transcendent Sex: Spiritual and Transpersonal Experiences Evoked by Lovemaking 555
Jenny Wade

Part V Transpersonal Approaches to Transformation, Healing and Wellness

28 Transpersonal Perspectives on Mental Health and Mental Illness 583
Jacob Kaminker and David Lukoff

29 What Is Transpersonal Psychotherapy? A Conceptual Template 600
Gabriel Fernandez-Borsot

30 Transpersonal Psychotherapies 623
Jenny Wade, Phyllis Alongi, and Jacqueline Hermida

31 Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy as an Approach to Psychedelic Healing 653
Phil Wolfson

32 Transpersonal Dimensions of Somatic Therapies 673
Don Hanlon Johnson

33 Hypnosis and Transpersonal Psychology: Answering the Call Within 684
Ian E. Wickramasekera II

34 Integral Yoga Psychology 707
Debashish Banerji

35 Expressive Arts Therapy and Transpersonal Psychology 722
Stephen K. Levine and Gracelynn Chung-yan Lau

36 Ecopsychology 739
Jeanine M. Canty and John V. Davis

Part VI Transpersonal Studies

37 Workplace Spirituality and Spiritual Leadership 759
Jenny Wade

38 Joining the Widening Circles: How Transpersonal Psychology Can Contribute to Global Social Movements 795
Katherine E. Coder and Donald Rothberg

39 Transpersonal Education 810
Paul Cunningham

40 Transpersonal Approaches in Gerontology: Integrative Pathways to Meaning and Transformation 836
Christopher G. Walling

Index 853