Jenny Wade (2000) states that transpersonal experiences have the potential for immense healing, life enhancement, personal transformation, and spiritual realizations. Stan Grof, who conducted thousands of studies on the transformational potentials of LSD, talks about the healing, transformative, and evolutionary potentials of nonordinary states of...
In the early days of transpersonal psychology the works of Ken Wilbur, in particular The Spectrum of Consciousness (1977) and No Boundary (1979), were considered basic texts, and the concepts they offered were novel and inspiring. Wilber is a genius at synthetization, and these books...
Guide to Spiritual L.A., a fun and easy-to-read guided tour of the spiritual hotspots around the City of Angels, has been awarded a 2020 Nautilus Book Award. Four-time author Catherine Auman reveals a surprisingly rich and wide-ranging spiritual history that goes far beyond the stereotypical...
We don’t usually think of Midtown when we think of Spiritual L.A., but it’s there, it’s there.Agape International Spiritual Center Currently housed at the Saban Theatre. Check out the charisma, the music, the vibe.8440 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211The Kabbalah Center Previously movie star central.1062...
One of the more unconventional individuals in greater LA spiritual history was George Van Tassel (March 12, 1910 - February 9, 1978). Van, as he was called, used knowledge he received from ETs to build the Integratron, and held yearly UFO conventions at Giant Rock...
Taking a stand that “I’m going to live in love” is saying I'm going to do this. I'm sure in your dating life you’ve come to a place where after a disappointment you decided to stop. I stopped for many years -- I didn’t believe...
Of all the major world religions, Islam has the second number of believers, and it is the third largest religion in the United States. Most people think of Islam as belonging to the Middle East, but in fact only twenty percent live there. Most Muslims...
Psychotherapist Catherine Auman talks about psychedelics and spiritual growth:The word psychedelics might make you think of hippies wearing beads laying in the park, staring at their fingers. You’re not the only one. The image of plant medicines has been highly filtered by the propaganda. Although we are in...
The pulsating aliveness of a tree … the sensuous softness of a kiss … the mind being blessedly silent and only consciousness exists: These are experiences of mindfulness, whether brought to our attention by psychedelics or meditative awareness.“When the mind disappears and thoughts disappear you...
Surely you’ve heard of 666, the number of the Mark of the Beast? The reference is from the Book of Revelations of the Christian Bible and denotes the Devil or Satan. Aleister Crowley audaciously chose this number as his moniker.Most if not all of modern...