Forum Contemporary Viewpoints on Transpersonal Psychology

Abstract

Over the past 35 years the published scholarly conversation about the nature of transpersonal psychology has continued as an ongoing and open-ended forum that reflects a continued vitality within the field. This article presents 41 contemporary viewpoints on transpersonal psychology, solicited from international scholars and new voices as well as from leading theorists and practitioners. These responses represent a sizeable spectrum of perspectives, and offer a framework around which the reader is invited to contemplate both foundational themes and shifting emphases within transpersonal psychology. The diversity of views is offered as a document to reflect the contemporary conversation about the field, as a stimulus for further dialogue and critical reflection, and as a support for innovative and emerging perspectives within transpersonal psychology.