Shadows & Light: Theory, Research, & Practice in Transpersonal Psychology

by Francis J. Kaklauskas (Editor), Carla J. Clements (Editor), Dan Hocoy (Editor)

Shadows & Light: Theory, Research, and Practice in Transpersonal Psychology is a groundbreaking 2-volume series updating many essential topics in transpersonal psychology. It builds upon traditional topics to cover vital contemporary transpersonal psychological issues ranging from mindfulness and spirituality through social justice and sexuality. The range of contributors is broad, diverse, and inclusive and will bring the reader on many inward and outward journeys of human growth and potential.

This collection contains talks and reflection pieces that are enjoyable and fascinating in the immediacy of the authors’ voices and their messages for the individual and the collective. A wonderful selection of pieces by established leaders such as Charlie Tart, angel Kyodo williams, Judy Lief, and Roger Walsh as well as influential emergent scholars such as Ian Wickramesekera II, Dan Hocoy, and Louis Hoffman. These volumes are destined to become a classic text in the field.

262 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2016

Reviews

[AmJam · Rating 3 out of 5]

More interesting essays than not - I especially liked the pieces by angel Kyodo williams, Tina R. Fields, and Mark A. Mille - but with rare exception this collection of essays does a lot of talking around people of the global majority/other marginalized people or talking about us without us, often in problematic ways. This seems indicative of the approach the discipline/academia takes, but it's a little disappointing to have this work held up as the guiding work for incoming students at one of the centers for transpersonal psychology.