24 May Transpersonal Psychology: African Perspectives
Bynum (1992) presents the African lineage as an example of a highly developed spirituality that grew and flourished under a non-white, non-hierarchical tradition going back to at least the beginnings of the Egyptian civilization, also known as Kemet. African traditions developed before the discipline of ego psychology, and has always described alternate states of consciousness such as meditation, trance, religious ecstasy, and unitive experiences. It was a fully formed, sophisticated system that included how to live and how to die. The mystery school system for developing initiates was later copied by the Greeks, and the philosophy was spread widely throughout the ancient world by sailors and tradespeople. Bynum posits African spirituality as the roots of transpersonal psychology.
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