Gina Ogden, PhD (1935-2018) was a feminist, sex researcher, teacher, scholar, author of 13 books, and wisdom teacher. She was a pioneer in introducing the spiritual dimension into mainstream sexology. She put forth the model of the 4-D Network of which the four dimensions were...
Irina Tweedie (1907-1999) was a mystic and Sufi teacher. She was born in Russia and educated in Europe. When Tweedie was 54, her husband died and, in her grief, she set off on a spiritual quest that led her to the Theosophical Society and later...
Ida Craddock (1857-1902) was an occult scholar, sex educator, champion of free speech and women’s rights, and an author. She spoke and counseled advocating a sacred view of sex, and wrote extensively about sex magic techniques performed in conjunction with her disembodied spirit husband. Because...
Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) was an artist, occultist, surrealist, feminist, novelist, and wisdom teacher. Her influence has only been growing since her death, and by her inclusion in the revisioning of the surrealist movement from a boys’ club to a movement in which important women artists...
Dion Fortune (1890-1946) is widely considered one of the two most influential occultists of the 20th century (the other being Aleister Crowley). Born Violet Firth, Fortune was a psychotherapist, a powerful psychic, a ceremonial magician, and the author of over 20 books, both novels and...
In thinking about how my overall understanding of integral Transpersonal Psychology as a field has expanded, I would say that I am pleased to learn that TP has expanded so broadly in its incorporation of the somatic. In the days of Ken-Wilber-as-god, the transpersonal field...
The following is Part Two of an interview conducted with Catherine Auman by Melissa Aberkane, a PhD student from the Sorbonne: Have you noticed common themes or recurring challenges among individuals seeking support in their spiritual journeys? The most common theme that shows up in my office...
The following is Part One of an interview conducted with Catherine Auman by Melissa Aberkane, a PhD student from the Sorbonne: Can you share what inspired you to engage in transpersonal psychology and how it has shaped your professional journey? After college I had been studying spirituality...
I have a close friend who works internationally as an ayahuasca shaman, facilitating groups and follow-up sessions. She told me a story of one time when a group she was leading was actively in the throes of the medicine, and some Native Americans showed up....
When we seek to carry the vision of Daniel’s “extending stream” forward in the field of transpersonal psychology, it is most important that we honor numerous voices as we have been doing in this class. It is also important that we continue to challenge the...